Added on June 17, 2020
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: The Left parties on Tuesday said India and China should initiate talks to defuse tensions between the two countries in eastern Ladakh. Their remarks came after an Army officer and two soldiers were killed in a violent confrontation with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on Monday. The CPI (M) called on […]
Added on June 17, 2020
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Srinagar: Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing towards Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday, a defence spokesperson said. The Indian Army gave a befitting response to the Pakistani aggression, he said. “On 16 June 2020, in the morning hours, […]
Added on June 17, 2020
Press Trust of India
United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over child casualties in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the government to take preventive measures to protect the children. The Secretary General also took note of the Naxalite insurgency and said that efforts by the Indian government have resulted in a decline in the recruitment, killing […]
Added on June 17, 2020
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23 travelers, cop among 78 test positive, JK tally nears 5300
Srinagar: Twenty-three travelers and a policeman were among the 78 cases of Covid-19 reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, taking the overall tally to the infected persons in JK to 5298. Official sources said that among the cases 14 were reported from Budgam followed by ten each in Anantnag and Srinagar, Kulgam (09), Pulwama […]
Added on June 17, 2020
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Srinagar: Junaid Azim Mattu was on Tuesday removed as the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) mayor after he lost a no-confidence motion moved against him in the city body. The People’s Conference leader, whose election as Srinagar mayor had generated controversy two years ago, took to Twitter to announce his defeat. “The vote of ‘No Confidence […]
Added on June 17, 2020
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Srinagar: The National Conference on Tuesday expelled four corporators from the party for voting in a no-confidence motion which resulted in the removal of Junaid Azim Mattu as mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation. Ghulam Nabi Sufi, Danish Bhat, Neelofar and Majid Shulloo have been expelled after they defied the party whip to abstain from […]
Added on June 17, 2020
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Srinagar: A top commander of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen along with his two associates, one of them the nephew of a former PDP MLC, were killed in a gunfight in Turkwangam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Sources said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 44RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Turkwangam early […]
Added on June 16, 2020
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79 CRPF men, army soldier among 179 persons test positive
Srinagar: Kashmir valley on Monday reported three more deaths due to Covid-19 taking the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 63, officials said. The three deaths include an 18-year-old youth from Handwara area of Kupwara, an elderly man from Chadoora area of Budgam and an 80 year old from south Kashmir’s Shopian area. Medical […]
Added on June 16, 2020
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ICMR's survey shows 0.73 per cent population has history of Covid-19 in India
Srinagar: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in a recently conducted community based Sero-Survey has found that around 30 percent individuals in containment zones are exposed to deadly pandemic. Officials said that 28,595 households in 83 districts of India were covered in the Survey. Of the 83 districts, 15 had no cases of Covid-19, […]
Added on June 16, 2020
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Srinagar: In a major development, the administrative council headed by Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Monday decided that no appointments will be made under SRO-202 henceforth, even as probation period for appointees under this policy has been reduced to two years from five years. The administrative which met this evening approved recommendations made by […]
