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1 killed, 40 injured in Grenade explosion in Srinagar

1 killed, 40 injured in Grenade explosion in Srinagar

Srinagar: Suspected militants lobbed a grenade in a busy market in the heart of the city, killing one person on Monday, almost three months since the Kashmir Valley shut down in response to the Centre revoking the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. At least 40 people were injured […]

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‘Darbar Move’ Opens In Jammu

‘Darbar Move’ Opens In Jammu

JAMMU: Amid tight security arrangements, Civil Secretariat–the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government– and other offices reopened here on Monday after functioning for six months in Srinagar as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice locally known as ‘Darbar Move’. The bi-annual shift is the first after the state’s bifurcation into two Union Territories of Jammu […]

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Civil society seeks restoration of rights in Kashmir

Plans ‘round table conference on Nov 7 in Srinagar’

New Delhi: “Suspension of democratic rights in the regions of Jammu and Kashmir will affect prospects of democracy in the rest of India, participants at a discussion on the Kashmir issue has stated. The meeting organized by the Centre for Peace and Progress at the India International Centre here, was part of a series of […]

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Railways in Kashmir suffer losses due to shutdown

Railways in Kashmir suffer losses due to shutdown

Srinagar: As train service continued to remain suspended for the 92nd day on Monday, the Railway department has suffered a loss of over Rs 2.76 crore in Kashmir valley, where shutdown against scrapping of Article 370 and Article 35 A entered 14th week. Official sources said that not a single train operated in Kashmir valley […]

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As ‘illegal constrictions’ continue, SMC officials look the other way

As ‘illegal constrictions’ continue, SMC officials look the other way

Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has turned Srinagar city into a concrete jungle. Influential persons in connivance with SMC officials have managed to raise massive structures that too during the past three months when the government machinery has shifted its focus elsewhere. Sources said that over 200 illegal constructions have come up across Kashmir for […]

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PDP terms detention of its chief ‘contrary to norms’

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday termed the detention of its chief Mehbooba Mufti as ‘contrary to norms’ and ‘worst form of human rights violation’. It urged authorities to release all political detainees especially its party chief Mehbooba Mufti. PDP General Secretary Ved Mahajan addressed a presser in winter capital Jammu where he termed […]

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Ex-Guv’s 24 hour electricity promise proves a ‘gag’

Power plays hide and seek in Kashmir

Srinagar: Just a month after the former Governor Satya Pal Malik announced 24 hours power supply in Kashmir during winters, the government has utterly failed to fulfill the promises as the unscheduled power cuts here have started irking people across Kashmir. The former Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Satya Pal Malik on September 18, 2019, announced […]

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PDP terms detention of its chief ‘contrary to norms’

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday termed the detention of its chief Mehbooba Mufti as ‘contrary to norms’ and ‘worst form of human rights violation’. It urged authorities to release all political detainees especially its party chief Mehbooba Mufti. PDP General Secretary Ved Mahajan addressed a presser in winter capital Jammu where he termed […]

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Two tourists suffer injuries during stone pelting

Srinagar: Two tourists were on Monday evening injured in stone pelting in Srinagar outskirts, an official said. They said miscreant pelted stones at vehicles at Parimpora in city outskirts on Monday evening. “A vehicle, ferrying tourists from world famous ski resort of Gulmarg to Srinagar, was hit by a stone, resulting in injuries to two […]

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Militant hideout busted

Srinagar: Security forces have busted a militant hideout and recovered huge quantity of incriminating materials in the apple township of Sopore in north Kashmir district of Baramulla. A police official on Monday said that following specific information, police unearthed a militant hideout in Brath, Sopore in Baramulla on Sunday. He said huge quantity of incriminating […]