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Move aimed at disempowering JK residents: NC

Srinagar: The National Conference on Friday opposed the unconstitutional and anti-people process of grant of domicile certificates to the people not originally from Jammu and Kashmir, saying the measure is aimed at disempowering the permanent residents politically and economically. The party demanded immediate revocation of the domicile order and rules by the Centre. NC vice […]

 Press Trust of India

Armed groups recruiting minors in JK: US report

Washington: A US State Department report on human trafficking in India has said that non-state armed groups continue to recruit and use children as young as 14 years in direct hostilities against the government in Jammu and Kashmir. The Congressional-mandated 2020 Trafficking in Persons report of the State Department, released by Secretary of State Mike […]

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Main Qayoom’s detention: SC seeks govt’s reply on plea filed by bar leader

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to Jammu and Kashmir administration on a plea filed by high court’s bar leader Mian Abdul Qayoom challenging his detention under Public Safety Act since August 7 last year. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai issued notice to the Union Territory’s administration […]

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Five killed in Doda mishap

Bhadarwah/Jammu: Five people, including a woman and her three minor children, were killed when their car skidded off the road and rolled down into a 350-feet deep gorge in Doda district on Friday, officials said. The car was on its way from Gool area of Ramban district to Thathri town of Doda district. The accident […]

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PDD reports ‘Cyber Attack’: Luckily all data is safe: PDD Chief Engineer

Srinagar: For the first since cyber war became a tool to create panic, hackers launched a cyber-attack on the Power Development Department of Jammu and Kashmir on June 26 forcing the department to put off its all major servers. There is however, a piece of good news as all the billing data and customer records […]

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LAC standoff: India holds China responsible

LAC standoff: India holds China responsible

China amassing large contingent of troops, armaments since early May

New Delhi: China has been amassing a large contingent of troops and armaments along the Line of Actual Control since early May and conduct of the Chinese forces has been in complete disregard of all mutually agreed norms, India on Thursday said holding Beijing responsible for the eastern Ladakh standoff. At an online media briefing, […]

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China intrudes in Depsang plains

New Delhi: As India and China grapple with rising tensions in the Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Pangong Tso on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Chinese army has crossed the border in another strategic area to the north, the Depsang plains. This intrusion is seen as another attempt by the Chinese to shift […]

 Press Trust of India

Did PM Modi mislead people on LAC, says Congress

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come clean on whether he has misled the nation by saying there has been no intrusion into Indian territory in Ladakh and cited reports quoting experts that China’s PLA has returned to the Galwan valley. Addressing a joint virtual press conference, Congress chief […]

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Ready to iron out differences: Chinese Ambassador

New Delhi: Striking a conciliatory tone after raising tensions in eastern Ladakh to a fever pitch, China on Thursday said it was ready to work with India to properly deal with the border standoff while noting that “suspicion and friction” was a wrong path that goes against the fundamental aspirations of people of the two […]

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China-India standoff ‘very serious, worrying’: Boris Johnson

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on India and China to engage in dialogue to sort out their border issues as he described the escalation in eastern Ladakh as “a very serious and worrying situation” which the UK is closely monitoring. The first official statement of Johnson came during his weekly Prime Minister’s […]