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Forces detect IED in Kulgam

Srinagar: Security forces on Friday detected and later diffused an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said. An IED fitted in a pipe was detected near a local mosque at Shurat in the south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, a police officer said. He said the explosive device was later destroyed by […]

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Covid-19: Four more succumb, 661 test positive in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded four deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,622 while as 661 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 105,376. Of the exact number of 105,376 cases, 63,574 are from Kashmir and 41,802 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 661 new […]

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Young scribe Mudasir Ali dies

Srinagar: Mudasir Ali, who was working with the valley’s leading daily-Greater Kashmir died of cardiac arrest on Friday morning at his home in Charar-e-Sharif. Mudasir had suffered a fracture some days back and was recuperating at his home, family sources said. They said that on Friday morning he complained of ches pain and was rushed […]

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Digital Taxis to be rolled out in JK

JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Friday chaired a meeting to review the preparations to roll out plying of digital taxi services in Jammu and Kashmir. The Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Housing & Urban Development, and Transport, Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Commissioners of Srinagar and Jammu, and RTO, […]

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Modi-led govt will rid JK of ‘corruption of clan’: Naqvi

Srinagar: Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will rid Jammu and Kashmir of the “corruption of clan”. He said that the Union territory has been moving forward on the path of inclusive development by demolishing the “web of dynasty”. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

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SCERT reschedules 8th standard Kashmiri, Punjabi paper

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Council of Educational Research and Trainings (SCERT) on Friday postponed elective Punjabi and Kashmiri paper of 8th standard. A notification issued by the department said that the papers was scheduled in the second meeting on November-21 “The examination of Punjabi and Kashmiri is rescheduled to be held on November-22 […]

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19 persons rescued at Pir Ki Gali

Mughal road closed for traffic

Poonch: The Mughal road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts, has been closed even as authorities rescued 19 persons including a minor who had got trapped amid fresh snowfall along the thoroughfare last night, officials said on Friday. “19 persons have been rescued by teams of police and Army from Pir Ki Gali area during a […]

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Prof Talat releases book, journal on Kashmir studies

Commends IKS for starting PG programme in Anthropology

Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad Friday released two publications of the varsity’s Institute of Kashmir Studies (IKS). The publications include an edited book titled ‘Kashmir: Past and Present’ and ‘Journal of Kashmir Studies’. Prof Talat, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said: “Such books and journals, which carry articles […]

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DPEO issues notification for Phase-VI in Bandipora

BANDIPORA: District Panchayat Election Officer (DPEO) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad issued notification for sixth phase of by-elections to Panchayat Election-2020 for the vacant Sarpanch and Panch seats of the Panchayat Halqas of Bandipora (partly) and Aloosa block (partly) and District Development Council-Arin Constituency of the district on Thursday. According to the District Panchayat Election Officer, […]

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33 Candidates withdraw nominations, 11 rejected in Anantnag

251 nominations received for phase IV in Kupwara

ANANTNAG/KUPWARA: According to District Panchayat Election Officer (DPEO) Anantnag, 33 candidates have withdrawn their nominations, while the nominations of 11 others were rejected for phase-II of the District Development Council (DDC) elections and Panchayat by-elections, 2020 in two blocks viz Shangus and Chittergul of the district. As per the official data a total of 264 […]