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J&K Bank Chairman inaugurates All India Devotional Song Competition 

J&K Bank Chairman inaugurates All India Devotional Song Competition 

Srinagar, Oct 11: J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed today inaugurated the All India Devotional Song Competition as a part of Navratra Festival 2018 at Yog Ashram Complex Katra by lighting a traditional lamp in presence of Director J&K Bank D.K Pandoh, Chairman Devotional Song Committee & President Hotel Association Katra Rakesh Wazir. The function was attended by Chairman […]

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Manan Wani’s death is entirely our loss: Mehbooba

Manan Wani’s death is entirely our loss: Mehbooba

Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that ‘the death of Manan Wani is entirely our loss’. Mehbooba in her tweet said that all the political parties should realize the gravity of such situation and should try to facilitate a solution through dialogue with all the […]

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Hurriyat activist shot dead in Shopian village

Hurriyat activist shot dead in Shopian village

Srinagar :   A Hurriyat activist was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Meemender area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday. Tariq Ahmad Ganie, who was a former militant, was fired upon by gunmen near his home at Meemender village. In the incident, Ganie received serious bullet wounds and was taken to nearby hospital where […]

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Mannan Wani killing: JRL calls for shutdown on Friday

Mannan Wani killing: JRL calls for shutdown on Friday

Srinagar: Soon after the news spread about the killing of AMU scholar-turned-militant, Manan Wani, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Thursday called for a complete shutdown on Friday to pay tributes to the slain militant. Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in his tweet expressed pain over the killing of Manan Wani in an encounter, […]

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North Kashmir: Hizb commander Mannan Wani among two militants killed in Kupwara gunfight

North Kashmir: Hizb commander Mannan Wani among two militants killed in Kupwara gunfight

 Baramulla: Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Mannan Wani was killed along with his associate in a fierce gun-battle with government forces in north Kashmir’s Handwara on Thursday. A police official confirmed the killing of two militants in the gunfight that raged intermittently since 2:30 am in the village following a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO). He identified one of the […]

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Prof Farooq Ahmad Mir is Controller Examinations, Kashmir University

Prof Farooq Ahmad Mir is Controller Examinations, Kashmir University

Srinagar : Prof. Farooq Ahmad Mir, Department of Law has taken over as the Controller of Examinations, University of Kashmir. Prof. Mir a well known academic administrator has authored four books and 60 research papers published in national and international peer reviewed journals. He is the first law teacher in India to have authored book on […]

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Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir

Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir

SRINAGAR — Most of the higher reaches in Kashmir received fresh snowfall while plains were lashed by rains Tuesday, forcing the closure of the Srinagar-Leh national highway, officials said. An official of the Meteorological (MeT) department here said Sonamarg, Zojilla Pass, Amarnath Cave, Affarvat in Gulmarg, Mughal Road and many other areas in the higher […]

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Kabul officials: Taliban attacks kill 15 Afghan policemen

Kabul officials: Taliban attacks kill 15 Afghan policemen

KABUL — An Afghan official says a Taliban assault in northern Jawzjan province has killed 12 members of the security forces and wounded another 10. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, provincial police chief in Jawzjan, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the attack took place in Qush Typa district late on Monday. Jawzjani says the […]

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Municipal Polls:  JRL calls shutdown in poll-bound areas of Kashmir tomorrow

Municipal Polls:  JRL calls shutdown in poll-bound areas of Kashmir tomorrow

Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Tuesday asked the people to observe complete protest shutdown in the following areas in the second phase of “sham elections”: Solina,Alochibagh,SD colony Batmaloo, Ziarat Batmaloo,Shaheed gunj, Karan Nagar, Chattabal, Qamarwari, Bemina east, Bemina west, Nundresh colony, Parimpora, Zainakote, Lawaypora, Mujgund, Tankipora, Haba kadal, Barbarshah, Fateh kadal, Munawarabad, Langate, Sumbal, Kunzar, […]

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Pakistan successfully conducts training launch of Ghauri Missile System

Pakistan successfully conducts training launch of Ghauri Missile System

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan today successfully conducted Training Launch of Ghauri Missile System, ISPR reported. The launch was conducted by Army Strategic Forces Command and was aimed at testing the operational and technical readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command. Ghauri Ballistic Missile can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1300 kms. The […]