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SDMA issues avalanche warning in JK, asks people not to venture out

Jammu: The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) today issued a medium danger avalanche warning for various districts in Jammu and Kashmir and highway and appealed to people not to venture in these areas and take precautionary measures. On the basis of information received from the Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), the State Disaster Management […]

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Pak summons Indian envoy over ‘unprovoked firing’

Islamabad: Pakistan summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh for the second consecutive day today over the “unprovoked firing” by Indian troops across the Line of Control. Foreign Office said that Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and condemned the “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces along the LoC […]

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At least 30 dead in Azerbaijan drug rehab centre fire: media

Baku: At least 30 people died as a fire tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku early today, the local APA news agency reported. Firefighters and rescuers of Azerbaijan’s emergencies ministry had extinguished the blaze and were investigating its causes, the news agency added. (AFP)

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Another youth shuns violence, returns home

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief S P Vaid Friday said that a youth who had a joined militant outfit has returned to his family. However, the identity of the youth was not revealed due to security concerns. “Another young boy responding to the appeals of crying mother returned to the fold of family leaving […]

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10 alleged Maoists killed in Telangana encounter

Hyderabad: At least ten Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district this morning, a senior official of the Telangana Police said. The Naxals were killed in a joint operation by the Telangana and Chhattisgarh Police. A jawan was also injured in the gunfight which took place in the Pujari Kanker […]

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US won’t confirm reports of Nirav Modi being in the country

Washington: The United States government is aware of media reports that diamond jeweller Nirav Modi is in the country but is unable to confirm them, a State Department official said today. “We are aware of recent media reports that Nirav Modi is in the United States but cannot confirm them,” the spokesperson told PTI when […]

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Rains lash Kashmir plains; snowfall in upper reaches

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Putin sets course for new US arms race with ‘invincible’ weapons

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin today launched what appeared to be the start of a new arms race with Washington, as he boasted of a new generation of “invincible” Russian weapons developed in response to the threat posed by the United States. Putin praised Russia’s new hypersonic missiles and cutting-edge submarines during a state of the […]

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For peace talks, Taliban must quit violence: US

Washington: The Taliban needs to support the Afghan constitution and abandon terror and violence if it wants peace talks with the US, the Pentagon has said. Pentagon’s Chief Spokesperson Dana White made the comment in reply to the Taliban’s call for direct talks to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Afghanistan. “The Taliban […]

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Srinagar-Jammu National Highway closed for traffic

Jammu: The 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed due to landslide and falling of stones from hill tops in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said today. “Traffic has been suspended on the highway due to falling of rocks and landslide triggered due to rains in Digdol belt in Ramsoo tehsil of […]