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Fresh batch of 6,639 pilgrims sets out for Amarnath shrine from Jammu base camp

Jammu: The 11th batch of 6,639 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu on Saturday to pay obeisance at the holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, including 1,462 women, 41 children and 181 sadhus and sadhvis, left for the twin base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam in Anantnag and […]

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Indian legal system facing unique challenges: CJI Gavai

Indian legal system facing unique challenges: CJI Gavai

Hyderabad: The Indian legal system has been facing unique challenges and delays in trials can sometimes go on for decades, Chief Justice of India BR Gavai said on Saturday. Delivering the convocation address at Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad near here, Justice Gavai advised students to go abroad for studies on scholarships and not put […]

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Jaishankar to visit China to attend SCO FMs meeting

Jaishankar to visit China to attend SCO FMs meeting

Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to China to participate in the foreign ministers’ meeting of the SCO bloc in the Chinese city of Tianjin next week, an official announcement here said on Saturday. The Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO will be held in Tianjin […]

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Amarnath Yatri from Ludhiana goes missing in Ganderbal

Srinagar: An Amarnath yatri went missing in Ganderbal district after jumping off a railing, police said on Saturday. Surinder Pal Arora, a resident of Ludhiana, was trekking from Brarimarg to Railpathri in a group of seven when, around midnight, high-altitude sickness gripped him, police said. Arora “exhibited erratic behaviour, started running up and down, took […]

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Properties of 3 terrorists operating from PoK attached in Ganderbal

Srinagar: Properties of three terrorists operating from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) was attached in Ganderbal district on Saturday, police said. The three were identified as Farooq Ahmad Rather from Kurag, Noor Mohammad Parray from Hatbura, and Mohammad Maqbool Sofi from Khurhama areas of the central Kashmir district, they said. Police in Ganderbal have attached immovable […]

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Cop among three booked for securing jobs on fake documents

Jammu: Three people have been booked, including a sub-inspector and a teacher, for allegedly securing government jobs by using forged documents, said a senior crime branch officer on Saturday. The three accused have been identified as Sub-Inspector Mohinder Paul, teacher Govind Kumar and Anganwadi Worker (AWW) Shakeela Bano, all from different areas of Jammu region. […]

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Bangladesh national nabbed for illegal entry in Reasi

Jammu: A Bangladeshi national was apprehended for allegedly entering Indian territory without valid travel documents from Katra in Reasi district, police said on Saturday. Fahim Ahmed was observed acting suspiciously by a police party performing routine checking near Asia Chowk, the base camp for pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, a police spokesman said. […]

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License of four pharma firms cancelled for illegal drug trade

Jammu: The license of four pharmaceutical firms has been cancelled after they were allegedly found indulging in “clandestine purchase and sale” of addictive drugs in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Saturday. State Drugs Controller-cum-Licensing Authority Lotika Khajuria ordered enforcement action against Healthways Pharma, Rajouri, Nuegene Pharmaceutical Distributors and N T Traders of Baramulla […]

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Army rescues pangolin near LoC in Jammu

Jammu: Army personnel rescued a pangolin near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector here, while a leopard was shifted to safety after it ventured into a village in Rajouri district, officials said on Saturday. The pangolin, believed to have entered the Indian side from across the LoC, was spotted by an Army […]

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Five dead, 1 injured as SUV falls into gorge in J-K’s Ramban

Ramban/Jammu: Five people were killed and another was critically injured when a private passenger vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 600-feet gorge in Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. The SUV met with the accident near Senabathi in Ukhral Pogal Paristan area late Friday, they said. Rescuers found one of the passengers […]