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NEW DELHI: Four years after his name was recommended by the Supreme Court collegium, advocate Wasim Sadiq Nargal was on Wednesday appointed as an additional judge of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court.The recommendation of Nargal was made…
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HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old woman from Jammu and Kashmir working with an e-commerce major here died by allegedly hanging herself on Wednesday, police said.The woman, a native of Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, was found hanging in her…
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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta on Wednesday reviewed the status of mega projects under execution in the union territory and asked the agencies concerned to adhere to set deadlines.The official enquired…
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JAMMU: The Congress on Wednesday called for urgent measures to stop terror attacks on soft targets, including minorities and Kashmiri Pandit employees, in the valley, a party spokesperson said.The two-day 'Nav Sankalp' workshop of the…
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NEW DELHI: Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level meeting on June 3 to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and others, officials said here on Wednesday.They said besides the Lt Gov,…
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BENGALURU: One of the accused who attacked farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on May 30 was a murder convict released from jail for good conduct, a police officer said on Wednesday.The attack on the farmer leader at an event in Bengaluru…
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SAMBA: Rajni Bala, a government school teacher who was killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, was cremated here on Wednesday, amid an outpouring of grief and anger.Slogans of "Rajni Bala Amar Rahe, Amar Rahe"…
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab police on Wednesday said it will question jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi after bringing him to the state in connection with the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.According to the police, Bishnoi's gang…
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NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to expand the mandate of Government e-Marketplace (GeM) by allowing procurement by cooperatives.Presently, the registration of cooperatives as buyers was not covered within the…
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New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the Bar Council of India (BCI) to establish the Bar Council in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The plea has alleged that failure to provide Bar…
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