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Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)

Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)

JK reports 489 new positive cases, 10885 recovered so far JAMMU, JULY 28: The Government on Tuesday informed that 489 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 134 from Jammu division and 355 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 18879. […]

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SMC launches an extensive sanitation drive ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

SMC launches an extensive sanitation drive ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

Srinagar Municipal Corporation today launched an extensive two day sanitation special drive for upcoming Eid The drive took off from SK park in presence of Commissioner SMC Mr Gazanfar Ali who was accompanied by several other SMC officers including Joint Commissioner Adm Syed Abul Qasim ,Secretary SMC Sofi Akbar, Chief Sanitation Officer Mudasir Banday and […]

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DGP, all ranks condoles sad demise of Justice Sanjay Gupta

DGP, all ranks condoles sad demise of Justice Sanjay Gupta

DGP J&K Dilbag Singh and all ranks of Jammu and Kashmir Police have condoled the sad demise of Justice Sanjay Gupta, a sitting Judge of J&K High Court. In his message the DGP has expressed his sympathies with the bereaved family and the legal fraternity of the UT. The DGP has said that the departed […]

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Scrapping Article 370 was ‘marital rape’, assault on faith of J&K, says PDP’s Naeem Akhtar

Scrapping Article 370 was ‘marital rape’, assault on faith of J&K, says PDP’s Naeem Akhtar

Srinagar: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former cabinet minister of Jammu and Kashmir Naeem Akhtar Monday said the decisions taken by the Narendra Modi government, including scrapping of Article 370 and the Citizenship Amendment Act, have rekindled the Hindu versus Muslim discourse, and created a ‘South Asian Ummah’ (Muslim unity), extending from Khyber (in Pakistan) to Chittagong in […]

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High-powered panel will take call on restoration of 4G internet services in J&K: L-G

High-powered panel will take call on restoration of 4G internet services in J&K: L-G

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir GC Murmu has clarified that the committee constituted to study the matter regarding the restoration of 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir will take an “appropriate decision”. “The panel will take a 360-degree view of the situation,” Murmu told The Tribune in an interview on Monday evening. Amidst all speculations and […]

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PDP greets people on Urs Shah-e-Hamdan

PDP greets people on Urs Shah-e-Hamdan

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has felicitated the people of Jammu and Kashmir on the annual Urs of the revered Sufi saint Syed Ali Hamadani (R.A). In a felicitation message, the PDP spokesman said that Shah-e-Hamadan not only changed the history of Kashmir but also the future of Kashmiris for good. The spokesman added that the […]

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SAS Geelani honored with Pakistan’s highest civilian award

SAS Geelani honored with Pakistan’s highest civilian award

The Pakistani Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution conferring the country’s highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, on Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, besides proposing an engineering university in his name Times of India reported. The resolution was moved by Jamaat-i-Islami senator Mushtaq Ahmad and passed unanimously with a voice vote. The Senate also decided to […]

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Rajasthan cabinet meets to discuss points raised by governor for calling assembly session

Rajasthan cabinet meets to discuss points raised by governor for calling assembly session

The Rajasthan government is holding a cabinet meeting to discuss the points raised by governor Kalraj Mishra for convening a session of the state assembly. The Congress government has been constantly demanding that a session of the house should be called. Confident of its numbers in the assembly, the party is pushing for a floor […]

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Pakistan army shells 2 sectors along LoC in Poonch

Pakistan army shells 2 sectors along LoC in Poonch

The Pakistan army resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, prompting Indian troops to retaliate effectively, officials said on Tuesday. The ceasefire was violated by Pakistan for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday, officials said, adding that there have been […]

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Global recoveries hit 10 million even as Covid-19 rages on

Global recoveries hit 10 million even as Covid-19 rages on

More than 10 million people out of the over 16 million infected with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) have recovered worldwide — a key milestone for the pandemic that has otherwise shown little sign of slowing down as it continues to find new strongholds across countries. Resurgences in various regions, including where nations thought they had […]