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India’s COVID-19 death toll crosses one lakh

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 death toll crossed one lakh and the infection tally climbed to 64,73,544, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 54 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 83.84 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 64,73,544 with 79,476 new […]

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Kartarpur corridor: Re-opening subject to Covid-19 protocols: MEA

New Delhi: India on Saturday said a decision to re-open the Kartarpur corridor would be taken in accordance with the protocols relating COVID-19 and easing of restrictions. The comments by spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava came in the wake of Pakistan’s proposal to reopen the corridor which was shut in March […]

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NC dissolves party’s youth wing in Kashmir

Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) on Saturday dissolved the party’s youth wing in Kashmir province with immediate effect, saying it is in the process of constituting a new team. “All existing bodies of Youth National Conference Kashmir up to block level stands dissolved with immediate effect,” an NC spokesperson said. He did not give any […]

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Previous govt’s compromised country’s defence interest: Modi

Rohtang/Sissu/Solang Valley (HP): Attacking the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country’s defence interests were compromised for a long time as their governments kept “playing around with files” and delayed procurement of fighter jets, arms, ammunition and other strategic equipment. Addressing public meetings in Himachal Pradesh after inaugurating strategically-important Atal Tunnel, the […]

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Maintenance, alimony: PIL in SC seeks uniform grounds for all citizens

New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking “gender and religion neutral” uniform grounds of maintenance and alimony for all citizens keeping with the spirit of the Constitution and international conventions. The plea filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeks directions to the Union home and law ministries […]

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185 inmates test positive for COVID-19 in Jammu: DG Prisons

Says temporary jails being set up across Jammu

Jammu: A total of 185 prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 in different jails across the Jammu region, Director General of Prisons V K Singh said on Saturday. He said temporary jails are being set up in various districts to isolate the asymptomatic positive detenues as part of efforts to ensure safety of the jail […]

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Two drug peddlers held

Jammu: Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested along with 75 kg of poppy straw in Samba district on Saturday, police said. The narcotic substance, concealed in apple boxes, was seized from a truck coming from Jammu at Mansar Morh on the Jammu-Pathankot highway, a police spokesman said. He said truck driver Vijay Kumar of Samba […]

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Lt Guv offers olive branch to militants

Lt Guv offers olive branch to militants

‘Shun violence, will reciprocate with providing opportunities’

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday appealed to local militants to shun the path of violence and promised to help them with jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities. He was speaking after launching the third-phase of the pioneering ‘Back to Village’ programme in militancy-hotbed Shopian district in south Kashmir. Sinha said the people […]

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Amshipora fake encounter: Process to exhume, handover of bodies to be completed soon: DGP

Amshipora fake encounter: Process to exhume, handover of bodies to be completed soon: DGP

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh on Friday said the legal process to exhume and hand over the bodies of three persons from Rajouri who were killed in an alleged fake encounter by Army in Shopian district of south Kashmir in July would be completed soon. “The process is on. We have started […]

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Media bodies, Journalist associations dissent vilifying campaigns

Srinagar: Kashmir journalists including editors and reporters – who have been associated with the blood-soaked Srinagar dateline for last three decades, have regretted the continued vilification of individuals representing the institution of media. It has become a routine for diverse elements across all the political and ideological thoughts to pass judgement on the Kashmir media […]