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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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SRINAGAR Mubashir Aslam Wafai of Aloha J&K is toying with the idea of setting up a Persian Language school. He is already running Farsi classes....

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APPOINTED: This week witnessed three different appointments. Sajjad Ahmed Khan has been appointed as the District Development Commissioner (DDC) of Poonch, Itrat Hussain Rafique as...

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Pie in TOURISM In an apparent bid to woo tourists towards Srinagar’s old city, many locals have lately constructed hotels, inns and guest houses in...

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VISITED: J&K Governor, NN Vohra, visited cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devji at Trikuta hills, Katra and reviewed the various development schemes going on...

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KISHTWAR A chopper carrying Omar Abdullah, Sajjad Kitchloo and Devinder Singh Rana had to make an emergency landing after its pilot detected some technical snag...

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THREATENED:Papa Kishtwari presently facing murder charges for allegdly murdering a Nishat resident Ali Muhammad Mir in 1996, had allegdly threatned his son Zahoor Ahmad....

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British girl MURDER Leaving her job in Africa to follow her love for a Kashmiri boy, a 24 year- old British lady was murdered inside...

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SRINAGAR Sheikh Owais Ahmed, IPS-JK cadre 1987 has been appointed as the first director of newly constituted Vigilance Organization. His appointment was finalized after a...

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IROM SHARMILA SCHOLARSHIP Iymon Majeed, 23, a student of political science in Jamia Millia Islamia has been awarded the first ‘Irom Sharmila Scholarship’ for 2013....

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INJURED: Nazakat Ali, 10 and Gulnaz Kousar, 7, were critically injured when a mine exploded near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri. Nazakat...

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BIJBEHARA It is a grand beginning, monetarily. Cricketer Parveez Rasool has been given a cash reward of half a million rupees by the J&K Cricket...

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“VAAD-I-KHOONAAB” “Vaadi -e-khoonaab( The valley of bloodshed )” a compilation of 125 individual stories of the victims killed during 2010 summer uprising was released last...

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TAKEN: Naeem Akhtar after missing the actual oath ceremony because of his ailing mother finally took an oath this week in presence of the Amrit...

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SRINAGAR ‘City Father’ Ghulam Nabi Qasba whose contribution to improving civic amenities in the capital city are positively debated is keen to reintroduce and popularize...

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Violent TIMES It seems Kashmir is heading back to turbulent times. At least, recent attacks on government forces in Valley and now an arrest of...