Added on May 29, 2019
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Jammu: Pakistani troops fired from small arms and shelled forward posts in Rajouri district using mortar on Tuesday, officials said. “The Pakistan army, at about 1600 hours Tuesday, initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation starting with firing of small arms followed by shelling using mortars along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district’s Nowshera sector,” a […]
Added on May 29, 2019
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Jammu: Three persons, including a former militant, were detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Kishtwar district on Tuesday, police said. Khurshid Ahmad Lone, who had surrendered as a militant of the erstwhile Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI); Tanveer Ahmad Gin, an active overground worker of the Hizbul Mujahideen and allegedly involved in hawala transactions; and a […]
Added on May 29, 2019
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Jammu: Jammu Tuesday recorded the hottest day of the season so far with the mercury settling at 41.1 degrees Celsius, two notches above average, the Meteorological Department said. The day temperature in the city is on the rise over the past couple of days, a Met department spokesperson said. He said the city’s minimum temperature […]
Added on May 29, 2019
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh Tuesday directed police to book drug peddlers under the Public Safety Act (PSA) to curb their malpractices and bring them to justice. He said drug abuse is harmful to society and the Jammu and Kashmir Police would make all possible efforts to tighten the noose against all those […]
Added on May 28, 2019
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CHANDIGARH: Officials from Pakistan and India on Monday held a meeting to discuss the modalities for a corridor linking Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur across the border. The meeting lasted for about two hours and a host of issues pertaining to the building of the corridor […]
Added on May 28, 2019
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NEW DELHI: The 17th Lok Sabha’s first session is likely to start from June 6 and go on till June 15, sources have said. The dates of the first Parliament session are expected to be finalised during the first meeting of the new Cabinet on May 31, a day after Narendra Modi takes oath as […]
Added on May 28, 2019
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Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday decried the “misconception” being created that BJP was a Hindi heartland party and said the Lok Sabha poll results testified to its victories across India, stressing “chemistry has triumphed over arithmetic”. “Political pundits are not aware that their thinking and logic is meant for the 20th century. Results show […]
Added on May 28, 2019
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Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of different political parties to his swearing-in ceremony scheduled to be held here on Wednesday, party sources said Monday. Patnaik will take oath as the chief minister for fifth time in a row at 10.30 am on Wednesday. “A special message has […]
Added on May 28, 2019
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No banned explosive were found in the bag: Police
Jammu: Police officials Monday said no banned explosive material was present in the suspicious object found along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway which was taken for an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and destroyed in a controlled detonation. A bottle filled with a liquid and a polybag filled with some solid materials were found near Kallar Chowk […]
Added on May 28, 2019
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Srinagar: Classes at several educational institutions in Kashmir remained suspended on Monday to thwart student protests following the killing of Zakir Musa, the chief of an Al-Qaeda affiliate, in an encounter in Pulwama district last week, officials said. While many schools conducted normal operations till Class 10, all higher secondary schools and degree colleges in […]
