Added on December 9, 2020
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Srinagar: The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has sought Rs 3400 crore from the Union Government for funding cost escalation of different centrally-sponsored schemes in power sector, sources disclosed. Official sources said that the Power Development Department (PDD) is vigorously pursuing the proposal with Union Power Ministry. “The funding is required to meet increasing costs […]
Added on December 9, 2020
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded six deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,761 while as 470 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 114,038. Of the exact number of 114,038 cases, 67,558 are from Kashmir and 46,480 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 470 new […]
Added on December 9, 2020
Press Trust of India
Beijing: China and India are working for further de-escalation of the border standoff in eastern Ladakh and both sides will have consultations to determine specific arrangements for the next round of talks, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. The Chinese and Indian armies held the 8th round of Corps Commander-level meeting on November 6 […]
Added on December 9, 2020
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JAMMU: The Government Tuesday approved establishment of a separate Official Language Section in GAD. The Section will have eight Translators, two each of Hindi, Urdu, Kashmiri and Dogri languages. The section will also have four Editors, one each in Hindi, Urdu, Kashmiri and Dogri languages. The staff for these posts will be drawn from different […]
Added on December 9, 2020
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New Delhi: Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Tuesday left on a six-day tour of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, in a first-ever visit by a head of the Indian Army to the two strategically important Gulf countries. The visit by the Army chief is seen as a reflection of India’s […]
Added on December 9, 2020
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New Delhi: The central government is not required to obtain prior environmental or forest clearance under the laws before declaring a stretch as national highway (NH) and expressing its intention to acquire the land for building, maintenance or operating such roads, the Supreme Court held on Tuesday. This significant observation was made by the top […]
Added on December 9, 2020
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New Delhi: Justice Rajesh Bindal was on Tuesday appointed as the acting chief justice of the common high court for the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, a Law Ministry notification said. He was the senior-most judge of the high court. He has been asked to perform the duties of the office of […]
Added on December 9, 2020
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New Delhi: Five persons suspected to have militant links and arrested after an encounter here were remanded for custodial interrogation of four days by a Delhi Court on Tuesday. According to the police, Shabir Ahmad, Md Ayub Pathan and Riyaz Rather were allegedly affiliated with terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen while Gurjit Singh and Sukhdeep Singh […]
Added on December 8, 2020
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Srinagar: State Election Commissioner (SEC) K K Sharma Monday said that the fourth phase of ensuing District Development Council (DDC) polls in J&K recorded 50.08 percent voting while no untoward incident was reported anywhere. Addressing a press conference in Jammu, Sharma said that 1916 polling stations were set up for the phase-4 of the DDC […]
Added on December 8, 2020
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Budgam: Despite a rainfall, long queues of voters, mainly youth, were seen outside the polling booths in Surasyar and Narbal block of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday. The voters said that development of tourist spots and jobs were the two main reasons for them to take part in the District Development Council (DDC) polls. […]
