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15 dead as papaya-laden truck overturns in Maharashtra
At least 15 labourers were killed, and two others injured in Maharashtra when a truck laden with papayas overturned near Kingaon village of Jalgaon district early on Monday, police said. Investigating Officer of Yaval Police Station Inspector Sudhir Patil said that the incident happened around 1 a.m. when the truck…
Read More »J&KTwo militant associates arrested in Budgam, incriminating material recovered: Police
The Jammu and Kashmir police Monday claimed to have arrested two militant associates of two banned militant outfits of LeT and TUM in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. In a statement, a spokesperson said that on 14 February during a Naka checking, Budgam police and 53 RR army arrested two militant…
Read More »Azad to announce his future plan after visiting J&K
Amid conflicting reports about his future, veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will interact with his supporters from J&K to announce the next course of action. Reliable sources said that after his formal retirement as a member of the Rajya Sabha on February 15, Azad will start the interaction with…
Read More »Minimum temperature dips at several places across Kashmir
Srinagar: The minimum temperature at most places in Kashmir decreased on Sunday and settled below the freezing point across the valley, officials said.Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius last night, down from the previous night’s 1.2 degrees Celsius, the officials said.Qazigund the gateway town to the valley…
Read More »Heroin recovered from India-Pakistan border in Amritsar
Amritsar: Six packets of heroin weighing over 6 kg were recovered from the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar by BSF sleuths on Sunday, an official said.A BSF official said the security personnel deployed on the international border observed suspicious movement of smugglers.Sensing a threat, they fired at them but due to…
Read More »Won’t let govt sit in peace till farmers’ demands met: Tikait
Karnal: Upping the ante against the government, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said they won’t let it sit in peace till the farmers’ demands are met.Addressing a farmers’ “mahapanchayat” at the Indri grain market in the district, Tikait said the 40 leaders spearheading the agitation against the…
Read More »FASTag declared mandatory from midnight tomorrow
NEW DELHI: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has decided that all lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as “FASTag lane of the fee plaza” w.e.f midnight of 15th/16th February 2021.Therefore, as per NH Fee Rules 2008, any vehicle not fitted with FASTag or vehicle…
Read More »Govt simplifies business establishment process, opens door for investors with ambitious business reforms
No registration required for setting up of a business unit in Jammu & Kashmir Government eliminates requirement of fifteen NoCs as a prerequisite to setting up industry, introduces Single Window System Timely disposal of facilitation like Electricity, Water, and other Clearances to be provided to industries JAMMU, FEBRUARY 14: In…
Read More »JK reports 73 new positive cases, 122768 recovered so far
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 14: The Government on Sunday informed that 73 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 15 from Jammu division and 58 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 125341.Also 02 COVID-19 deaths have been…
Read More »JK Handicrafts Dept ropes in ‘Kral Koor’ to help revive pottery in Kashmir valley
Srinagar: The age-old tradition of pottery has gained the attention of the Jammu and Kashmir government after an engineer-turned-potter pitched for the revival of the dying art in the Valley.Saima Shafi, 32, popularly known as ‘Kral Koor’ (potter girl in Kashmiri), was recently invited by the state’s handicrafts department to…
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