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The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to explore the possibility of restoring high-speed 4G internet services in certain areas, PTI reported. Internet services were stopped in Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year after the Narendra Modi government revoked Article 370 and bifurcated ...

The United States on Thursday lifted its highest advisory warning for American citizens against travelling abroad amid the coronavirus outbreak, saying conditions no longer warrant a blanket worldwide alert. The advisory was lifted in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US State Department said in ...

SRINAGAR: Sustained counter-terror operations in Kashmir hinterland coupled with strengthening of the Jammu & Kashmir border grid to prevent Pakistan from pushing in terrorists, has brought down the current number of active terrorists in J&K to around 200. This, according to Jammu & Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh, is the ...

NEW DELHI: BJP veteran and former central minister Manoj Sinha was appointed lieutenant governor of Jammu & Kashmir in a surprise move after the abrupt exit of G C Murmu on Wednesday. The 61-year-old is seen to enjoy a rapport with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comes across as ...

Pakistan on Thursday claimed that it has asked India through diplomatic channels to appoint a counsel for death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, but New Delhi said that Islamabad has not yet communicated to it about the developments relating to the case. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson ...

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday criticised Turkey’s remarks against India’s decisions related to Jammu and Kashmir, and described them as “factually incorrect, biased and unwarranted”. Turkey had on Monday claimed that India’s move to rescind the region’s special status had not “contributed to the peace and stability ...

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that Pakistan has not reached out to India regarding the Islamabad High Court’s order for the appointment of a lawyer for former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in the country on charges of espionage. “We haven’t ...

NEW DELHI: The total number of recoveries among Covid-19 patients in India has jumped to 13,28,336, pushing the recovery rate to 67.62 per cent on Thursday, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 2.07 per cent, the Union health ministry said. The recoveries exceeded active cases of ...

On August 5, exactly a year after Jammu and Kashmir lost its special status and statehood, Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu submitted his resignation to the president.On August 6, Rashtrapati Bhavan issued a press communique: “The President has been pleased to appoint Shri Manoj Sinha to be the Lieutenant ...

PM Narendra Modi remembers Sushma Swaraj on her first death anniversary. (file)Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered senior BJP leader and former Union minister Sushma Swaraj on her first death anniversary on Thursday, saying she served India selflessly and was an articulate voice for the country at the world stage.Former ...