LONDON: Britain’s government Monday enacted new measures to accelerate the deportation of foreign criminals, clamping down on some who have claimed protection under UK law as purported victims of “modern slavery”. It cited the case of one convicted rapist who appealed against a decision by the Home Office (interior ministry) to expel him from Britain, […]
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CAIRO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Middle East on Sunday, beginning a three-day visit as violence flares between Israelis and Palestinians, and with Iran and the war in Ukraine high on the agenda. After a stop in Cairo Blinken will head on Monday to Jerusalem, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new […]
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India’s rising tide of Hindu nationalism is an affront to the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, his great-grandson says, ahead of the 75th anniversary of his assassination. Gandhi was shot dead at a multi-faith prayer meeting on January 30, 1948, by Nathuram Godse, a religious zealot angered by his victim’s conciliatory gestures to the country’s minority […]
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department has formulated a roadmap to achieve all the desired goals contained in its vision and mission in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Administrative Secretary, Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department, Bhupinder Kumar, said the department is working vigorously working to achieve all the desired […]
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The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols. Scorpion stands for “Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods”. The unit is a 50-person team tasked with bringing down crime levels in particular areas. But now it is being abolished after its officers […]
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The 43rd edition of FITUR, one of the largest tourism fairs in the world, got started here with King Felipe VI of Spain inaugurating the event. J&K Tourism Department is participating in the five-day event as an important stakeholder and part of India’s official tourism delegation. The King visited the Incredible India Pavilion at the […]
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LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Friday alleged that following the two failed assassination attempts on his life, a third plot had been hatched to kill him by the terrorists funded by the PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari. “Asif Ali Zardari is among four people from an agency who orchestrated a plan behind closed […]
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan has said that empowerment of women-folk was the government’s first and foremost priority. He expressed these views during his visit to the Kamyab Khawateen Program Production Center in the State metropolis on Saturday. “Women’s representation in the government is showing better results”, the PM said […]
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WARSAW: Poland’s armed forces recruited 13,742 new professional soldiers last year, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has said. He added the number is a “record since the abolition of conscription”. Compulsory service ended in Poland in 2008. Poland’s armed forces have a total of 164,000 servicemen and women, including 36,000 members of volunteer homeland security units. […]
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Srinagar: Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, Akhnoor, Kupwara, Lakhanpur & Khour. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in the cities of Jammu and Kashmir. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in a phased manner as […]
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