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Encounter breaks out in Pulwama
Srinagar: An encounter broke out between security forces and militants today in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Gulab Bagh area of Tral in Pulwama after receiving…
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Article 35A: Mehbooba meets Farooq
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea against Article 370
STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: In a surprise development, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday went to meet opposition National Conference president Farooq Abdullah amid a debate on an…
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J&K special status needs to be protected: Mehbooba
STATE TIMES NEWS
BUDGAM: Terming peace imperative for development, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said the special status enjoyed by the State under the Constitution needs to be protected and preserved.
Addressing a largely…
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Muslims’ minority status in J&K: SC raps J&K Govt over reply
Agency
New Delhi: "You are making fun of us," the Supreme Court on Tuesday said, pulling up the Jammu and Kashmir government for reasons put forward by it for not attending meetings convened by the centre to discuss the issue of majority…
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Vigilance books former DC Budgam, others
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Vigilance Organisation Kashmir (VOK) on Tuesday registered a case against the then Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam and others in illegal appointment case.
According to report, Vigilance registered a case under…
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NIA questions Geelani’s sons, DySP in terror funding case
Agency
New Delhi: The NIA on Tuesday questioned the sons of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in connection with a terror funding probe allegedly involving Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, official sources said.
It also…
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Two Muzaffarabad-based firms banned from cross-LoC trade
STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Authorities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Tuesday banned two Muzaffarabad-based companies from carrying out trade across the Line of Control (LoC). In a letter to the custodian of the cross-LoC trade in…
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Opposition’s stand on Art 35A apt: Soz
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Opposition parties led by Dr Farooq Abdullah have taken the correct stand on Article 35A, which is being challenged by the RSS before the Supreme Court of India. It means that the mainstream parties in J&K…
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Drug peddlers held with 1.4 Kg Charas, 500 gms brown sugar
STATE TIMES NEWS
KUPWARA: Police on Tuesday arrested two notorious drug peddlers and recovered 1.4 Kg Charas and 500 gms brown sugar from their possession. According to report, the special team of District Police Kupwara arrested two…
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Govt orders creation of new revenue village in Pulwama
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: The government has ordered creation of new revenue village namely Lassidaban in district Pulwama.
"In exercise of the powers conferred by Section-3 (1) (c) of the J&K Land Revenue Act Samvat-1996, sanction is…
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