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Twin grenade attacks rock Kashmir
Javid Ahmad
Srinagar, Jan 18: With the security tightened ahead of January 26 functions, militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad Friday carried out twin grenade attacks in the Valley.Militants lobbed a grenade toward the paramilitary CRPF bunker near Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) at Lal Chowk at around 1.45 pm today.However, no loss of life or injury was caused in the blast.The target, according to officials, was a CRPF bunker located near the clock tower.However, the grenade missed the target and exploded near an ARead
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Snowy January: Srinagar receives record snowfall ...
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Avalanche hits Ladakh's Khardung La
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, Jan 18:Four persons were killed and six others are missing after their truck came under an a...Read
Guv announces Rs 5 lakh compensation for victim f...
Rising Kashmir NewsJammu, Jan 18: Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed grief over loss of precious lives due to snow ...Read
JKSPDCL facing hardships without MD
Junaid KathjuSrinagar, Jan 18:The only power generating corporation of the State, Jammu and Kashmir State Power Dev...Read
Mirwaiz criticises Army Commander for boasting ab...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, Jan 18:Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday criticised Army’s N...Read
EC may announce LS poll schedule in first week of...
Press Trust of IndiaNew Delhi, Jan 18: The dates for the Lok Sabha elections are likely to be announced in the first week of...Read
Pak raises Kashmir issue during talks with UNGA P...
Sajjad HussainIslamabad, Jan 18:Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Friday raised the Kashmir issue during...Read
PDD purchases additional 100 MWs power for Kashmi...
Rising Kashmir NewsJammu, Jan 18: On the directions of the Advisor to Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma, the Power Developme...Read
Grenade attack in Rajbagh
Javid AhmadSrinagar, Jan 17:Three policemen including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) were injured in a grenade ...Read
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'Mansoor Peer''SRINAGAR: 'The recently posted Medical Officers in peripheral hospitals across Jammu and Kashmir said that there was no “uniformity” in the official list—while as the government said doctors must be ready to serve people across the state.According to th... Read
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PMLA case: HC grants bail to Aslam Wani
'PTI''New Delhi:'The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to alleged hawala dealer Mohammad Aslam Wani, arrested in a money laundering case involving Kashmiri separatist Shabir Shah.Justice Najmi Waziri granted relief to Wani, who has been in jail since he was arrested in 2... Read
DC Baramulla reviews progress under...
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Family protests in Srinagar, seeks Governor’s int...
'Irfan Yattoo''Srinagar, Jan 18:'Two months after their 16-year-old daughter was kidnapped and raped, a family from Ramban area of Jammu Friday staged a protest in Srinagar demanding ‘capital punishment’ to the culprits.Father of the girl Abdul Lateef alleged that her daughter was... Read
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CEO meets representatives of political parties, s...
'Rising Kashmir News''JAMMU, JANUARY 18 -'Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), J&K, Shailendra Kumar on Friday interacted with the representatives of recognized political parties in the State on various issues related to the electoral process, especially on Special Summary Revision and updation of Elect... Read
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Stealing ration
''''Police on Wednesday after receiving a tip-off recovered 74 bags of rice and two bags of flour which were meant for public distribution and were being illegally sold in the black market in Srinagar. It wasn’t a one-off incident since numerous grievances r... Read
Proactive administration
With the fresh snowfall in Kashmir valley, the administ...ReadMore Medical Officers
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Power and Development: How people continue to be ...
'Umar Farooq Khan Amiri '''MINT The economy of the entire Middle East, high Human Development Indices (HDI) and prosperity enjoyed by countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, Kuwait, can all be attributed to the presence and extraction of the precious natural resource – oil. Accor... Read
The education that we need
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After campaigning in Delhi, tourism deptt eyes Pu...
'Rising Kashmir News'''Department of Tourism, J&K, concluded its promotional campaign at South Asian Travel and Tourism Exhibition (SATTE) here.During the campaign officials and stakeholders interacted with the leading travel and tourism industry leaders from across the globe.Th... Read
Kashmir fruit growers, dealers meet...
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Zaffron clinch thriller, beat Zabarwan by 1 run
'Rising Kashmir News''Srinagar': In the biggest upset of KQCL Season II, Zaffron Cricket Club defeated Zabrwan Rangers by one run in a thriller.Sami Ullah Dar who had been the captain of Zabrwan Rangers made a surprising change by dropping himself so that every player in his squad gets a ch... Read
Chinar Strikers to face Zabrwan Ran...
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Indo-Bangla Relations: Policy need be reviewed
'Shaheen Nazar'''By winning third straight term following Dec. 30 elections, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emerged as the strongest leader of Bangladesh. She is the only leader in South Asia who has become prime minister for a fourth time. But her victory is marred by contr... Read
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Burglaries
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Child abandoning
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A narration of pain and sufferings
'Mubashir Iqbal Kitaba'''From the recent past Kashmir has seen some of the commendable attempts by young writers both in fiction and nonfiction stories and books to let the world know the pain and sufferings of people living in this part of the world. Those writers pen down the pain a... Read
