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COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

UAE urges citizens to postpone travel to Jammu and Kashmir

4:31 pm August 8, 2019

Dubai: The UAE has advised its citizens to postpone travel to Jammu and Kashmir and asked those who are already there to follow the instructions of the local authorities, according to a media report. The Indian government imposed restrictions in the Valley before scrapping Article 370 and bifurcate the state into two union territories– Jammu […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

Pakistan downgrades ties with India as Kashmir row deepens

10:37 pm August 7, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan downgraded its diplomatic ties with nuclear-armed rival India Wednesday, announcing that it will expel the Indian envoy and suspend trade in a deepening row over New Delhi’s move to tighten its grip on disputed Kashmir. New Delhi stripped the Himalayan region of its seven-decade-long semi-autonomous status Monday through a contentious presidential decree, just […]

PM likely to address nation on Thursday

9:08 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the nation on Thursday during which he is expected to explain government’s decisions on abrogating special status to Jammu and Kashmir and splitting the state into two union territories, sources have said. The last time he addressed the nation was on March 27 during the […]

Real Kashmir’s pre-season may move out of Valley

8:33 pm August 7, 2019

Kalyani (West Bengal): Srinagar-based I-League club Real Kashmir FC may hold its pre-season training at either Jamshedpur or Mumbai in the wake of tense situation in the state, said the team’s co-owner and chairman Sandeep Chattoo. Despite tensed situation back home after the Centre scrapped Article 370, which gives special status to the state, Real […]

BJP supports Thackeray govt's decision to impose weekend lockdown in Maharashtra

Fadnavis reviews flood situation in Maharashtra

3:20 pm August 7, 2019

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday took a break from his ongoing mass outreach programme and chaired a meeting here to review the flood situation in various parts of the state. He directed the authorities concerned to make adequate arrangements of food, drinking water and other essential items for the flood-affected people in […]