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Rajasthan HC Adjourns Hearing Of Sachin Pilot’s Petition Against Disqualification Notice

Rajasthan HC Adjourns Hearing Of Sachin Pilot’s Petition Against Disqualification Notice

The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of Sachin Pilot-led camp’s petition against the disqualification notice, sent by the Assembly Speaker, within minutes. The case will again be heard on Friday. The court has asked him to file a fresh plea. Advocates Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi represented them in the court. The […]

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Order against restoration of 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir should be in public domain: SC

Order against restoration of 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir should be in public domain: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said the government should have put the decision of the special committee, constituted on the court’s directive, to not resume 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir in the public domain. The court was hearing a contempt petition that sought action against government officials for allegedly defying the court’s order to […]

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Sopore resident held for creating fake Facebook page, issuing threats

Sopore resident held for creating fake Facebook page, issuing threats

Police in Jammu and Kashmir have arrested a resident of north Kashmir’s Sopore for creating a fake Facebook page and using it for “anti-national activities”, a spokesman said on Thursday. He said that Rayees Ahmad Mir @ Danish S/O Feroz Ahmad Mir R/O Brath Kalan was held for “creating fake accounts on social media and […]

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Businesses closed, public transport suspended as COVID-19 restrictions imposed in Budgam

Businesses closed, public transport suspended as COVID-19 restrictions imposed in Budgam

Businesses remained closed while public transport services were suspended as the district administration imposed restrictions for five days to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said on Thursday. In wake of daily spike of Coronavirus cases, the Budgam district administration on Wednesday evening ordered the imposition of section 144 cr […]

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COVID-19: India records highest spike in a day as more than 30,000 test positive

COVID-19: India records highest spike in a day as more than 30,000 test positive

On Thursday, the country recorded the highest spike in the number of COVID-19 cases as more than 30,000 test positive for the virus, reported Press Trust of India. The overall tally has risen to 9,68,876, while the death toll climbed to 24,915 with 606 people succumbing to the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data. […]

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India Coronavirus numbers explained: 1 million cases likely to be reached today

India Coronavirus numbers explained: 1 million cases likely to be reached today

India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: While Karnataka has been the focus of attention for its rapid rise in number of novel Coronavirus cases, there are three other states in the top-ten list which are growing very fast and have followed very similar trajectories. Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal have all seen a sharp increase in their Coronavirus numbers this […]

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Bhopal Man, 68, Accused Of Sexual Assault On Minors, Arrested In J&K

Bhopal Man, 68, Accused Of Sexual Assault On Minors, Arrested In J&K

Bhopal:  A 68-year-old man accused of raping minor girls, possessing pornographic materials and enabling rich and influential individuals in the sexual assault of minors was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Wednesday. Pyare Miyan, who owned and operated an Urdu language newspaper in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, was tracked down and captured after five minor […]

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RESTRICTIONS RETURN

RESTRICTIONS RETURN

  After relaxation of a few weeks’ authorities in Srinagar city re-imposed lockdown in most parts. There was a steep rise in Covid positive cases in the entire Kashmir valley especially in Srinagar city. Neither the administration nor the people were able to understand the gravity of the situation and the responsibilities. Most of our […]

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Covid-19 Claims 3 More Lives in Kashmir, J&K Toll 211

Covid-19 Claims 3 More Lives in Kashmir, J&K Toll 211

  Kokernag Woman Tests Positive Posthumously, Days After Hundreds Participated In Her Funeral Srinagar, July 16: Kashmir Valley reported three more covid-19 related deaths, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 211, officials said on Thursday. Two of the fatalities were reported from SKIMS Soura and include a 65-year-old man from Khajabagh Baramulla […]

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Army soldier wounded in low-intensity explosion near LoC in J&K’s Rajouri

Army soldier wounded in low-intensity explosion near LoC in J&K’s Rajouri

An army man sustained minor injuries in a low-intensity explosion possibly due to an anti-personnel landmine in Kalal area of Nowshera sector of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. They said that a team of army soldiers was on routine duty along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kalal when a […]