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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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HYDERPORA  Syed Ali Geelani, now back to his jail at home, has asked Imam’s to learn Islam from Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. An outspoken film...

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ARRESTED: Pacca Danga police in Jammu arrested an absconder, Rakesh Sharma, who was evading his arrest for past eight years. Sharma is accused under section...

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Rodent CARE Next time you are in Valley’s lone tertiary care hospital and electricity plays hide and seek, don’t blame PDD! It might be the...

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Trade TIES The trade ties between the Chenab region and Kashmir Valley are likely to get restored in the next week. A local news gathering agency...

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MUMBAI Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor arrived in Kashmir last Sunday to shoot for Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider, adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The actors were seen...

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AWARDED: Mohinder Singh was awarded 7 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25000 for raping a Class 12th girl student. Singh is the...

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Stoning REMARK Clarifying the recent statement of Syed Ali Geelani wherein he had condemned the stone pelting incident at his rally in Sopore, Hurriyat Conference...

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SRINAGAR A day after major fire broke out in Srinagar lone maternity hospital Lalla Ded the minister for Medical Education, Taj Mohiuddin who was visiting...

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AWARDED: A Fast Track Court has awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment and has imposed a fine of Rs 25000 to a rapist, Balwan Singh,...

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APPOINTED: Two months after the post was left vacant, state appointed senior IPS officer Subhas Goswami as the new chief of paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police...

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SHALIMAR Salman Rushdie wrote Shalimar the clown. Then Zubin Mehta came to Shalimar with his orchestra. And now SKUAST says Shalimar, the microbe. Prof M...

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Resolving DIALOGUE Reiterating resolve of his party to work as a peace facilitator to ensure de-escalation of tension on the Line of Control (LoC) and...

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GRANTED: High Court wants the government to respond to the illegal structures issue within a week or the division bench will go by the law...

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DELHI Zubin Mehta is history. It is A R Rahman now. The acclaimed Oscar-winning musician, composer and singer has wished to perform in Kashmir but...

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Priest DETAINED A local Masjid Imam was arrested by J&K police Monday for allegedly murdering a man, who SSP Srinagar Syed Ashiq Husain Bukhari said,...