Kashmir
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Video: Amid heavy snowfall in Kashmir, stranded tourists take shelter in mosques
In a remarkable display of compassion, residents of the Ganderbal district’s Gund area in Kashmir Valley demonstrated extraordinary hospitality and opened the doors of their homes and Jamia Masjid (Grand Mosque) for…
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Kashmir Valley gets season’s first snowfall
Srinagar: Several parts of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, including the season’s first in many areas, on Friday, December 27, with a slight increase in the minimum temperatures at most places in the…
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Light rain, snow likely in J&K during next 24 hours
Srinagar: Intense cold continued in the Valley on Friday as the weather office forecast light rain and snowfall during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The MET department officials…
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Kashmir reels under intense cold wave conditions across
Srinagar: Intense cold wave conditions prevailed across Kashmir as the minimum temperatures settled several degrees below the freezing point, officials said on Thursday. There is a possibility of light snowfall over the…
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Anti-reservation protests rocks Kashmir, unites right & left parties
Several senior leaders in Kashmir including National Conference (NC) MP, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi led a huge protest on Monday, December 23, against the Jammu and Kashmir government’s reservation policy. The protesters…
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Omar cancels programmes in Jammu amid severe cold wave
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said he has cancelled all his forthcoming programmes in Jammu and would station himself in Srinagar to personally oversee the functioning of…
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Srinagar freezes at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, season’s lowest so far
Srinagar: As mercury dropped to minus 6.2 degrees Celsius on Friday, J&K’s Srinagar city recorded the season’s lowest minimum temperature. MET Department officials said that at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, Srinagar city…
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Over 40 Kashmiri students beaten, expelled from Mewar University
Several Kashmiri students on Saturday evening were reportedly subject to brutal physical violence by the Rajasthan police while peacefully protesting at Mewar University in Chittorgarh. The reports suggested that over 40 to…
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Stop whinging about EVMs, accept poll results: Omar Abdullah to Congress
New Delhi: Opening another point of friction with an important ally, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has dismissed the Congress party’s vehement objection to electronic voting machines and echoed the…
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Cold wave to intensify in J&K
Srinagar: Cold wave conditions are expected to intensify further in Jammu and Kashmir as the Meteorological (MeT) office issued an advisory on Sunday forecasting light snow in the higher reaches on December…
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Farooq Abdullah welcomes SC’s order halting new suits on Places of Worship Act
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s interim order halting the registration of new suits against the Places of Worship Act, terming it a significant step towards preserving…
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Put under house arrest, prevented from offering congregational prayers: Hurriyat chief
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday claimed that he was put under house arrest and prevented from offering congregational prayers at the Jama Masjid. This is the second consecutive…
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Temperatures dip in Kashmir after season’s first snowfall
Srinagar: A day after plain areas in Kashmir received the season’s first snowfall, the minimum temperatures dropped across the valley on Friday, with the weather department predicting a cold wave at many…
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Police crack down on drug peddlers in J-K’s Reasi, detain 16
Jammu: As many as 16 people have been detained in a crackdown by the Jammu and Kashmir Police against drug peddlers, officials said on Tuesday. Ten suspects were detained in Reasi, while…
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Haryana: Kashmiri shop owner assaulted by Hindutva mob at mela
In yet another incident that highlights growing intolerance towards minorities in India, shop owners from Kashmir were brutally assaulted by a mob of Hindutva extremists during the Geeta Jayanti Mela in Haryana’s…
