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Kevadia: Citing court verdicts on firecrackers and denying the executive a role in the appointment of judges, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said some judgments gave a distinct impression of the judiciary’s overreach.He stressed that the legislature, the executive and the judiciary are bound to work within their…

Srinagar: The National Conference on Wednesday rejected claims of the Jammu and Kashmir administration that its party leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah had encroached on land in Jammu and said it is mulling legal recourse to challenge the “unfounded and unwarranted allegations” being levelled against them.In a statement, a…

Srinagar: An avalanche warning was issued in 12 districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday in view of heavy snowfall in the higher reaches of the Union Territory (UT) in the last three days, officials said here.A ‘medium danger’ avalanche warning has been issued for the higher reaches of Kishtwar,…

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir’s BJP youth wing chief and some members were detained by the police on Wednesday as they tried to stage a protest outside the residence of National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah over allegation that the house has been built over encroached government land, officials said. Ex-chief minister…

New Delhi:  PDP youth wing president Waheed ur Rehman Parra was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday for allegedly conspiring with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in securing their support during the 2019 parliamentary elections, officials said here.The officials alleged that Parra, who recently filed his nomination for district…

New Delhi: India is one of the few countries where work did not stop due to coronavirus pandemic, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday, noting that the government liberalised work from home’ norms for the purpose.He said 85 per cent of the work continued despite the pandemic outbreak.”It…

New Delhi: The Congress party’s top strategist and troubleshooter Ahmed Patel died in a Gurugram hospital in the early hours of Wednesday following complications related to COVID-19. He was 71.The last rites of the senior leader, who was confidant, crisis manager and consensus builder for the Congress, will be held…

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the youth to develop the qualities of self-confidence and introspection, saying this was the aim of the New Education Police announced earlier this year by his government.”The aim of the new National Education Policy is that the youth of the country gets…

Srinagar/Jammu: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah’s sister, an influential mahant and two prominent hoteliers including a Congress leader figure in the second list of 269 people who have availed land under the now-scrapped Roshni Act.The Jammu administration also released another list of seven persons who have allegedly encroached upon state…

Srinagar: Continuing its efforts to lace its men with high-tech gadgets, Jammu and Kashmir police is all set to procure Anti-Riot Gas Masks (ARGMs) to protect its personnel on the ground from the toxic material produced by tear gas and other gases used for controlling crowds.J&K police headquarters Jammu has…