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60 reported dead, over 100 injured Kishtwar/Jammu: A coordinated rescue and relief operation continued for the third consecutive day on Saturday in a remote village in Kishtwar district, where 60 people lost their lives and over 100 others were injured, officials said. Union Minister Jitendra Singh, accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police […]
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Directs senior officials to ensure uninterrupted supply of essentials to affected people Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday took stock of the rescue and relief operations in the cloudburst-hit Kishtwar district and said he will ensure reconstruction of homes damaged in flash floods. Sinha directed senior officials to ensure uninterrupted supply of essentials to […]
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Chisoti: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday announced ex-gratia relief for those affected by the recent cloudburst and flash floods in Chisoti village of Kishtwar district. During a visit to the disaster-struck village, he announced the financial aid from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund as a “measure of solidarity and immediate relief” to the affected […]
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New Delhi: Imposing fixed timelines on governors and the president to act on bills passed by a state Assembly would amount to one organ of the government assuming powers not vested in it by the Constitution and lead to a “constitutional disorder”, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The Centre has said this in […]
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Jammu: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday reached out to people admitted in the Government Medical College here with injuries from the cloudburst and flash floods that struck a remote village in Kishtwar district two days ago. Singh said the search and rescue operations are continuing round the clock and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is […]
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Kishtwar/Jammu: Explosives were used to blast giant boulders hampering the ongoing rescue and relief operations in the disaster-hit Chisoti village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on the third day on Saturday, officials said. Army has also deployed additional troops to intensify the efforts, they said. A total of 60 persons, including three CISF personnel […]
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New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) will hold a press conference on Sunday amid allegations of “vote theft” levelled by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and relentless protest by opposition parties over the intensive electoral roll revision in Bihar. It is unusual for the poll authority to convene a formal press conference on issues other than […]
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Srinagar: Kashmiri Pandits celebrated Janmashtami with religious fervour and took out a procession in the heart of the city on Saturday to mark the birthday of Lord Krishna, officials said. The procession started from Ganpatyar temple in Habba Kadal area of the city centre and passed through Kralkhud and Barbarshah, before reaching the clock tower […]
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New Delhi: From atmanirbharta (self-reliance) to suraksha (security), Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 103-minute Independence Day address was steeped in recurring themes that underscored his vision for a secure, confident and self-sufficient India. Speaking from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Friday, Modi invoked ‘atmanirbharta’ more than 20 times, weaving it through India’s defence, energy, […]
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‘Will Pahalgam killers decide whether JK will be a state’ Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said he was paying a political price for pinning his hopes on the country’s democracy and the Central government for restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s rights, including statehood. In a fiery Independence Day speech at Bakshi stadium here, […]
