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Most Omicron cases detected in JK recovered

Srinagar: Most of the Omicron cases detected in Jammu and Kashmir have already recovered from the disease, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir has so far reported 13 cases of Omicron but reports of most of them were received when the infected persons had already recovered from the disease. Top health officials who wished not to […]

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Policeman, JeM militant killed in Kulgam encounter

3 soldiers, two civilians injured during gunfight, says IGP Kashmir

Kulgam: A police man from the Special Operation Group (SOG) and a Jaish-e- Muhammad (JeM) militant was killed while three soldiers were injured in a gunfight in Pariwan village of Kulgam district on Wednesday, police said. A police official said that the operation was launched on Wednesday evening. As the security forces approached the suspected […]

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Fruit Growers demand ban on Iranian apples

Ask GoI to intervene and help promote local produce

Srinagar: Expressing concern over the incurring losses, the Kashmiri fruit grows Wednesday appealed Government of India (GoI) to ban the import of Iranian apples in Indian market. Addressing a press conference President of Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers Dealer’s Association and New Kashmir Fruit Association Bashir Ahmad Bashir said the supply of Iranian apples in India […]

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Temperature plummets in JK, Ladakh

Srinagar: Intense cold conditions continued in J&K and Ladakh as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.6°C, officials said Wednesday. A meteorological department official here said that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, dropped from previous night’s 0.2°C and was 1.5°C below the normal for this time of the year. Gulmarg, […]

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Jammu-Srinagar highway to remain closed today

Srinagar: Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, shall remain closed for traffic tomorrow (Thursday), officials said. “Tomorrow (January 13) vehicular movement on Jammu-Srinagar highway will remain suspended due to huge landslide and continuous shooting stones at Mehad Ramban,” a traffic department official said in a statement issued here. […]

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COVID-19 cases rose by more than 50%, deaths stable: WHO

COVID-19 cases rose by more than 50%, deaths stable: WHO

Geneva: The number of new coronavirus infections in the last week jumped by about 55%, although the number of deaths remained stable, the World Health Organization said in its latest pandemic report. In the weekly report issued Tuesday night, the UN health agency said there were about 15 million new COVID-19 cases last week and […]

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Omicron threat

Omicron threat

Since the world is grappling with the new covid-19 variant Omicron many regions across the globe have come to a standstill. The new variant has a high transmission rate which makes it all the more dangerous and threatening. Though Jammu and Kashmir remained untouched for some time but the Omicron variant has made its presence […]

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Winter Woes

Winter Woes

Suhaib Idrees Lateef The elegance of this place can easily enchant the mind of any individual, the white snowy mountains, golden green lush meadows, the shining springs, soothing Dal lake to exquisite Mansbal besides the Jehlum, the green pine and deodar forests, as a matter of fact, makes everyone to feel and sense the Ameer […]

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Book Review: Mashahiri Adab Se Mukalama by Dr Gh Nabi Kumar

Rayees Ahmad Kumar Dr Ghulam Nabi Kumar is one among the only few young Urdu scholars who has proved his mettle in literary circles of not only valley or Jammu and Kashmir but in whole Indian and subcontinent. Within a very short span of time this young writer in his thirties has achieved what could […]

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Encounter starts in south Kashmir’s Kulgam

Encounter starts in south Kashmir’s Kulgam

Srinagar, Jan 12: An encounter started between militants and government forces in Pariwan area Kulgam of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said Wednesday evening. They said that a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Pariwan. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding […]