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JK reports 532 new positive cases, 8 deaths

JAMMU: The Government on Sunday informed that 532 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 177 from Jammu division and 355 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 91861. Also 08 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 03 from Jammu division and […]

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Drass, adjoining areas experience season’s first snowfall

Kargil: Ladakh’s Drass, the second coldest inhabited place in the world, experienced the season’s first snowfall on Sunday. It started snowing in Drass and its adjoining areas, including Zojilla pass and Mina-Marg along the 434-km Srinagar-Leh national highway, in the morning and so far two to four inches of snow has accumulated on the ground, […]

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Plea in SC seeks transfer of petitions challenging minority status of five communities

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking a transfer of all pending petitions before various high courts challenging the validity of the Centre’s 26-year-old notification declaring five communities — Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsees — as minorities. The plea filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has […]

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Article 370 won’t be restored: Union Minister Prasad

Article 370 won’t be restored: Union Minister Prasad

Says Mehbooba Mufti disrespecting Indian flag

New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday accused PDP president Mehbooba Mufti of “disrespecting” the Indian flag and asserted that the revocation of Article 370 was done constitutionally and that it will not be restored. Her comments that she will not hold the tricolour till the Kashmiri flag is restored is “downright denunciation” of the national […]

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Farooq to head Gupkar alliance

Farooq to head Gupkar alliance

‘We are not anti-nation but anti BJP’: Farooq

Srinagar: Seven mainstream parties of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday gave a formal shape to their recently cobbled alliance for the restoration of Article 370, electing National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah as its chairman and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti as vice-chairperson, and asserted that theirs was “not an anti-national” grouping. Veteran CPM leader M Y Tarigami […]

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Conspiracies of ‘Gupkar Gang’ won’t be tolerated: Raina

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Saturday said “conspiracies of the Gupkar Gang” would not be tolerated and anyone challenging the unity and integrity of the country would be jailed. He also announced to celebrate October 26 as ‘accession day’ to send a clear message that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral […]

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BJP demands Mehbooba’s arrest

BJP demands Mehbooba’s arrest

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir BJP has demanded PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s arrest for her “seditious” remarks, wherein she said she would only hold the tricolour when the flag of the erstwhile state is restored. The BJP said “no power on earth” can either hoist the state flag again or restore Article 370 of the […]

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LAC faceoff: US closely monitoring border row, says Official

Washington: The US is closely monitoring the border row between India and China and does not want the situation to escalate, a senior Trump administration official has said. The official told the reporters during a conference call on Friday, ahead of the next week’s 2+2 India-US Ministerial in New Delhi, that the Trump administration was […]

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86 laws enacted by JK legislature for Ladakh repealed

Srinagar: The Government of India has issued an order for adaptation of state and central laws for the newly carved out Union Territory of Ladakh. According to the order, as many as 86 laws enacted by legislature of the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir have been repealed while 56 such statutes have been made […]

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Four KAS officers transferred

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday transferred four KAS officers by the orders of the Lieutenant Governor. As per the order, Pankaj Magotra (KAS) Additional Secretary to the Government, Jal Shakti Department, has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Department of Agriculture Production and Farmers’ Welfare. “He shall also […]