Day: November 4, 2020

Light rain, Snowfall at higher reaches today: MeT

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• Gradual decrease in day, night temperatures in next two weeks : Lotus• Traffic to ply from Jammu to Srinagar today on the highway The Meteorological Department has forecast light rains and snow at higher reaches in the Valley for Wednesday.The Kashmir Valley will witness a gradual dip in day and night temperatures during the next few weeks, officials said. Director Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Centre Sonam Lotus told Kashmir Post that weather in Kashmir will likely remain cloudy with the possibility of light snow and rains at isolated places…

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J&K’s death toll due to novel coronavirus surpass 1500 mark

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Twelve more COVID-19 patients have died in the past 24 hours, taking the number of casualties in J&K to 1502, while Tuesday witnessed 478 fresh cases, pushing the total number of cases to 96,188, officials said. As per the government, the fresh casualties include eight from Kashmir division and two from Jammu division. With the fresh casualties, the death toll due to novel coronavirus has soared to 1502 in Jammu and Kashmir, which include 999 from Kashmir and 503 from Jammu. So far, Srinagar has reported 366 deaths, Baramulla 146,…

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The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) rejects govt assertion on protection of farm land

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The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday rejected the J&K Government’s assertion that the bulk of the agricultural land would not be transferred to people from outside the UT. The PAGD termed the earlier land laws of J&K the most progressive, pro-people and pro-farmer in the entire Indian subcontinent. “The PAGD rejects the statement of official spokesman on 26th October MHA order as bizarre attempt to distort facts, weave lies and mislead people,” the seven-party alliance said in a statement. It said the real object of the repeal…

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Amid voting in US, Donald Trump Jr shows J&K as part of Pakistan

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In a goof-up, Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of US President Donald Trump while predicting results of the 2020 presidential elections, shared a distorted map of India, showing Kashmir to be a part of Pakistan. Predicting a “red wave”, Donald Trump Jr posted a world map with majority of countries filled in with red, the Republican Party’s colour, to indicate that his father will emerge victorious in the election. The map, predicting election results posted by Trump Jr on his Twitter handle, shows a predominantly red world map with…

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