Added on October 6, 2020
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said the objectives of peace, economic progress and development in Jammu and Kashmir cannot be achieved unless the Centre reverses all the decisions taken on August 5 last year. Abdullah, who is also the MP from the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, made these comments at a […]
Added on October 6, 2020
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Srinagar, Oct 5 (PTI) Two motorcycle-borne Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants opened indiscriminate fire on a security forces party in Nowgam area of the city here on Monday, killing two CRPF personnel and injuring three others, police said. The injured include an assistant sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), they said. Militants fired upon a […]
Added on October 6, 2020
KV Correspondent
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha condemned the despicable militant attack on Central Reserve Police Force’s personnel in Jammu Kashmir’s Pampore Monday and promised that the sacrifice of the security personnel will not go in vain. In his message, the Lt Governor said, ‘the sacrifices of our CRPF personnel will not go in vain. The government […]
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Press Trust of India
Jammu: A man was arrested with two hand grenades in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday, a police officer said. On specific information, a police team conducted checking of a passenger vehicle at Der Ki Gali (DKG) in Thanamandi belt of the district, he said. Irfan Ahmed Jaral of Keller village in Shopian district […]
Added on October 6, 2020
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 632 fresh cases and 10 more fatalities in a day which took the caseload to 79,738 and death toll to 1,252 on Monday, officials said. Of the new cases, 346 were reported from Jammu region and 286 from the Kashmir Valley, they said. Jammu district reported the highest number of […]
Added on October 6, 2020
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief G A Mir on Monday criticised the Union Territory administration over its response to the prevailing COVID-19 situation and demanded necessary steps to restore confidence of people in the health system. He also took a dig at the administration for launching the third phase of […]
Added on October 5, 2020
Press Trust of India
Riyadh: A very small, limited number of people donning the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the Muslim pilgrimage circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Sunday after Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus restrictions that had been in place for months. The kingdom had taken the rare step of suspending the smaller “umrah” pilgrimage that draws millions […]
Added on October 5, 2020
Press Trust of India
Says we can't be selective in condemning violence
Srinagar: Violence and killings — whether of common people or security forces — should be condemned without being selective, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday as he appealed the people to contribute towards peace in the Union territory. On the third day of the Back to Village-3, Sinha visited the Panchayat […]
Added on October 5, 2020
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New Delhi: For the 13th day in an “unbroken string”, India has maintained its steady trend of clocking less than 10 lakh active cases of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. It also said that an average of 11.5 lakh tests for detection of coronavirus infection were done on a daily basis during […]
Added on October 5, 2020
Press Trust of India
Jammu: Pakistani troops on Sunday resorted to intense mortar shelling on forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, prompting befitting retaliation by Indian army, a defence spokesperson said. There was no report of any casualty on the Indian side in the shelling, the spokesperson said. At about 3.20 am, Pakistan initiated […]
