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Pulwama encounter: Five LeT militants, army man killed

Pulwama encounter: Five LeT militants, army man killed

Srinagar: Five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including a district commander, and an Army jawan were killed in an encounter between the ultras and the security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday, police said. The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation at Hanjin village in the Rajpora area of Pulwama following information about the […]

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Delimitation commission panel to meet political parties separately

Will visit JK from July 6 to 9

Srinagar: Taking forward the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the delimitation commission has invited leaders of all national, regional and registered political parties of Jammu and Kashmir for separate meetings during its visit to the Union Territory next week, officials said here on Friday. The commission led by Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai and […]

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Drone spotted over Indian mission in Islamabad

India asks Pak to probe, prevent recurrence of 'breach of security'

New Delhi: A drone was spotted over the Indian High Commission complex in Islamabad last week and Pakistan has been asked to investigate the incident and prevent recurrence of such “breach of security”, the external affairs ministry said on Friday. The Indian mission has also lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the incident through […]

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Pak rejects India’s claims on drone flight

Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday rejected India’s claims that a drone was spotted over the Indian High Commission complex here last week and said no proof has been shared with it to substantiate the charge. The external affairs ministry in New Delhi on Friday said that a drone was spotted over the Indian High Commission complex […]

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High temp in Himalayas: Hot winds from Pak, absence of weather system main reason

New Delhi: The absence of a weather system that brings rains, and hot winds blowing in from Pakistan could have been the reasons behind the unusually high temperatures in many Himalayan areas and hilly regions of north India on Thursday, experts said. Drass in Ladakh, which is one of the coldest places in the country […]

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Drone attack on IAF station: Involvement of Pakistan cannot be ruled out, says DGP

Jammu: The involvement of Pakistan in the drone attack on an Air Force station here cannot be ruled out as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a militant group based out of that country, is strongly suspected to be behind it, Jammu and Kashmir Police Chief Dilbag Singh said on Friday. Singh said the use of armed drones […]

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Banihal-Qazigund tunnel completes maiden 24-hr trial run

Banihal: The maiden 24-hour trial run of vehicular traffic through the double-tube four-lane Banihal-Qazigund tunnel along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was conducted successfully, officials said on Friday. The full-fledged 24-hour trial run ended at 10 am on Friday and came after the newly-constructed tunnel was opened for limited vehicular traffic on regular intervals for trial […]

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‘Pakistani’ drone spotted on IB in Jammu

Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday opened fire on a suspected Pakistani surveillance drone after it tried to venture into the Indian territory on the International Border here, officials said. The drone was spotted by the alert BSF personnel in Arnia sector on the outskirts of Jammu around 4:25 am, they said. The […]

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India, China should be able to achieve status quo gradually: CDS

New Delhi: India and China should be able to achieve status quo in eastern Ladakh in a gradual manner as both sides understand that it is in the best interest of ensuring peace and tranquillity in the region, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday. In an address at a think-tank, Gen […]

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Covid-19 led to increase in antibiotic misuse in India: Study

Covid-19 led to increase in antibiotic misuse in India: Study

Washington: Antibiotic sales soared during the first COVID-19 wave in India last year, according to a study which suggests that the drugs were used to treat mild and moderate cases of the viral disease. The researchers at Washington University in the US estimated that COVID-19 likely contributed to 216.4 million excess doses of antibiotics and […]