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Advisor Baseer Khan visits Baramulla, takes stock of COVID-19 Quarantine facilities

Advisor Baseer Khan visits Baramulla, takes stock of COVID-19 Quarantine facilities

100 bedded Quarantine/Wellness Centre set up at Indoor Stadium Baramulla BARAMULLA, APRIL 21: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today visited here to take stock of the measures taken by the District Administration to combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and review quarantine facilities established at Indoor Stadium, Baramulla. The Advisor was accompanied by […]

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Pakistan Removes Around 1800 Names From Terrorist Watch List Ahead Of FATF Assessment: Report

Pakistan Removes Around 1800 Names From Terrorist Watch List Ahead Of FATF Assessment: Report

Pakistan has quietly removed around 1,800 terrorists from its watch list, including that of the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, ahead of a new round of assessments by the global anti-money-laundering watchdog FATF, according to a US-based start-up that automates watchlist compliance. The so-called proscribed persons list, which is maintained […]

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Ensure uninterrupted power, water supply, ration in Ramadan: JKAP

Ensure uninterrupted power, water supply, ration in Ramadan: JKAP

Srinagar, April 21 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) on Tuesday urged the Lieutenant Governor G.C Murmu led administration to ensure all basic amenities especially ration, water and power supply to the people of Jammu and Kashmir during the holy month of Ramadan. Emphasizing on the need for stable electricity supply to the people […]

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Masoodi welcomes airlifting of the stranded from Jaisalmir

Masoodi welcomes airlifting of the stranded from Jaisalmir

Srinagar, April 21 (KNS):Hasnain Masoodi, MP in a statement, on Tuesday has welcomed airlifting of students and pilgrims from Jaisalmir. He has asked the Central Government to facilitate evacuation of students stuck in Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan. Masoodi has asked the JK administration not to allow MHA order on inter-state travel to stand in the way […]

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‘Insanov seeth cha shoob’: A beautiful bloom minus the visitors

‘Insanov seeth cha shoob’: A beautiful bloom minus the visitors

Srinagar: Remember the Kashmiri phrase ‘insanov seeth cha shoob’ (humans bring the decorum). These days as people have to stay indoors, some of the famous places around the world are deserted, forlorn, empty: aesthetics bereft of aesthetes. Here in Kashmir too, as the spring beckons us to come out and enjoy the beauty of nature, the coronavirus pandemic […]

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India ranks at 142 in press freedom, mainly due to Kashmir situation

India ranks at 142 in press freedom, mainly due to Kashmir situation

Srinagar: India has again dropped two places on Global Press Freedom Index 2020 to be ranked 142nd out of 180 in the annual analysis by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF). And this score, the RSF said, is heavily affected by the communication blackout in Kashmir last year — “making it virtually impossible for journalists to cover […]

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Citing Sopore funeral, AG tells SC “4G is a question of national security”

Citing Sopore funeral, AG tells SC “4G is a question of national security”

Srinagar: In the petition regarding the restoration of high-speed internet in Jammu and Kashmir in the Supreme Court, the Attorney General has cited “serious issues in J-K”, calling it a “question of national security.” “Recently a militant was killed and 500 people showed up for his funeral,” he said, highlighting a gathering at a militant’s funeral […]

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J-K high court employee found dead in Srinagar

J-K high court employee found dead in Srinagar

Body of a 50-year old employee of Jammu and Kashmir High Court was found dead in Qamarwari area of Srinagar city on Tuesday. Reports said that some locals spotted the body lying at PDD Quarter near Police Colony in Qamarwari area and informed concerned police station about it. Immediately, a police team led by SHO […]

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J&K Govt begins evacuation, brings back 1,200 stranded residents

J&K Govt begins evacuation, brings back 1,200 stranded residents

The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday finally began the process of bringing back its residents stranded in Pathankot and adjoining areas. As many as 1,211 people, who were stranded in Pathankot district of Punjab due to the imposition of lockdown, were brought to Lakhanpur in the Punjab Roadways buses on Monday. All of them […]

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Bandipora infection hub

Bandipora infection hub

Covid positive cases continued on upward trend in Kashmir on Monday after 14 persons tested positive for the virus, a development that caused the Union Territory’s infection tally to climb to 368 with five deaths. 4 booked for hiding travel history Rajouri: Four persons were booked at the Budhal police station in Rajouri district for […]