Jammu, August1: Irfan Hussian (45) vividly remembers his childhood days when his father and two uncles used to spend days and days in their numerous orchards in Kashmir valley during the harvesting season. “They used to literally live in the orchards during the harvesting season.
Jammu:- After a slight relief in the second wave of COVID-19, police in Reasi district geared up its teams on the crime front and filed 237 charge sheets against 320 accused persons in local courts in recent months, police said. Forty-nine of the cases were heinous in nature and required meticulous investigation with forensic expert opinions to prove allegations beyond any doubt, a police spokesman said.
New Delhi: Heavy showers in eastern Rajasthan inundated roads and washed out rail tracks in the Jodhpur division and light to moderate rains drenched the neighbouring states even as intense rainfall activity has been predicted for the next few days in parts of north and central India. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for parts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Srinagar: Mehbooba Mufti said her Peoples Democratic Party was the only party that is resisting the Centre in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to reporters after meeting party workers in the Pulwama district in south Kashmir, Mehbooba said the Centre is trying to break the PDP by either offering its leaders something or using its agencies to intimidate them. If you stop resisting, you will stop existing.
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha reviewed the planning and preparedness for the upcoming celebrations of Independence Day at a meeting with senior functionaries of the union territory administration at the Civil Secretariat here.
Islamabad, Aug 1: Pakistani authorities have finalized a law to award provisional provincial status to strategically located Gilgit-Baltistan, a media report said on Sunday. India has clearly conveyed to Pakistan that the entire union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of the country by virtue of its fully legal and irrevocable accession.
Srinagar: Tanveer Ahmad Khan, a farmer's son from the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, has brought laurels to the Union Territory by securing the second rank in the prestigious Indian Economic Services (IES) examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
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