Added on December 6, 2020
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United Nations/London: The spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres and a group of 36 cross-party UK parliamentarians have come out in support of the agitating Indian farmers, saying people have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities should let them do so. These reactions came even as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated his support […]
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Jammu: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Poonch and Kathua districts, officials said on Saturday. The firing and shelling from across the border was unprovoked and drew a strong retaliation by the Indian […]
Added on December 6, 2020
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Saturday staged a protest here to express solidarity with the ongoing farmers’ agitation and demanded the immediate rollback of the recently introduced farm laws in the country. Led by J-K Congress vice president and former minister Raman Bhalla, the protesters assembled outside the party headquarters […]
Added on December 5, 2020
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Jammu: The third phase of District Development Polls on Friday witnessed 50.53 percent polls, officials said. State Election Commissioner (SEC) K K Sharma said that the third phase of District Development Council elections have been conducted successfully with a poll percentage recorded at 50.53%. The SEC said that a large number of people have come […]
Added on December 5, 2020
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Srinagar: In the first attack on a District Development Council (DDC) election contestant south Kashmir, militants shot at and injured an Apni Party candidate in Anantnag district on Friday, police said. Aneesul Islam Ganaie was shot at by the terrorists in Sagam area of Kokernag in the south Kashmir district, a police official said. Ganaie, […]
Added on December 5, 2020
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Baramulla: The polling booth in Boys Higher Secondary School in Kreeri saw a 115-year old woman casting her vote. The 115 year old woman who was helped to the polling station by her relatives said she choose to vote for a better future for her family. “I have been casting vote since my younger days. […]
Added on December 5, 2020
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Says vaccination to begin after scientists' nod
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said a COVID-19 vaccine may be ready in a few weeks as he noted that experts believe the wait for it will not be long, and asserted that the vaccination drive in India will begin as soon as scientists give the nod. In his remarks here at […]
Added on December 5, 2020
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New Delhi: Widening its probe in Roshni scam cases in Jammu and Kashmir, the CBI has registered four preliminary enquiries into the alleged non-compliance of high court directives by officials of the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) and others to “cover up” the complicity in illegal acts of encroachment of land. The first enquiry registered by […]
Added on December 5, 2020
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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the recent encounter at Nagrota in the Jammu region in which four militants of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a Pakistan-based outfit, were killed by police, officials said on Friday. The anti-terror probe agency took over the case following a notification issued by the Centre. The gunmen […]
Added on December 5, 2020
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Lahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced three more leaders of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) to 15 years imprisonment each in two more terror financing cases. Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar handed down the sentence to Abdul Salam bin Muhammad, Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad Ashraf on Thursday. JuD […]
