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• LG Sinha visits slain Babar Qadri’s family, assures support

  Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor J&K, Manoj Sinha on Thursday visited the family of late advocate Babar Qadri, who was recently killed by unidentified gunmen at his home in Srinagar’s. An official statement said that LG Sinha visited the family of slain advocate in Hawal,Srinagar and spoke to Babar’s father, Mohammad Yaseen Qadri,his brother Zafar Qadri and […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 02:15 PM
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• 2 soldiers killed, 4 others injured in cross LoC firing in Kupwara

    Srinagar: Two soldiers were killed and four others were injured in firing by Pakistani army along the Line of Control in Naugam Kupwara in north Kashmir, Indian army said on Thursday. “Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along LoC in Naugam Sector, Kupwara today morning by firing mortars and other weapons. Two soldiers (were […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 02:06 PM
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• Young reporter dies of heart attack

    Baramulla: Defence Correspondent at the daily Rising Kashmir, Javid Ahmad died of heart attack Thursday afternoon in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Javid, a resident of Watergam Rafiabad Baramulla was on his way to Srinagar when he suddenly fell unconscious after sufferring a massive heart attack at Pattan, sources told Kashmir Reader. He was rushed […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 01:51 PM
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• Bhushan files fresh plea in SC seeking review of punishment in contempt case

  New Delhi;Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking review of the August 31 sentencing order to either pay nominal fine of Re 1 or face a three-month jail term and debarment from law practice for three years in the contempt case for his two tweets against the judiciary. Bhushan, who has already […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 01:02 PM
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• VC BGSBU congratulates 4 varsity passouts for qualifying J&K Civil Services

    Srinagar: Vice Chancellor Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, Prof Javed Musarratbon Thursday congratulated four passouts of the varsity who cracked this year’s J&K Combined Competitive Examination result of which was announced by JKPSC on Tuesday. The four students are Naseem Akram ( Civil Engg 2011 batch), Rahat Malik (Civil Engg 2012 batch), Rouhan […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 11:55 AM
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• 2 factory units gutted in fire mishap in north Kashmir’s Sopore

    Sopore: A spice grinding factory and a bandsaw unit were gutted in fire in Nowpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. An official said that fire broke out in the two units at around 2 am in the night. Locals and fire tenders managed […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 11:29 AM
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• Suicide bomber kills 9 at checkpoint in south Afghanistan

  Kabul:  An Afghan official says at least nine people including four civilians were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a military checkpoint in southern Afghanistan. Omer Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor in Helmand, said Thursday a small child and three security personnel were wounded in the late Wednesday night attack in Nahri […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 11:13 AM
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• Trump plans to slash refugee admissions to US to record low

  San Diego:  The Trump administration has proposed further slashing the number of refugees the United States accepts to a new record low in the coming year. In a notice sent to Congress late Wednesday, just 34 minutes before a statutory deadline to do so, the administration said it intended to admit a maximum of 15,000 […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 10:29 AM
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• COVID-19 tally in India crosses 63-lakh mark

  New Delhi:  India’s COVID-19 caseload breached the 63-lakh mark with 86,821 infections being reported in a day, while 52,73,201 people have recuperated so far from the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The recovery rate stands at 83.53 per cent. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 63,12,584, while the death […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 10:26 AM
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• Senate approves bill to avoid shutdown, sending it to Trump

  Washington:  By a sweeping bipartisan vote Wednesday, the Senate sent President Donald Trump a bill to fund the government through December 11, averting the possibility of a government shutdown when the new fiscal year starts Thursday. Trump was expected to sign the measure before Wednesday’s midnight deadline, although he was still flying back to Washington […]

  • 01 Oct, 2020 09:53 AM
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