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BRICS summit expected to denounce Pahalgam terror attack

Call for fight against terrorism   New Delhi: The BRICS leaders’ declaration to be unveiled at the grouping’s annual summit in Rio de Janeiro is set to forcefully denounce the Pahalgam terror attack and call for a firm approach to unitedly confront terrorism in line with India’s expectation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the […]

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JKPC, PDF and JDF form People’s Alliance for Change

Will fight for statehood restoration, common issues Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC), People’s Democratic Front (PDF), and Jamaat-e-Islami-backed Justice and Development Front (JDF) on Monday announced the formation of People’s Alliance for Change (PAC), with an aim “to raise the issues of common masses, including restoration of the constitutional position that existed before […]

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Captured Pak national identified as terrorist guide, interrogation on

Rajouri/Jammu: A Pakistani national arrested along the Line of Control (LoC) near border districts of Poonch and Rajouri while attempting to infiltrate into India is a terrorist guide, officials said on Monday. Mohammed Arif was leading a group of four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists into the Indian side when he was overpowered and arrested by alert […]

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Fiscal deficit slips to 0.8 pc of full-year target at May-end 2025: CGA data

Fiscal deficit slips to 0.8 pc of full-year target at May-end 2025: CGA data

New Delhi: The central government’s fiscal deficit fell to 0.8 per cent of the full-year target at the end of May, mainly due to a whopping Rs 2.69 lakh crore dividend received from the Reserve Bank of India. The fiscal deficit, or gap between the government’s expenditure and revenue, had touched 11.9 per cent of […]

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Govt keeps interest rates on small savings schemes unchanged for Q2

New Delhi: The government on Monday left interest rates unchanged for various small savings schemes, including PPF and NSC, for the sixth straight quarter beginning July 1, 2025. “The rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the second quarter of FY 2025-26 starting from 1st July, 2025 and ending on 30th September, 2025 […]

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Committee on Petitions holds meeting in Srinagar

Discusses petition related to Housing Department   SRINAGAR: The House Committee on Petitions of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday convened a meeting at the Assembly Complex in Srinagar to deliberate on issues pertaining to the Housing Department. The meeting was chaired by Committee Chairman Pirzada Farooq Ahmad Shah and attended by members […]

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Most parts of India to get above rainfall in July: IMD

New Delhi: Most parts of India are likely to receive above-normal rainfall in July, the weather department said on Monday, asking authorities and people in central India, Uttarakhand and Haryana to stay alert due to the risk of flooding even as some parts of the country are facing the fury of the monsoons. In rain-induced […]

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J&K CEO issues show cause notice to 3 inactive political parties

SRINAGAR: The office of the J&K Chief Electoral Officer has issued show cause notices to three registered political parties including All Jammu and Kashmir Republican Party, Indian People’s Conference Party and Socialistic Democratic Party, proposing to delist them from the list of registered parties. The CEO’s decision comes after it was found that these parties […]

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Railway ministry hikes fares of AC classes by 2 paise

Non-AC cost goes up by 1 paisa per km from July 1   New Delhi: The railway ministry issued an official circular on Monday, increasing the fares of the non-air-conditioned class in mail and express trains by 1 paisa and all air-conditioned classes by 2 paise per kilometre from July 1. Ministry officials had on […]

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Working for well-being of community members 

Working for well-being of community members 

Kashmir is facing a growing mental health crisis, with loneliness, failed romantic relationships and intense parental pressure emerging as major causes behind the rising number of suicides. Experts have expressed serious concern over the trend, describing the situation as dangerous and calling for serious measures to be taken to tackle the menace. Notably, self-strangulation and […]