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Corruption case: ARTO Kupwara among three officials arrested

Broker also nabbed, several recoveries made

Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested ARTO Kupwara, motor vehicle inspectors and others for alleged corrupt practices. “A surprise check was conducted by Anti Corruption Bureau into the allegation that ARTO Kupwara has illegally planted one person identified as Bilal Ahmad Sheikh of Vilgam Kupwara to run all the affairs of his office like […]

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Admin issues new COVID-19 guidelines, allows reopening of schools for classes 10, 12

Admin issues new COVID-19 guidelines, allows reopening of schools for classes 10, 12

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday allowed reopening of higher educational institutions and schools for students of classes 10 and 12 with certain conditions. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary A K Mehta. It was also decided to retain most of the COVID-19 containment guidelines, including night curfew. […]

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Jammu and Kashmir records 110 fresh Covid cases, no new death

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 110 fresh Covid cases on Sunday, taking the infection tally to 3,25,940 while the Union Territory registered no new death in the past 24 hours, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 27 were from the Jammu division and 83 from the Kashmir division of the Union Territory, they said. […]

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Restrictions eased out in Kashmir but security forces continue to remain deployed

Srinagar: Restrictions were eased out in Kashmir, but security forces continued to remain deployed on the fourth day on Sunday following the death of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, officials said. There are no restrictions on movement of people in the Valley, but barricades continue to remain in place along roads at several […]

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Ladakh admin to issue resident certificates to PRC holders for subordinate services

Leh: Nearly three months after reserving all subordinate services for the locals, the Ladakh administration on Saturday issued an order to temporarily define ‘residents of the Union Territory’ for the purpose of appointment to all the non-gazetted posts. According to the Ladakh Resident Certificate Order 2021, any person who possesses a Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) […]

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Shashi Tharoor meets Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar

Srinagar: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology which is on a visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Saturday called on National Conference president Farooq Abdullah here. The meeting took place at Abdullah’s residence this evening where his son and party vice president Omar Abdullah was also present. “Chairman of […]

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India has no option but to wait and watch, avoid knee-jerk reaction: Ex-diplomats on Afghanistan

New Delhi: With Pakistan’s intelligence chief dashing to Afghanistan amidst efforts by the Taliban to finalise a government, former Indian diplomats on Sunday said the situation in the war-torn country was still in a “flux” and India has no other option but to wait and watch, while avoiding any “knee-jerk reaction”. Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) […]

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Over 68 crore doses administered in India so far: Govt

Over 68 crore doses administered in India so far: Govt

New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 68 crore with more than 62.25 lakh jabs administered Saturday, the health ministry said. The daily tally is expected to increase further as the 7 pm provisional report gets updated with the compilation of the final numbers for the day […]

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Killing of IAF personnel case: Cross-examination begins at special court in Jammu

Jammu: The cross-examination of witnesses in the three-decade-old cases of the gunning down of four IAF personnel and the abduction of then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s daughter Rubaiya Sayeed in Jammu and Kashmir began at a special court here on Saturday. Abdul Rehman Sofi, a prosecution witness in both the cases, and Saleem […]

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Weather updates: Jammu gets X-band doppler weather radar

Jammu: An X-band doppler weather radar has been installed here to provide improved weather services to people of Jammu and Kashmir, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday. Union minister Jitendra Singh will dedicate the radar along with an indigenous GPS based pilot-sonde to public at the meteorological office in Jammu on Sunday, it said […]