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Teacher’s day: School teacher from Kashmir to receive national award

Srinagar: A Kashmiri school teacher is among 47 recipients of the National Teachers Awards to be presented on the occasion of Teachers Day, officials said here on Friday. Roohi Sultana, a teacher at Boys Middle School Kashipora, Tailbal in Gulab Bagh area in the outskirts of Srinagar, has been awarded this year for demonstrating a […]

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Women cops can rescue Kashmiri youth trudging ‘wrong path’: PM

Hyderabad: Women police personnel can engage with mothers of children in Jammu and Kashmir to prevent the youngsters from taking the “wrong path”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, while lavishing praise on the people of the union territory, hit by the menace of terrorism. Addressing the 2018 batch of IPS probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai […]

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Pandemic: Covid-19 claims 11 more lives in JK

Pandemic: Covid-19 claims 11 more lives in JK

Highest single-day spike of 1079 cases reported

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 11 more covid-19 related deaths in last 24 hours including a retired ASI of police, taking the fatality count due to the pestilence to 745 officials said on Thursday. They said eight fatalities were reported from Kashmir valley and three from Jammu division. A 73-year-old man from Ploura Jammu, they […]

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83,883 cases take India’s COVID-19 past 38-lakh mark

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally raced past 38 lakh on Thursday with the sharpest single-day spike of 83,883 fresh cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 29,70,492, pushing the recovery rate to over 77 per cent, Union health ministry data showed. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country mounted to 38,53,406, while […]

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LAC faceoff: Only way forward is through talks: India

New Delhi/Beijing:India on Thursday squarely blamed China for the tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)in Ladakh over the past four months and said the only way forward was through negotiations – reflecting the impasse created by Beijing’s fresh attempts to alter the status quo along the disputed border over the weekend. There was […]

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Our forces capable to deal with China: Gen Rawat

Our forces capable to deal with China: Gen Rawat

New Delhi: India’s armed forces are capable of handling aggressive Chinese actions in “best suitable ways”, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Thursday, remarks that came against the backdrop of China’s attempts to change the status quo in certain areas in eastern Ladakh. In an interactive session at the US-India Strategic Partnership […]

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Army Chief arrives on a two day Ladakh visit

Army Chief arrives on a two day Ladakh visit

New Delhi: Army Chief Gen MM Naravane began a two-day visit to Ladakh on Thursday to carry out a comprehensive review of the security situation in the region in view of China’s fresh attempts to change status quo along the southern bank of Pangong lake, official sources said. Gen Naravane was briefed about the evolving […]

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Deficit in rains may curtail crop production

Only 5-6 per cent crop has got damaged: Dir Agri

Srinagar: The prolonged dry spell has left the farmers in the Valley anxious as they are expecting low crop production this year. The farmers from different parts of the Valley said that the crop production this year will be very low as there was no rain on time while the concerned department also failed to […]

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Relief to borrowers: SC protects accounts from being declared NPA till further orders

New Delhi: In a relief to stressed borrowers who are facing hardship due to impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court Thursday said that accounts which were not declared as non-performing assets till August 31 this year, shall not be declared NPA till further orders. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said this while […]

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Pak’s stake in Afghan peace are high: FM Qureshi

Islamabad: Pakistan has high stakes in peace and stability in Afghanistan and a lasting solution to Afghan issues was only possible through comprehensive dialogue between all stakeholders, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday as he held talks with his Afghan counterpart. During a telephonic conversation with Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Haneef Atmar, Qureshi […]