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Australia’s street directories — the maps once ubiquitous beneath car seats, in glove boxes and on reluctant navigators’ laps — will no longer be updated every year, according to the publisher behind some of the country’s best-known map brands. Sandy Grant, chairman of Hardie Grant Publishers, which owns UBD Gregory’s and Refidex, said the directories…
JAMMU: Narcotics control bureau (NCB) seized 5 kg of high-grade heroin, suspected to have been smuggled from Pakistan, and arrested an alleged smuggler during a raid in a village along LoC in Jammu & Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday.“Around 9 am, the contraband, packed in five packets, was recovered from a person in Kosalyain village…
The lights on new cars are whiter and brighter, but they are a dazzling hazard for oncoming traffic. LED headlights, which often deliver three to five times more light than old-fashioned halogen globes, have reduced single car crashes at night by nearly 20 per cent, according to data from the US-based Insurance Institute for Highway…
Doda: Security personnel route march following a ‘Bandh’ called by the Markaz-e-Seerat committee, in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI Photo) JAMMU: A partial shutdown affected normal life in Doda and Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday following the death of a 30-year-old man who was shot dead near Bhaderwah town in a run-in…
A pre-match press conference is usually a procedural affair. A large room filled with cameras, and journalists, asking questions of a coach and/or player before or after a game. And while we got that ahead of the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, in this bigger is better tournament about to come to a…
SRINAGAR: School holidays in Kashmir have been extended by three days and Amarnath yatra suspended following forecast of an adverse weather spell from July 20 to July 23, even as mercury continued to rise across the region on Saturday, with Srinagar recording a maximum temperature of 35.9 degree.“It was a severe heat day in Kashmir…
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A north Queensland cattle farming family is taking part in a trial growing oil-producing trees alongside livestock. The Lawrie family, from Powlathanga station near Charters Towers in north Queensland, has been running a cattle breeding operation since 2004. But now the family is taking part in a new venture. In September last year, they turned…
JAMMU: Army troops opened fire after noticing a suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir on Friday night.“The small arms firing was reported from the Tarkundi forward area around 10 pm on Friday and continued for nearly one-and-a-half hours. However, there were no reports of any…
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., announced Saturday that he plans to run in the special primary election to replace the late GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on the ballot in November, just one day after President Donald Trump backed Graham’s sister in the election. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and…