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Gunfight rages in Pulwama village
BASHARAT RASHID PULWAMA: A gunfight has started between militants and govt. forces in Parigam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday afternoon. Sources said that the encounter started after a joint team of forces including the Army, SOG of Police, and CRPF, laid a cordon and search operation in…
Read More »Gupkar parties denied ‘self rule’, ‘autonomy’ to local bodies: Dr Jitendra
New Delhi: In a scathing attack on the Gupkar Alliance, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh accused the Gupkar parties of having all these years denied “self-rule” and “autonomy” to the grassroot local bodies even though these parties always kept this at the top of their political manifesto.In a detailed interview…
Read More »Centre sends 250 CAPF companies for DDC polls in J-K
New Delhi: Around 250 companies or 25,000 central paramilitary personnel are being sent by the Centre for providing security cover to the forthcoming eight-phase District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.The units have been drawn from various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) like the…
Read More »Pfizer concludes phase 3 study of Covid-19 vaccine candidate, says it’s 95% effective
New York: Global drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said on Wednesday their COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 95 per cent effective, including in adults over 65 years of age, a major announcement coming just two days after Moderna said its virus vaccine has an efficacy rate of 94.5 per cent.American pharmaceutical giant…
Read More »HC quashes PSA detention of separatist leader Masarat Alam, to remain in jail in NIA case
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed a 2017 order of detention of separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat, but he will continue to remain behind bars in connection with a terror financing case.In the 2017 terror funding case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet…
Read More »Covid-19 has not prevented some countries from supporting cross-border terrorism: India
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has not prevented some countries from supporting cross-border terrorism and spreading religious hatred, India has said at the UN, in an apparent reference to Pakistan, asserting that the United Nations must speak decisively and not take sides among religions or justify terrorism in any way.India’s…
Read More »KU VC inaugurates national-level webinar on diabetes
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad Wednesday inaugurated a national-level webinar organised in connection with the World Diabetes Week.The day-long webinar was hosted by the varsity’s Department of Students Welfare (DSW) in collaboration with Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences and Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicines Srinagar.Prof…
Read More »Legal literacy can transform people’s lives: Prof Talat
Srinagar: Enhancing legal literacy at the grassroots can go a long way in transforming the lives of people, Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad said on Wednesday. Inaugurating a two-day legal literacy orientation programme, organised by the varsity’s State Resource Centre as part of its Legal Literacy Project…
Read More »Army officer injured in LoC explosion
Jammu: An Army officer deployed on Line of Control (LoC) in Hamirpur KG area near Balakote was injured in an explosion on Wednesday morning.Official sources told that an explosion took place during routine exercise in which a Captain rank officer suffered injuries.“The injured officer has been shifted to Army hospital…
Read More »Four out of ten people in Kashmir have COVID-19 antibodies: Sero survey
Srinagar: A Sero-survey conducted in Kashmir recently has found that four out of every ten people in the valley have developed antibodies against the Covid-19.The survey carried out in all ten districts of Kashmir found the highest prevalence of antibodies is in Pulwama district as 43.1 per cent patients have…
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