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Volunteer groups start clean-up drive in Valley
Srinagar: With the civic authorities crippled by the recent floods, volunteer groups here have started their own clean-up drive in the Kashmir Valley.Nissar Ahmad...
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Kashmir Floods: State Govt to seek enhanced compensation for damaged houses
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government will ask the Centre to enhance to Rs 7500 crore the compensation for damage to residential houses due to...
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EC to take call on J&K Assembly elections next month
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) will take a call on holding Assembly elections in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir after it receives the report...
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Centre preparing comprehensive policy on Kashmir, says minister
New Delhi: A comprehensive policy on Kashmir is being prepared by the NDA government, home minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday."We are preparing a...
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Flood-hit cling to pets, refuse to leave them behind
Srinagar: "Take my wife, take my kids but I will come only when you first take my puppies on the boat."These were the words...
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North Korea denounces UN Security Council as a ‘forum of lies’
United Nations: North Korea's foreign minister berated the UN Security Council as a forum of lies and double standards, in the first UN address...
Politics
Hurriyat welcomes Pakistan’s raising Kashmir issue in UN
Srinagar: Both factions of Hurriyat Conference on Saturday welcomed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's statement on Kashmir in his speech in the United Nations...
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Now earthquake in Jammu & Kashmir
New Delhi: An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred on the Indo-Pak border region of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.According to...
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Kupwara cyclist begins nine-month bicycle journey to Saudi Arabia for Umrah
Parvaiz Ahmed Lachi, 29, from Kupwara has set out on a nine-month bicycle journey to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, inspired by a Kerala man's walk to Makkah.
ACB chargesheets 10 in ₹7.12 lakh Kupwara bridge embezzlement case
ACB has chargesheeted 10 people, including two retired executive engineers, over an alleged ₹7.12 lakh embezzlement linked to the Lastiyal-Kalaroose bridge in Kupwara.
Omar Abdullah says cabinet reshuffle will not happen before August 15
CM Omar Abdullah says J&K cabinet reshuffle is a "work in progress" but won't happen before Aug. 15; sources say new Kashmir Valley faces likely to be inducted.
MeT forecasts heavy rain, flash flood risk
Meteorological Centre Srinagar forecasts widespread rain and thundershowers across J&K through August 19, with heavy rainfall and flash flood risk peaking August 11.
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Locals pool funds to send Jharkhand labourer home after mother’s death
Residents of Kadipora area in Anantnag district pooled money and arranged transportation for a labourer from Jharkhand after learning that his mother had died back home.
India’s E20 Ethanol Mandate: Progress, Pitfalls and Public Backlash
India’s ambitious push toward a 20% ethanol-blended fuel, known as E20, is facing significant backlash from vehicle owners and environmentalists.