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SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said restoration of Jammu and Kashmirs special constitutional status remained at the top of the partys political agenda, asserting that the NC would continue its struggle for its restoration. Addressing a gathering, Dr Farooq said the special constitutional status reflected Jammu and []

SRINAGAR: A 45-year-old dumper driver died of an electric shock after the vehicle he was driving came in contact with an overhead 33-KV power line while unloading in the Rajarwani area of Uri in north Kashmirs Baramulla district on Thursday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that incident occurred when the []

SRINAGAR: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor began his maiden visit to Ladakh on Thursday, undertaking a river-rafting expedition from Tsogti to Sangam, where the Zanskar and Indus rivers meet, officials said. Gor arrived at Kushok Bakula Rinpoche Airport in Leh from Srinagar after his scheduled flight was delayed earlier in the day because of []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday visited Karol Krishna, a border village in Kathua district, and said border settlements should be seen as Indias first villages and gateways to the country rather than its periphery. Karol Krishna, along with Rathua, Gujjar Chak, Gajnal and Kadiyala, is covered under the second phase []

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose sweeping new economic penalties on Iran and countries that continue to provide financial, commercial or logistical support to Tehran. Trump said the measures would amount to the toughest economic campaign ever imposed against a country, but did not specify the countries that could be targeted or outline []