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SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government is establishing an early warning system to enhance preparedness for any sudden breach of glacial lakes due to the climate change-induced rapid melting in the Himalayas, officials said here. …
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JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday attended the wreath laying ceremony of a policeman who along with his three colleagues was martyred in a two-day long gunfight with Pakistani terrorists in Kathua district. …
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JAMMU: Security forces on Saturday extended the ongoing search operation to new areas after the body of the fourth policeman and two slain terrorists were recovered from the scene of a gunfight in a remote forested area in Kathua district…
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SRINAGAR: A case was registered on Friday against the organisers and participants of a procession in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district for allegedly creating a law-and-order situation by raising objectionable slogans. The case has…
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JAMMU: Shifting of army personnel from Jammu to Ladakh to counter Chinese incursions allowed terrorists to exploit the situation, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday, asserting more steps were needed to improve the security…
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NEW DELHI: India is sending a contingent of 80 NDRF personnel for aiding relief and rescue work in earthquake-hit Myanmar, officials here said on Saturday. Personnel of the federal disaster contingency force are being deployed under…
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REASI: A brother of constable Tariq Ahmad -- martyred in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua -- has said that if given a chance, he would avenge the policeman's martyrdom by eliminating 100 terrorists. …
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NEW DELHI: A survey for a new 223-km rail line between Jammu and Poonch via Akhnoor and Rajauri was carried out and the project cost was assessed as Rs 22,771 crore but it has low traffic projections, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said…
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AGENCY BANGKOK: A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. At least 144 people were killed and 730 injured in Myanmar, where photos and video from two hard-hit…
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MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday permitted banks to increase charges on ATM cash withdrawals beyond the mandatory free monthly usage by Rs 2 to Rs 23 per transaction from May 1. Customers are eligible for five free…
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