Added on December 16, 2022
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Official blames anti-zero-Covid protests on 'foreign forces'
Beijing: Nearly a fortnight after China lifted the much-despised ‘zero-Covid’ restrictions following a spate of protests, the country is reeling under a massive coronavirus wave, with a Chinese diplomat blaming “foreign forces” for the anti-government demonstrations. Videos circulating in China’s social media showed clinics in Beijing and some other cities flooded with patients with queues […]
Added on December 16, 2022
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New Delhi: Observing that sincere efforts should be made to bring corrupt government officials to book, the Supreme Court on Thursday said a public servant can be convicted of the charge of illegal gratification in a corruption case on the basis of circumstantial evidence even when there is no direct oral or documentary proof. The […]
Added on December 16, 2022
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Jammu: Security agencies have busted a Pakistan ISI-run narcotics trafficking racket with the arrest of a school-going girl living along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said Thursday. The juvenile, a student of class ten, lives in a village ahead of the LoC fence in the Mendhar sector of the […]
Added on December 15, 2022
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Says hartals, stone-pelting thing of the past
Jammu: Asserting that the overall security situation in Jammu and Kashmir is peaceful, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said the next elections will be conducted in a peaceful atmosphere as hartals and stone-pelting have become a thing of the past. However, he said, attempts from Pakistan to push terrorists into India and […]
Added on December 15, 2022
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Jammu: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said some elements were attempting to generate funds for terror activities and are on the radar of the force. He warned of stringent action against those found involved in the drug trade, saying Pakistan and its agencies were supplying narcotics to generate funds for terror activities […]
Added on December 15, 2022
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Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said necessary changes were being made in land laws to benefit the common man as earlier legislations were “very regressive”. “The (old) land laws were very regressive and not framed with the interests of the people in mind. The changes which are necessary for benefiting common man are […]
Added on December 15, 2022
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Says students with four-year undergraduate degree can directly pursue Ph.D programmes
New Delhi: Three-year undergraduate courses will not be discontinued till the four-year programme is fully implemented, and under the new pattern, graduates can directly join Ph.D programmes, University Grants Commission Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said. The new credit and curriculum framework for undergraduate (UG) courses was announced earlier this week and it defines Honours degree […]
Added on December 15, 2022
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Operating in high-altitude regions
New Delhi: There should not be any “gap” in supply of clothing, equipment, ration and provisioning of accommodation for soldiers engaged in safeguarding the country’s borders under difficult weather conditions in high-altitude regions, a high-level parliamentary panel said on Wednesday. In its 55th report tabled in Lok Sabha, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) pointed out […]
Added on December 15, 2022
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New Delhi: Nine Kashmiri Pandits have been killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir since 2020, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said four Kashmiri Pandits were killed in 2022 and as many in 2021, while one was killed in 2020. The victims include a person belonging […]
Added on December 15, 2022
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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has so far registered 497 cases of terrorism and judgment has been pronounced in 67 cases of which conviction has been obtained in 65 cases. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Rajya Sabha that as on December 2, the NIA has registered 497 cases […]
