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Two explosions rock Jammu airport, nearby airbases on high alert, drones used for attack
Two explosions took place in the high security zone of…
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Gupkar Alliance to attend PM’s meet on J&K
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a five-party alliance…
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GoI to restore J&K’s Statehood, PM Modi to discuss blueprint on June 24 Meet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss restoring Jammu and Kashmir…
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Eviction Notice: Shopkeepers protest as ‘Army asks them to vacate’ to accommodate ex-servicemen in Khrew
Shopkeepers whose shops have been handed over to ex-servicemen on…
Kashmir News
Will let people of Kashmir decide if they want to join Pakistan or become an ‘Independent Nation’: Imran Khan
Departing from Pakistan's declared policy on Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that Islamabad would let the people of Kashmir decide if they…
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Attempts were made to Infect Phones in Kashmir with Pegasus: Forensic Evidence
Besides separatists like Bilal Lone and the Mirwaiz, the list of potential targets for surveillance includes a prominent Delhi-based civil society critic of government policy,…
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Reminder notice by ED sends to Geelani for depositing Rs 14.40L penalty in 10 days
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent a reminder notice to separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, directing him to pay the Rs 14.40 lakh penalty…
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13 July 1931 Martyr’s Day; Roads leading to venue sealed, Unionists forced to hold closed-door function
As the authorities in Kashmir sealed off the martyrs' graveyard in the old city area to prevent people and political parties from assembling to commemorate…
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Resolve Kashmir issue to end the cycle of killing: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
Hurriyat leader flags geopolitical changes in the region to call for early solution Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday called for a resolution to…
Read MoreJammu News
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For demanding road connectivity eight persons booked in Bhaderwah
At least eight persons including four Sarpanchs and a government teacher have been booked in Bhaderwah for staging a protest for demanding road connectivity to…
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BJP appeasing Valley leaders at our cost: Pro-Jammu parties
Though statehood remains an emotive issue on either side of the Pir Panjal range, PM’s all-party meeting at Delhi has drawn sharp criticism from pro-Jammu…
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Former ministers son held after six years on rape charges
Police have arrested the son of the former Cabinet Minister of Jammu and Kashmir government for committing rape on seventh class student six years ago.…
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Jammu erupts over the opening of liquor shops in residential areas
Protests continued in various localities of winter capital city, Jammu, over opening of wine shops in residential areas on Wednesday. Witnesses told a local news…
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Post Sinha & Shah’s Delhi meet, demand for separate statehood rising from across Jammu region
With J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and more paramilitary troops being rushed to Kashmir, speculation has been rife that…
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Despite fewer COVID19 cases, why Jammu has a higher mortality rate than Kashmir?
Safwat Zargar On May 17, the government medical college of Jammu, the main tertiary care hospital in the district, received a terse letter from the…
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Veteran BJP Leader, Chaman Lal Gupta scrambled to COVID19
Chaman Lal Gupta, veteran BJP leader and former union minister. died at his residence in Jammu's Gandhi Nagar on Tuesday. According to the family, Chaman…
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Door-to-Door ‘Trace & Isolate’ drive started in Jammu district
A massive door-to-door exercise was started across Jammu on Tuesday to ‘trace and isolate’ probable Covid-positive patients as part of the ongoing efforts to contain…
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Ladakh News
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Leh & Kargil have different reasons to oppose Ladakh’s current status
What both Ladakh districts fear is that alienation of land, loss of identity, culture, language, and change in demography, will follow their political disempowerment. When…
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Technology
Two serving Union Ministers, Three opposition leaders, 40 Journalists, and others tapped by Pegasus: Report
Phones of two serving union ministers, three opposition leaders, one constitutional authority, current and former heads of security organisations, administrators, and 40 senior journalists and…
Education News
Private schools flouting govt instructions: School Education Department
The School Education Department (SED) Friday said the private schools in the Kashmir division are not ensuring full compliance with the various government orders issued…
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Tough times ahead for learning
Mir Mohmmad Gulzar The preceding year witnessed devastating effects of Coronavirus and all sectors of the economy were affected. Among other sectors, education systems around…
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Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University reduces fees by 50 percent
The Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday slashed its fee for most academic programmes by up to 50 per…
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Fee Controversy: Parents urge LG to direct schools to curtail monthly fee
While the government has imposed a strict lockdown for more than three weeks in view of surge in Covid-19 cases, the parents of those wards…
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Paper-Mache to help promote Urdu in Kashmir
From October, the first batch of 40 students to undergo a six-month certificate course that will equip them with vocational skills and promote Urdu through…
Business News
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COVID Negative report, Vaccine mandatory for tourists visiting district Anantnag
The district administration of Anantnag in south Kashmir said the…
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J&K’s economy on brink of collapse: Omar Abdullah
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday said…
Environment News
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Weather Alert: Heavy rain warning in J&K for July 19-21
The weather warning has included moderate to high risk of a flash flood, temporary disruption of surface traffic, landslides, and shooting stones at vulnerable places…
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Need key steps to stop Hanguls from extinction
Several reasons fuel the decline: the animal’s habitat is fragmented, a challenge for a herbivore. This must be restored, on mission mode. Also, very few…
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Light to moderate rain for the next few days in J&K: MeT
Weatherman on Tuesday forecast “light to moderate thunderstorm with rain” for next few days at scattered places in Jammu and Kashmir. “Brief spell of light…
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Technical, Grievance Committee constituted for conservation, management of wetlands in J&K
General Administration Department (GAD) today constituted Technical and Grievance Committees for conservation and management of wetlands in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “Sanction…
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Since 2011 man-animal conflict claimed nearly 200 lives and over 2000 injured in J&K
While the department of wildlife protection has been trying to reduce the man-animal conflict to the bare minimum in the Himalayan region, nearly 200 people…
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The Reminiscence, Blessings & Bitter Verity Of The River ‘Jhelum’
Be a Part Of The solution, Not Part Of The pollution Nature Never Did Betray The Heart That Loved Her By - Aubaid Ahmed Akhoon The…
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India News
J&K leads in distribution companies losses, Delhi turns the best performer
The high loss figure of J&K was followed by Nagaland (52.9%), Arunachal Pradesh (45.7%), Bihar (40.4%), and Tripura (37.9%). Utilities in the Union territory of…
Health
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Kashmir hospitals see a rise in Post-COVID complications: Experts
Even as Covid-19 cases are declining, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK)…
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First suspected case of delta+ variant traced in Jammu
The first case of suspected delta-plus variant of Covid has…
World News
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Is Kashmir becoming a new combat zone of global powers?
By Kemal Pasha As the deadline for the withdrawal of…
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OIC Chief meets India’s envoy in Saudi Arabia, offers mediation on Kashmir
The last such engagement between India and OIC took place…