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District Volleyball Championship concludes

Sopore: The District Volleyball championship concluded on Thursday here in north Kashmir’s Sopore area. The championship was organised by District Volleyball Association Baramulla in association with Nowpora Kalan Sopore volleyball association. The championship started on 26th of July and concluded Thursday at mini Sports Stadium Nowpora Kalan Sopore. The concluding function/Prize distribution was attended by […]

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Youth Engagement, Livelihood initiatives

Mission Youth to partner with Wipro Foundation

SRINAGAR: Secretary Tribal Affairs Department and CEO Mission Youth, J&K, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Thursday chaired an interactive meeting with senior representatives of Wipro Foundation to deliberate upon the way-forward for Youth engagement and outreach programmes in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Director Tribal Affairs, OSD Mission Youth, Deputy Director, Mission Youth […]

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Nature’s Fury: Cloudbursts kills 7, several injured in Kishtwar

Nature’s Fury: Cloudbursts kills 7, several injured in Kishtwar

Jammu: A cloudburst hit a remote village in Kishtwar district early Wednesday, leaving seven people dead and 17 others injured, officials said. Six houses and a ration depot situated on the banks of a stream besides a bridge were damaged in the cloudburst which triggered flash floods in the area around 4:30 am. A search […]

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Masjid, house damage in Bandipora

Bandipora: A mosque and a house suffered partial damage in flash floods in Aloosa area of Bandipora in north Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. They said while the structures suffered damage in Chichinar area of Aloosa, there was no loss of life or injury reported in the incident triggered by incessant rains lashing the area. […]

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Culvert washed away in Mendhar

Poonch: Flash floods triggered by heavy rain on Wednesday washed away culvert on Harni – Kasiote road in Mendhar sub- division of this district, snapping key link to about half a dozen villages. Also, water supply line to the area has been damaged. Reports said that heavy rain in the area since last night caused […]

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Lt Guv announces ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the Next of Kin of those who lost their lives in the tragic cloudburst in Kishtwar. The grievously injured would be given Rs 50,000 each and Rs 12,700 under SDRF shall also be disbursed. Relief under SDRF for loss of houses, […]

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Rainfall to continue till Thursday: MeT

Srinagar: As rains lashed J&K on Wednesday, the Meteorological department said that the rainfall will continue till Thursday while as weather will witness an improvement from July 31. The Irrigation and Food Control department, however, said that situation was under control and there was no flood threat as such. The MeT department, however, asserted that […]

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160 fresh covid-19 cases, one death reported in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 160 new covid-19 cases even as one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said 60 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 100 from Kashmir Valley, taking the case tally to 321026. Providing the district-wide details, the officials said […]

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Hizb militant arrested in Khrew: Police

Srinagar: Police on Wednesday said to have arrested a active Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant in Khrew area of south Kashmir’s Awantipora. In a statement, police said that based on specific information, Awantipora Police, Army 50 RR and CRPF 185 Bn launched a joint cordon and search operation during morning hours in SharShali Khrew area of Police district […]

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Covid-19: Govt authorizes DGP Prisons to extend parole of prisoners

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government has authorized Director General of Police (Prisons) to extend special parole of the categories of convict prisoners for a further period of at least 90 days in view of the covid-19 situation. “In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (5) of section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, […]