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Coronavirus update: India records 1,428 new Covid-19 cases, 57 deaths in last 24 hours

Coronavirus update: India records 1,428 new Covid-19 cases, 57 deaths in last 24 hours

There were 1,429 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 57 deaths across the country in the last 24 hours, the Union home ministry said on Saturday, which marks a month since India was put under a nationwide lockdown. India’s tally of the coronavirus disease stands at 24,506—including 18,668 active cases, 5063 cured, discharged […]

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Probe into Delhi riots: Student activists, PFI under police scrutiny

Probe into Delhi riots: Student activists, PFI under police scrutiny

Umar Khalid shot to limelight after he was slapped with sedition charges along with nine other students, including then JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, for allegedly organising an event to protest against the “judicial killing” of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat at the Jawaharlal Nehru University on February 9, 2016. It is alleged that anti-India slogans […]

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Centre issues advisory easing curbs on select shops, sending four teams to new hotspots

Centre issues advisory easing curbs on select shops, sending four teams to new hotspots

On the day it red-flagged Ahmedabad, Surat, Hyderabad and Chennai among “major hotspot districts or emerging hotspots” and decided to send four new teams to monitor these cities, the Centre issued an advisory late Friday night relaxing curbs to allow functioning of select shops within and outside municipal limits. This will not, however, apply to […]

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PCI calls out “bullying tactics” against journalists, demands withdrawal of charges

PCI calls out “bullying tactics” against journalists, demands withdrawal of charges

Srinagar: Press Club of India (PCI) has called out the charges against Kashmiri journalists by Jammu and Kashmir police and demanded from the Governor’s administration to “devise open and transparent norms to address perceived questions relating to journalists’ posts on social media,” and drop the charges against Kashmiri journalists. In a statement issued here, the PCI […]

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COVID-19: 14 more test positive in Kashmir; J-K tally rises to 468

COVID-19: 14 more test positive in Kashmir; J-K tally rises to 468

Srinagar: 14 more persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday in Anantnag district, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in Kashmir to 411 and Jammu 57. ACR Anantnag also in his latest tweet confirmed about 14 cases of Postive. The officer wrote in tweet, “Pushroo-1, Kutheir-3, Kharpora (Larnoo, Kokernag- Division)-10 .Figures aside, just remember […]

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Gunfight breaks out in south Kashmir’s Awantipora

Gunfight breaks out in south Kashmir’s Awantipora

Srinagar: A pre-dawn gunfight  broke between goverment forces and militants in Goripora Area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Reports reachingsaid that a joint team of Police and army’s 50 RR launched cordon and search operation in Goripora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]

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Two militants killed in south Kashmir, railway cop rescued: Police

Two militants killed in south Kashmir, railway cop rescued: Police

Srinagar :Two militants were killed minutes after they abducted a railway policeman at Yaripora area of Kulgam in south Kashmir on Friday, police said. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Range, Vijay Kumar (IPS) told  that militants abducted a railway police personnel at Shirpora village following which an immediate cordon was launched by a joint team […]

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J&K police defends FIRs against journalists, says media should ascertain facts first

J&K police defends FIRs against journalists, says media should ascertain facts first

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday defended filing of cases against three journalists in the valley saying two of them have been booked for making seditious and incendiary comments on social media. Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar, reacting to journalist bodies’ criticism of the police action, said before making broad generalisations like […]

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J&K HC denies interim relief to journalist booked under UAPA, issues notice to govt

J&K HC denies interim relief to journalist booked under UAPA, issues notice to govt

Denying interim relief to journalist and author Gowhar Geelani, booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), the J&K High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Union Territory government and listed the case for May 20. Geelani, who was booked by the J-K Police under the anti-terror law for his social media posts, had filed […]

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LOCKDOWN VIOLATIONS  

LOCKDOWN VIOLATIONS  

Police and authorities in Srinagar city have been strictly enforcing lockdown to arrest the spread of coronavirus. Recently police said that they have filed over 1000 FIR’s in Kashmir against people for violating a lockdown orders of the government. On April 23, government in a statement said that they have sealed 10 shops and seized […]

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