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Jammu: Authorities in Jammu on Wednesday declared over a dozen localities as ‘red zones’ and announced a strict lockdown except for essential services and tight perimeter control around those as the region witnessed a spike in coronavirus cases.According to an official order, it would be mandatory for people residing ...

Since 1586, when the Mughals conquered Kashmir, we have been subjected to many occupations. On March 9, 1846, the Sikhs or the Lahore Darbar sold us to the British because the former could not pay the war indemnity. A week later, on March 16, we were sold by the ...

New Delhi: Minister of State for Railways and Karnataka BJP MP Suresh Angadi passed away on Wednesday, days after he tested positive for COVID-19. The 65-year-old passed away at around 8 pm at the AIIMS trauma centre which has been converted into a dedicated COVID-19 facility, sources at the ...

Dubai:Two oil-rich Arab Gulf states suffered severe economic blows on Wednesday, as a major credit agency downgraded Kuwait for the first time and the United Arab Emirates acknowledged its economy would contract to a level last seen in 2009. The agency, Moody’s Investors Service, cut Kuwait’s debt rating and ...

Srinagar:  It’s a sonic boom! It’s a pressure cooker bursting! It’s a quake! And yes, the late night boom that reverberated across the city and several parts of south Kashmir on Tuesday was indeed a quake, seismologists later confirmed. But before that, social media humour and rumour mills were ...

Jammu:Three people were killed and four others injured after a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and rolled down a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Wednesday.   The Tata mobile vehicle was on its way to Kumate in the ...

AWANTIPORA: A fire which broke out early morning on Wednesday partially damaged the a barrack building of Police Station Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.A police statement said that the fire emerged from the barrack at around 8:15 am this morning and was controlled immediately within 20 minutes by ...

First floor of residential house set afire with explosives Budgam: A militant from Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was killed in a gunfight with government forces on Tuesday at Nowhar locality of Chrar-i-Sharif in Budgam district.The gunfight, which concluded with Asif’s ...

Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Tuesday termed as very unfortunate the killing of a civilian woman during an encounter in the Batamaloo area here and said usually the security forces handle such situations with discipline and professionalism.The woman, identified as Kaunsar Riyaz, was killed in cross-firing ...

New Delhi: The sixth round of military talks between India and China that lasted 14 hours focused on ways to defuse rising tensions along the treacherous and high-altitude friction points in eastern Ladakh considering the approaching harsh winter, people familiar with the developments said on Tuesday.The outcome of the ...