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Srinagar: Gulmarg tourist resort in north Kashmir continued to reel under extreme cold as the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point at most places in the valley, officials said on Monday. The resort recorded a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius for the second consecutive night, MET officials said. They said Pahalgam in south […]
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Banihal/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was reopened for traffic on Monday after remaining closed for the past three days owing to heavy snowfall and multiple landslides in Ramban district, officials said. Senior Superintendent of Police, traffic-national highway, Shabir Ahmad Malik said the traffic from both the twin capital cities was allowed after the arterial road […]
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New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh Monday called for coordination among Centre and states for delivering scientific and technological solutions to problems specific to states. He said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi an extensive exercise is being undertaken with each state and union territory separately to identify the areas where technological […]
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New Delhi: India is looking forward to “constructive” dialogue with China to resolve issues in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh, sources in the security establishment said on Monday ahead of the 14th round of military talks between the two sides on the 20-month row. The talks will take place on January 12 at the […]
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London: People with higher levels of T cells from common cold coronaviruses are less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the strain which causes COVID-19, according to a new UK study led by Indian-origin researchers on Monday. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications’ and led by Imperial College London researchers, claims to provide […]
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Jammu: Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday issued fresh guidelines, including adoption of online classes up to college level, and optimal use of virtual mode for conducting official meetings. The decision to this effect was taken by the State Executive Committee (SEC) which met under the chairmanship of […]
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Frame guidelines within eight weeks: SC to UGC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the University Grants Commission to ensure that guidelines for the ease of access to students with disabilities in universities and colleges across the country are formulated in eight weeks. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna noted the submission of the UGC’s counsel […]
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Bhaderwah/Jammu: Responding to a distress call from a mountain village, a group of soldiers on Monday braved chilly winds and waded through knee-deep snow to bring down a seriously ill woman and get her admitted to a health facility in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. The woman’s health was deteriorating fast, and her father sought […]
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Leh: Ladakh has reported 89 fresh Covid cases, taking the tally to 22,561, while active cases in the union territory has gone up to 340, officials said on Sunday. The Union Territory has recorded 221 Covid-related deaths — 163 in Leh district and 58 in Kargil district — since the outbreak of the pandemic last […]
Added on January 10, 2022
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 687 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the infection count to 3,44,652, while three deaths linked to the disease were reported from the Union Territory in the past 24 hours, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 437 were from the Jammu division and 250 from the Kashmir division, the officials […]
