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Update: Dialgam Encounter: one more civilian dies,  more than 20 injured

Another woman has died during the ongoing encounter and the ensuing clashes in Dialgam Anantnag, sources said. More than twenty people were also injured during the clashes. Police has however said that the woman has died due to a cardiac arrest. A woman was earlier killed during the encounter that started early morning today after […]

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Cloudburst kills man in South Kashmir

A man died on Saturday, after a cloudburst hit the Sarmarg Noorabad  Kulgam area of South Kashmir. The deceased has been identified as of Shabir Ahmad Gorsi s/o Bashir Ahmad Gorsi.

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Update: Dialgam Encounter: woman killed , heavy firing going on

A woman was killed during  an encounter between militants and government forces in Dialgam Anantnag. The deceased has been identified as Tahira , 41, wife of  Ab Rasheed Chopan. The encounter started today morning after forces laid siege in Dialgam Anantnag  after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Pertinently, 03 LeT […]

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Anantnag institutions to remain closed today

Following the encounter that has raged between government forces and militants in Dialgam Anantnag,  the district administration has ordered the closure of all  private and government institutions in Anantnag. DC Anantnag Dr. Syed Abid said that as a precautionary measure all the government and private institutions will remain closed in Anantnag today.

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Woman killed during encounter in Dialgam, clashes erupt

Government forces on Saturday morning cordoned off  Dailgam village in Anantnag district of South Kashmir after receiving inputs of presence of militants in the village. Reportedly top LeT commander Bashir Lashkiri who is involved in killing of 6 policemen including SHO Achabal ,along with his two aides is believed to be trapped in  a residential […]

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Govt calls Assembly Session from 4 July to clear GST

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GST row: KTMF calls for Kashmir bandh

Kashmir Traders and Manufacturing Federation (KTMF) on Friday called for a Kashmir Bandh on Saturday against the government’s ‘imminent decision’ of implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the state. They said that they have also decided to hold a sit-in tomorrow against the implementation of GST. Addressing a news conference here at a […]

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Pakistan cautions against expansion of nuclear capabilities

Pakistan told the UN Security Council that declared plans by a nuclear-weapons state to expand its nuclear capabilities would renew an arms race and seriously setback global disarmament efforts, the media reported.  Speaking in the Security Council debate on ‘Global efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by non-state actors’, Pakistan’s Ambassador […]

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JK will suffer crippling losses without GST: Jaitley

  With Jammu and Kashmir government still undecided on rolling out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the state from July 1, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday that the border state stood to suffer major losses if it does not implement GST.   “J&K (sic) has a different system because of the […]

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Police and public, the growing divide

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