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Guv reviews arrangements for Amarnath pilgrims

Srinagar/Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Thursday reviewed the arrangements in place for the ongoing Amarnath yatra at a high-level meeting in Anantnag district of south Kashmir, an official said. The governor, who is also the chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, visited the Nunwan base camp in Anantnag district and impressed […]

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Man, on the run for five years arrested

Jammu: A man wanted in a case registered five years ago was arrested in Poonch district Thursday, police said. Mohmmad Shafiq, a resident of Mankote belt, was arrested in Mendhar, they said. The accused was evading arrest after an FIR was registered against him at the Vijaypur Police Station in 2014. Shafiq is facing charges […]

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Driver carrying 30 kg poppy arrested

Jammu: A truck driver was arrested with 30 kg poppy in Poonch district Thursday, officials said. A police party intercepted a truck on Mughal Road at Poshana area and recovered from it 30 kg of poppy being smuggled to Punjab from Kashmir, they said. Driver Harjeet Singh of Gurdaspur in Punjab was arrested and the […]

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Rich businessmen more important than farmers for the govt: Rahul

NEW DELHI: Attacking the Modi government over the “suffering” of farmers, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said it has given them no relief and wondered if it considered them “inferior” to businessmen who have been given concessions and loan waivers running into lakhs of crores. Union minister Rajnath Singh countered Gandhi’s charge in Lok Sabha, as […]

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Will consider plea for early hearing of PIL challenging Article 370: SC

Will consider plea for early hearing of PIL challenging Article 370: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would consider the plea seeking urgent hearing of a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and limits Parliament’s power to make laws for the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and […]

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Article 370 a temporary provision in Constitution: Govt tells RS

Article 370 a temporary provision in Constitution: Govt tells RS

NEW DELHI: The government Wednesday said Article 370, which provides for special status to Jammu and Kashmir, is a temporary provision in the Constitution and Article 35A, which gives special rights to the natives of the state, was added through a Constitution order issued by the President of India. Union Minister of State for Home […]

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Al Qaeda releases maiden video on Kashmir

Al Qaeda releases maiden video on Kashmir

Asks its men to inflict unrelenting blows on Army, Government

Asks its men to inflict unrelenting blows on Army, Government

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Kathua rape-and-murder case: Father of 8-yr-old girl moves Punjab HC, seeks enhanced punishment for culprits

Kathua rape-and-murder case: Father of 8-yr-old girl moves Punjab HC, seeks enhanced punishment for culprits

Chandigarh: The father of an eight-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district last year, moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday seeking enhancement of sentence imposed on six convicts and also challenging the acquittal of one accused. The petitioner has requested the court to enhance the sentence […]

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NIA makes first attachment of separatist property in Kashmir

DeM chief Asiya Andrabi's house seized

DeM chief Asiya Andrabi’s house seized

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Father-son duo among three electrocuted

Kupwara: Three persons including father and son were killed and two others were injured due to electrocution following a short circuit in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Police said that all the five persons were electrocuted after they tried to switch off their electric appliances in their houses as the electric […]