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Traffic Police City Jammu launches special drive against traffic violations in view of festivals season
Jammu: In order ensure effective traffic management system and hassle free vehicular movements in this Festivals season, Traffic Police City Jammu launched a special drive in visible offences like w/o Crash Helmets, safety belts, over speed, wrong stops, Rash and negligent driving, wrongly parked vehicles etc.“The main objective of…
Read More »Multidisciplinary team visits Ladakh to speed up implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission
New Delhi: A multidisciplinary team from the National Jal Jeevan Mission comprising officials of the ministry and experts visited Ladakh to help in the implementation of the mission, the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Wednesday.Both the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh plan to provide tap water connections…
Read More »Army Chief Gen MM Naravane arrives in Nepal on crucial visit
Kathmandu: Army chief Gen MM Naravane arrived in Nepal on Wednesday on a three-day crucial visit that is largely aimed at resetting the bilateral ties that came under severe strain following a bitter border row.Gen Naravane is visiting Nepal at the official invitation of Nepal Army chief Gen Purna Chandra…
Read More »SC defers hearing to Nov 5 on pleas related to loan moratorium scheme
The Supreme Court Tuesday deferred to November 5 the hearing on a batch of pleas relating to charging of interest on interest by banks on EMIs which were not paid by the borrowers who availed of the RBI loan moratorium scheme in view of the COVID19 pandemic. The Reserve Bank…
Read More »Counting of votes begin in US; Biden takes early lead
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has taken an early lead against Republican incumbent Donald Trump as the counting of votes in the crucial US presidential election began on Tuesday night. Polling was yet to conclude in various states in the West Coast as states in the other parts of the country…
Read More »Arnab Goswami arrested in two-year-old suicide case
Police on Wednesday arrested Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a police official said. The official said a team of Alibaug police picked up Goswami from his residence here. Goswami, who was seen being pushed into the police van, claimed he was…
Read More »Rouhani: ‘Insulting the Prophet is insulting all Muslims’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has denounced France’s treatment of Islam, adding that Western support for cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad is unethical and insulting to Muslims. In a televised cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the president said freedom must be accompanied by a respect for values and consideration of ethics. “Westerners…
Read More »Without Police, Judicial & Electoral reforms, poor murder & rape victims cannot get Justice: MPEJ
Kuldeep Kumar Rao an active member of Movement for Peace, Equality & Justice, in a statement issued here has strongly criticized the daylight murder of a college student outside her college, in Faridabad (Haryana) on Monday. Mr. Rao while commenting on the most burning & public issues like the recent,…
Read More »Three more die of COVID-19 in Ladakh, 73 new cases detected
Leh , October 25, 2020, Ladakh recorded three more coronavirus-related fatalities and 73 new cases, taking the death toll to 71 and infection tally to 5,913, officials said on Sunday. All the three deaths were reported from Leh during the past 24 hours, raising the toll in the district to…
Read More »Covid-19: India records 54,366 new infections, 690 deaths
New Delhi: COVID-19 recoveries in India crossed 69 lakh, while the number of coronavirus infections reported in a span of 24 hours remained below 60,000 for the fifth consecutive day as the country’s caseload rose to 77,61,312 , according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.A total of…
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