Briefing

HYDERPORA To many it was shocking. The ailing separatist patriarch incarcerated at home for more than five months wanted an in-door meeting of his workers....

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BEMINA For all these days, the Haj House is a colourful moasaic during mornings as hundreds of Muslims are escorted to airport for their Mecca...

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BAKHSHI STADIUM Apart from unfurling the tricolor and the top executive taking the salute at the ceremonial march past, the August 15 function is invariably...

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CHANDERKOTE It is cheer time as Baglihar-II’s first of the three units started the trial run. By next three months, all the three turbines will...

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BALTAL Death visited Amarnath belt again this year as a cloudburst led to six deaths and closure of the track for around three days. When...

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 HAZRATBAL Though the boys and the cops engaged in an intensely long battle in the sprawling Eidgah, cameras were recording a sweet photo-op in the...

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KHAWJA SAHAB Ruling PDP faced embarrassing music from its ally BJP on Martyrs Day that the latter boycotted. This happened for the first time in...

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CHATTABAL Come Ramzan and Rahat Manzil gets busy. Home to 500 plus boys, orphaned by militancy, this home attracts thousands of people who contribute for...

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BALTAL On the day one of the yatra to Amarnath cave, there were more than 8000 pilgrims. The VVIPs included home minister Rajnath Singh and...

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NOWHATTA Jamia Masjid continues to retain its protest theatre status. It remained unchanged with the regime change. Last week, the mosque was locked. This week,...

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NOWHATTA First day of the Muslim month of fasting coincided with crippling restrictions in most of the old city areas. In a bid to fail...

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HAAL Omkar Nath’s is the lone Kashmiri Pandit family living in Haal, on Mughal Road between Pulwama and Shopian, as all others, estimated to be...

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SRINAGAR Abrar Bhat’s vision was overtaken by ‘night blindness’ in 2003 and by 2008 he was blind. But this 25 year old from Srinagar has...

News Notes

Roving CM The roving chief minister of state last week was touring Old Srinagar—from where he straight away drove to picturesque Manasbal. In between he...

News Notes

‘Seditious’ Flag Since armed insurgency broke out in Kashmir there have been many instances when Pakistani flags were unfurled in city. Not only males but...