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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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Briefing

News nuggets about the interesting happenings in Jammu and Kashmir and the people who are in the focus of around those developments

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BERGEN Kashmir’s two human rights defenders, Parveena Ahangar and Parvez Imroz received the Rafto Prize 2017 for their long campaign to expose human rights violations,...

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PULWAMA The picture of Hizb militant Sameer Bhat, alias Tiger, holding the American assault rifle, M4 carbine extensively used by US armed forces, in an...

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New Delhi After separatists, businessmen and scholars, the NIA has now raided the house of Syed Salahuddin’s son Shahid Yousuf, 42, who is a government...

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SKICC It might be creating an adverse reaction on ground but the policy makers think the music is an antidote to militancy. So, after Adnan...

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LADAKH After a year, the Romeo-Juliet of Ladakh managed to visit their hometown where they threw their reception party. The bride, Stanzin Saldon, a Buddhist,...

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SOPORE Atiqa Bano, the lady behind Kashmir’s first private museum, Miras Mehal, breathed her last this week. Bano, a noted educationist, heritage activist and former...

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SRINAGAR To counter “perceived negative portrayal of Kashmiris” by the Indian TV, Mehbooba Mufti released a 5-minute tourism film Warmest Place on Earth. The film,...

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NEW YORK Zehru Nissa, the health reporter for Greater Kashmir bagged ICFJ’s Global Health Reporting Award 2017 for one of her reports that detailed the...

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GULMARG An adventure race is taking place. Named Expedition India 2017, a Johannesburg-based adventure company Kinetic Events in collaboration with the state’s tourism department and...

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SRINAGAR On the third anniversary of September 2014 floods, there was another anniversary – that of photo journalist Shafat Sidiq who was devoured by the...

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KATHUA In an attempt to calm the streets in post-Burhan Wani’s Kashmir, state government went on a massive recruitment drive for J&K police. But, once...

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POONCH They fired at each other and killed many people from the two sides. It jammed life in the belt and forced a halt on...

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PULWAMA J&K Bank, state’s main financial power house, has finally rehabilitated the family that was devastated after their young girl died within an hour after...

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BUDGAM J&K Bank is normally the target for the money. But for a change, they wanted to take away a weapon. Again for a change,...

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MUMBAI Dangal girl Zaira Wasim turned musical now. In her second film also prodced by Amir Khan, Zaira is playing the role of a girl...