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Pak team fails to turn up for sports event in Srinagar

Pak team fails to turn up for sports event in Srinagar

Srinagar: A team from Pakistan could not take part in the 4th Asian Pencak Silat Championship, currently underway here, due to visa issues, officials said. The Pakistani team was expected to take part in the Championship, which was inaugurated at the Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Stadium, as the organisers had put up the flag of the neighbouring […]

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Burhan Wani postage stamp:  Kashmiri Pandit group seeks UN intervention, seeks its withdrawal

Burhan Wani postage stamp:  Kashmiri Pandit group seeks UN intervention, seeks its withdrawal

New Delhi: A Kashmiri Pandits group said they have sought the United Nations’ intervention for withdrawal of a postage stamp issued in Pakistan, alleging it had pictures of their protest to highlight human rights violations in Kashmir. The group has written a letter to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres seeking his intervention for the […]

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Video alleges Principal GDC of ‘private practice’, doc denies

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Srinagar: A video Tuesday surfaced on the social media allegedly showing Dr Reyaz Farooq attending to patients in a clinic and writing prescriptions, however, the doctor has rejected what has been shown in the video saying that he ‘is not practicing in private’ and that he is ‘too busy’ for that. The voice in the […]

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37 PaK guests among 66 cross sides in Karvan-e-Aman bus

37 PaK guests among 66 cross sides in Karvan-e-Aman bus

Srinagar: Six Kashmiri residents crossed over to Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) while 37 residents from across the Line of Control (LoC) arrived here to meet their relatives, separated in 1947 due to partition, official sources said Tuesday. They said 23 returnees from both sides also crossed sides at Kaman post, the last Indian military post […]

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Follow Gandhian principles of truth, non–violence: Guv to people

Follow Gandhian principles of truth, non–violence: Guv to people

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday urged people to follow the Gandhian principles of truth, non–violence and Sayagraha. An official spokesperson said that the Governor participated in the state level Grand Finale/Felicitation Ceremony of “Swachhata Hi Seva” Campaign organized jointly by the Housing and Urban Development Department and School Education Department […]

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Pak CJ warns Musharraf  

Islamabad: Irked by former President Pervez Musharraf’s failure to come back to Pakistan and face ongoing cases against him, Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Tuesday warned that if the “courageous commando” does not appear soon, he may be forced to return in a disgraceful manner. Chief Justice Nisar made the remarks when Musharraf’s lawyer told […]

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Mild earthquake jolts JK

Srinagar: A low intensity earthquake jolted the state although there were no reports of casualties or any damage, an official of the state disaster management department said “An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale occurred at 6.06 a.m. on Monday,” he said, adding that the epicentre of the quake was in Punjab’s Amritsar district.”

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N Korea ready to discuss denuclearization with US: Report

Washington: North Korean officials have told their US counterparts that Kim Jong Un is ready to discuss denuclearization, an assurance that could pave the way for a meeting with President Donald Trump, reports said today. It is the first time the offer was made directly to Washington, after it was previously conveyed through South Korean […]

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Casualties reported in strike on Syria air base

Damascus: A missile attack on a Syrian military airport left several dead and wounded, state media said today, after the US warned Damascus and its allies over an earlier suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town. The strike on the Tayfur air base in the central province of Homs, came as international outrage mounts over […]

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Five injured after quake hits Japan

Tokyo: A 5.6-magnitude quake hit western Japan early today, injuring five people and damaging buildings and roads, as officials warned stronger tremors could come in the days ahead. The shallow tremor was gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the US Geological Survey and 6.1 by Japans meteorological agency on the Richter scale. It rocked the west […]