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Shah Faesal calls people for walk the talk in Srinagar

Shah Faesal calls people for walk the talk in Srinagar

Srinagar : Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal Thursday said that he was stormed with “abuse and adulation” after he announced resignation from the service. “It has been a storm of abuse and adulation. Hundreds and thousands of people reacted to my resignation in hundreds and thousands of ways. I totally expected this,” Faesal wrote on Facebook. […]

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Altaf Bukhari seconds Omar Abdullah on no to coalition regimes in J&K

Altaf Bukhari seconds Omar Abdullah on no to coalition regimes in J&K

Srinagar : Former finance minister Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday seconded the opinion of National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah who called for a decisive mandate in the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir for return of single party Government era in the State. “I personally believe that Kashmir has suffered a lot […]

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Militant killed in brief exchange of fire with forces in Pulwama

Militant killed in brief exchange of fire with forces in Pulwama

Srinagar : A militant was killed in a brief shoot in Chowduri Bagh area of Litter in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. An official said that militants attacked census army patrolling party of 55RR at Chowduri bagh. He said that army retaliated and triggering a brief shoot in which one unidentified militant was killed. As […]

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On Mufti’s death anniversary amid thin attendance Mehbooba apologises for ‘toffee’ remark

On Mufti’s death anniversary amid thin attendance Mehbooba apologises for ‘toffee’ remark

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday apologised for her ‘toffee’ remark, saying she was concerned for ‘her children being pushed to rallies where they got injured’. Addressing handful of workers on the death anniversary of his father late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed at Bijbehara in south Kashmir, Mehbooba said that she was […]

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Thousands march towards Tral gunfight site, forces resort to aerial firing

Thousands march towards Tral gunfight site, forces resort to aerial firing

Srinagar: Armed forces on Saturday resorted to aerial firing to chase away thousands of people who were trying to march towards the gunfight site in Aripal village of Tral in Kashmir’s Pulwama district after rumours of killing of a Hizb commander Hammad Khan spread in the area. Reports said that thousands of people from adjoining villages […]

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Fulfill the commitment to hold referendum in JK: Mirwaiz urges International Community

Fulfill the commitment to hold referendum in JK: Mirwaiz urges International Community

Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday urged the world community to hold the promised referendum in Jammu and Kashmir. “Today on 5 Jan 1949, it is 70 years since UN Security Council passed the resolution to give the people of J&K the universally accepted right to decide their future through UN sponsored plebiscite,” […]

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CRPF personnel injured in gunfight in south Kashmir’s Tral

CRPF personnel injured in gunfight in south Kashmir’s Tral

Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force personnel was injured in a gunfight with the militants in Aripal village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama Saturday. A police official who asked not to be named as he was not authorised to speak to the media said that a CRPF man was hit by a bullet during the […]

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Bemina tragedy: Bodies of 5 deceased family members being airlifted to Tanghdar

Bemina tragedy: Bodies of 5 deceased family members being airlifted to Tanghdar

Srinagar : The district administration has decided to airlift bodies of five members of a family found dead in a recanted accommodation to their native village in Tangdhar Kupwara, closed after heavy snowfall since overnight. “Arranging their airlifting. Coffins being arranged and the bodies are being sent across Sadna Top,” GNS quoted Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam […]

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Thousands attend funeral prayers of slain Hizb, Jaish militants in south Kashmir villages

Thousands attend funeral prayers of slain Hizb, Jaish militants in south Kashmir villages

Srinagar: Thousands of mourners on Friday participated in the funeral prayers of three militants killed in a day-long gunfight with the government forces in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district yesterday, even as gun-salute was offered to one of them by his associates. Three militants, two of the Hizbul Mujahideen and one of Jaish-e-Mohammad, were […]

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Moderate rain, snow likely to lash Kashmir

Moderate rain, snow likely to lash Kashmir

Srinagar : Kashmir ans Ladakh region witnessed a further drop in minimum temperatures as the Meteorological department forecast fresh rain and snowfall from Friday. The Met department official said moderate rain and snow is likely to occur in Jammu and Kashmir from Friday evening. “Inclement weather during the next 48 hours can affect surface connectivity between […]