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Militants hurl grenade on CRPG camp

Budgam: Suspected militants on Friday evening lobbed a grenade towards Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Namtehal area of Chadoora district Budgam. However, no loss of life or injury was reported in the incident, officials said. Officials told that a grenade was lobbed upon 43 BN CRPF in Namtihall area of Chadoora district Budgam. […]

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COVID-19 vaccination: Centre asks states to form committees for smooth drive

New Delhi: The Centre has asked states to constitute committees for coordination and overseeing COVID-19 vaccination drive while ensuring minimal disruptions in other routine healthcare services, and stressed early tracking of social media to dispel rumours which could impact the community acceptance of coronavirus inoculation Stating that COVID-19 vaccine introduction will span over a year […]

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Covid-19: Five deaths, 566 positive cases reported in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported five more covid-19 related deaths during the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count due to the pestilence to 1472. Meanwhile, 566 new cases were also reported, officials said. Among those who succumbed to the virus include three residents of Kashmir Valley and two from Jammu region. The victims from […]

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PM greets people on Milad-un-Nabi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted people on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi and hoped that this day furthers compassion and brotherhood. Milad-un-Nabi marks the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad and it is observed in the month of Rabi’ al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar. “Best wishes on Milad-un-Nabi. Hope this […]

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No US hand in China, India military level talks: MEA

No US hand in China, India military level talks: MEA

New Delhi: India on Thursday said its military talks with China on the border row have no connection with “any extraneous issue”, comments that came in the backdrop of recently concluded Indo-US 2+2 dialogue during which the two countries discussed Beijing’s military belligerence in eastern Ladakh and Indo-Pacific region, and inked a strategic defence pact. […]

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Land Law Row: Why can’t JK have land protection law, says Omar

Land Law Row: Why can’t JK have land protection law, says Omar

Our fight is to safeguard our identity, future

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said many states especially in the northeast have special laws relating to land ownership whereby people from other parts of the country cannot buy land there, and questioned why Jammu and Kashmir could not have similar laws. “There are many states like Himachal Pardesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland […]

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Police foils protest by PDP leaders, several detained

Police foils protest by PDP leaders, several detained

Detained leaders released after signing ‘surety bonds’

Srinagar: Several PDP leaders were on Thursday detained by police as they tried to stage a protest against the new land laws notified by the Centre for Jammu and Kashmir. PDP leader Khursheed Alam, party spokesman Suhail Bukhari and youth president Waheed Parra were among those detained by police as they came out of the […]

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Three BJP workers killed in Kulgam

Srinagar: Three Bhartiya Janta Party workers including party’s Yuva Morcha General Secretary for Kulgam were killed in a militant attack in south Kashmir on Thursday evening. Official sources said that militants attacked the trio at Y K Pora following which they were rushed to the emergency hospital Qazigund. However, before the trio identified as Fida […]

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Terror funding: NIA raids NGOs, trusts in Kashmir, Delhi

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), after choking the funding of separatists groups, is investigating registered and unregistered NGOs operating in and out of Jammu and Kashmir, and carried out fresh raids on some more organisations on Thursday for allegedly being used as modes for “terror funding”. For the second consecutive day, various teams of […]

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Huge population in Sgr record exposure to covid-19 infection: Sero-survey

Huge population in Sgr record exposure to covid-19 infection: Sero-survey

Srinagar: Over 40 per cent people living in Srinagar district have developed COVID-19 antibodies, claims a latest sero-prevalence survey conducted by a government hospital here, the results of which were questioned by the district administration citing small sample size of the study. The results of the study conducted by the Government Medical College Srinagar (GMC) […]