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Three persons arrested in Kupwara
Srinagar:- Three persons, including a notorious burglar, were arrested in separate operations in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, police said today.
The alleged burglar, Mudasir Ahmad Lone of Mughalpora village, was arrested on a…
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Cong holds blood donation to commemorate Rajiv death anniversary
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Congress on Thursday organised a blood donation camp here to commemorate the 24th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
"Rich tributes were paid to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th…
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148 Jammu and Kashmir panchayat members quit following threats; Budgam tops
Jammu: As many as 148 panchayat members in Jammu and Kashmir resigned last year following threats from terrorists, with Budgam district topping the list with 26 Sarpanches and Panches quitting their posts.
Officials of the J&K Home…
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Kashmir’s homoeo organic apples in a sweet spot
Mathura: Homoeo organic apples of Kashmir are all set to take the global high road.
The research conducted by SKUAST Kashmir on such apples only attests to this, which says the day is not far when these would become the first choice of…
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Row over Geelani passport issue; BJP, PDP divided
STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: The issue of passport for hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has kicked off a controversy in Kashmir with PDP and BJP, who rule the State, having diametrically opposite views on it.
While PDP said…
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Pak flags waved again in Srinagar
Srinagar: Supporters of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday raised Pakistani flags in Srinagar.
The flags were raised at Hawal area of Srinagar where a protest rally was organised at the spot where 60 people had died during the funeral of…
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Centre to decide: Rijiju
New Delhi: A decision on granting passport to Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani will be taken considering various issues, including national security, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday.
"The Home…
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Term ‘Indianism’ used by me was ‘torn’ out of context: HC judge
STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: A year after he observed that any person claiming to be a Hindu or Muslim nationalist was working against "Indianism" triggering a row, a High Court Judge here has said that the term used by him was taken out of…
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Six PHE XEns promoted
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Six Executive Engineers (XEns) of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Hydraulic Wing have been promoted as Superintending Engineers on Wednesday. The promotees include Kishore Kumar, Ashok Kumar Gandotra, Ghulam Qadir…
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Govt seeks HC permission for judge’s appointment as PSC member
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR: Attempting to clear decks for constituting the State Public Service Commission with full strength of eight members and Chairman, Mufti Sayeed led coalition government on Wednesday began the mandatory process of…
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