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Over 5,800 pilgrims leave Jammu camp for Amarnath

Jammu: Amid tight security, the 17th batch of over 5,800 Amarnath pilgrims left Jammu city on Saturday morning for the twin base camps of Pahalgam and Baltal in Kashmir, officials said. The annual pilgrimage, which was suspended from Jammu last Sunday due to bad weather resumed on Monday. A flash flood triggered by heavy rains […]

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DGP visits Amarnath cave, takes stock of arrangements

Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Friday visited the Amarnath cave shrine and the Panjtarni base camp to take stock of the arrangements in place for the ongoing annual pilgrimage. Singh interacted with civil and security forces’ officers and conducted an aerial survey of the Sheshnag camp. Interacting with the senior officers of […]

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Army opens fire as drone spotted near LoC

Jammu: A drone was spotted flying along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district and it was forced to retreat after Army personnel opened fire, official sources said on Saturday. The drone was seen flying along the LoC near Baloni in the Krishna Gahti sector on Friday night, they said. The alert troops opened […]

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Pakistani woman arrested for crossing LoC

Jammu: A Pakistani woman was arrested by the Army after she crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Friday night, officials said. She was identified as Rozina (49), a resident of the Ferozbanda area in Pakistan’s Islamabad, they said. Rozina crossed the LoC at Chakra da Bagh in Poonch and was arrested, […]

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CJI flags issue of large population of undertrials in jails

CJI flags issue of large population of undertrials in jails

Jaipur: Out of 6.10 lakh prisoners in the country, nearly 80 per cent are undertrials, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Saturday while stressing the need to increase the efficiency of the criminal justice system. In the criminal justice system, the process is punishment. From indiscriminate arrest to difficulty in obtaining bail, […]

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Islam in China must be Chinese in orientation: President Xi Jinping

Beijing: President Xi Jinping has asked officials to step up efforts to uphold the principle that Islam in China must be Chinese in orientation and religions in the country should adapt to the socialist society being pursued by the ruling Communist Party of China. Xi visited the volatile Xinjiang region, where the Chinese security forces […]

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Covid: 13 new cases in Ladakh

Leh: Ladakh reported 13 fresh Covid cases that pushed the infection tally to 28,615, officials said on Saturday. All the new cases were recorded in Leh, they said. So far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, according to officials. The number […]

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JK achieved third position among UT’s in export promotion index: Lt Guv

JK achieved third position among UT’s in export promotion index: Lt Guv

Unveils District Export Plans for the UT alongwith Union MoS

SRINAGAR: With a vision to convert all 20 districts of the Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir into an export hub, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Union MoS, Commerce & Industry, Anupriya Patel Friday unveiled the District Export Plans for J&K. Addressing the gathering at the event organized at SKICC, the Lt Governor observed that Jammu […]

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Rubaiya Sayeed identifies Yasin Malik, three others as her abductors

Jammu: Rubaiya Sayeed, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s daughter, appeared before a special CBI court on Friday in a case related to her 1989 abduction and identified JKLF chief Yasin Malik and three others as the ones who took her captive, officials said. This is the first time Rubaiya has been […]

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Eastern Ladakh row: 16th round of India-China military talks on July 17: Sources

New Delhi: The 16th round of military talks between India and China on the lingering border standoff in eastern Ladakh will be held on July 17 on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the region, official sources said on Friday. India has been pressing for quick disengagement of troops from […]