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SRINAGAR: Acting tough against a group of youths who raised anti-India slogans at historic Jamia Masjid here post congregational Friday prayers, the Jammu and Kashmir Police in nocturnal raids arrested 13 people, mostly youths, on the charge of sedition, it said on Saturday. Police said that dossiers were prepared and all of them were booked […]

SRINAGAR: About 80 lakhs people have visited Kashmir in the last few months, breaking all records of tourist arrivals in the Valley in the last 10 years, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday and termed the year as the “golden period”. “Record number of people are visiting Kashmir and this is […]

GANGTOK: A hotel chain has announced charter flights between Pakyong near Sikkim’s capital Gangtok and Kolkata to mitigate the impact of the temporary closure of Bagdogra airport near Siliguri for two weeks. Udaan Hotels & Resorts, a hotel chain with properties in Sikkim and North Bengal, has announced to operate 12 charter flights between April […]

NEW DELHI: A day after a Delhi court stayed a magistrate’s order asking the CBI to withdraw a lookout circular (LOC) against former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel, his lawyer Tanveer Ahmed Mir on Saturday said that he would plead the court to uphold the order for an apology and compensation to Patel by […]

NEW DELHI: The Central government will distribute fortified rice under all government food distribution schemes including mid-day meal and National Food Security Act (NFSA) to tackle malnutrition and poor health, it said on Friday. The proposal to distribute fortified rice was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on […]