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Thousands attend funeral of Handwara man murdered in Punjab
Thousands of people on Sunday attended the funeral of Mushtaq Ahmad Mir at his native village Sirajpora in Handwara.
Kashmir
Handwara man found dead in Punjab’s Firozpur
A day after he went missing, a 35-year-old man from Handwara was on Friday found dead under mysterious circumstances in Firozpur area of Punjab.
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Kashmir
Police follower killed as colleague mistook him as a militant in Handwara
A police follower was killed after his colleague allegedly fired at him as a suspected person in Handwara area of Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
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Kashmir
Top Hizb commander killed in Handwara
Police on Wednesday said that one of the oldest commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen for north Kashmir, Mehraj-ud-Din alias Ubaid was killed.
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Kashmir
Militant from Shopian buried in Handwara
The 23-year-old militant, whose body was found in Soura locality here last evening, was on Monday buried at Handwara area in north Kashmir.
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Kashmir
Handwara Blaze: 5 shops, 3 godowns, 40 vegetable carts damaged
A major fire erupted on Thursday evening at 'Sabzi market' in Handwara and damaged five shops, three godowns and nearly 40 vegetable carts.
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Kashmir
‘Shell’ Blast: After daughter, mother loses battle for life in Handwara
Two days after her 19-year-old daughter was killed, a 49-year-old woman succumbed to the serious wounds at a hospital in Srinagar.
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Kashmir
In Handwara, girl dies, mother critical after ‘shell’ explosion
A 19-year-old girl succumbed to serious wounds after she sustained grievous injuries in a “shell blast” in Handwara area of Kupwara district.
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Five Kashmir glacial lakes show very high GLOF susceptibility, study finds
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