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Jammu: Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police has booked 14 people, including five police officials, in six separate cases for alleged criminal breach of trust and frauds here, an official of the department said. An FIR was registered against assistant in-charge (CPPP Jammu) Shalinder Dogra, head constable Mohan Singh and followers Vijay Kumar and […]
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Chisoti: Amid the chaos and cries for help when fear gripped every heart in cloudburst-hit Chisoti hamlet of Kishtwar district, a group of ordinary men on two-wheelers turned into extraordinary heroes. Known locally as ‘Chisoti Bikers’, these young volunteers were among the first responders who rushed to the site hit by the August 14 disaster […]
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Jammu: The bodies of an eight-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man, who were swept away in flash floods on Monday, were recovered in twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, officials said. Massive operations were launched by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), police, and locals to trace the minor girl and the man who […]
Added on August 19, 2025
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Legislation proposes to decriminalise 288 provisions New Delhi: The government on Monday introduced a new bill in the Lok Sabha to decriminalise as many as 288 provisions relating to minor offences under different laws with a view to promote ease of living and improve business climate. This is the second Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) […]
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Chisoti: Two more bodies were recovered from the debris in this cloudburst-hit village in Kishtwar district, taking the death toll in the natural calamity to 63, officials said, as a large-scale search continued for the fifth day on Monday despite intermittent rains. Donning rain coats, the rescue teams were working at multiple locations, especially the […]
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Jammu: The Lieutenant Governoror administration on Monday deployed 10 senior IAS and IPS officers to supervise relief and rescue operations in the cloudburst-hit Chisoti village of Kishtwar district that left 62 people dead. On August 14, flash floods triggered by the cloudburst 14 in Chisoti — the last motorable village en route to the Machail […]
Added on August 19, 2025
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Jammu: A special NIA court has framed charges under UAPA against former president of the Kashmir wing of the High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Mian Abdul Qayoom, in connection with the assassination of advocate Babar Qadri in September 2020. Qayoom, 77, an executive member of separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference, was arrested on June 25, 2024, […]
Added on August 19, 2025
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a high-level meeting, which included top Union ministers, secretaries and economists, to deliberate on the roadmap for the next generation reforms, one of the key announcements he had made in his Independence Day address. Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Shivraj Singh […]
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New Delhi: Opposition parties on Monday accused the Election Commission of failing to discharge its constitutional duty of ensuring a free and fair electoral system, and did not rule out moving an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, whom they alleged was acting like a “BJP spokesperson”. Addressing a press conference here, representatives […]
Added on August 19, 2025
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Says PM Modi corrected historical wrong New Delhi: BJP chief J P Nadda on Monday said the Indus Water Treaty was one of the biggest blunders and by putting it in abeyance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has corrected yet another grave “historical wrong”. Nadda referred to the 1960 treaty as “Nehru’s Himalayan blunder” and alleged […]
