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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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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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DIED: Aisha Begum, 75, mother of Afzal Guru passed away at her residence, Doabgaw, Sopore. She was laid to rest at her ancestral graveyard...

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BIRMINGHAM UK and Pakistan are toying with the idea of launching a bus between Mirpur (PaK) and Birmingham, a route that Kashmiri settlers took in...
Syed Ali Shah Geelani

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Geelani, Panchayat And AMERICA Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has denounced the killing of a National Conference Sarpnach from Haygam, saying no one...

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HONORED: Dr Syed Basharat Ahmed Shah from Bijbehra, now settled in Bonn, Germany, has been honoured with the membership/diplomatship of Royal College of Veterinary...

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MUMBAI Bollywood may have a Kashmir overload. Deepak Tijori’s new directorial Dare You is a new film that has Kashmir theme in which a newcomer...
Syed Ali Shah Geelani

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Geelani, PDP and Pundits Geelani threw the ball into the court of Kashmiri Pundits when he proposed that they should conduct the proceedings of AmarnathYatra and...

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DETECTED:  A major general from Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME) once posted in Udhampur based Northern Command is allegedly involved in misappropriation...

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ZABARWAN Surprising, it was not, at least for many people who knew the happenings behind the curtains. Sajjad Lone, who leads his slice of political...

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  A Powerful Decision The inspection drive led by power development department is going on and so far many organizations-hotels and offices, have been caught fiddling...

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OPENED: American fast food gaint, Mc Donald’s, opened its first outlet in Jammu. It was inaugurated by Devender Singh Rana, Political Advisor to Chief...

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EIDGAH The court has granted bail to Faizan Ahmad Sofi, 12, a sixth grader, detained under section 307 (attempt to murder), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting...
IGP and his comrades

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The Militancy PARANOIA Return of militancy paranoia ended this week when Srinagar District Police made public that all 13 terror attacks that took place in...

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KARGIL A third rock-cut Buddha statue was discovered last week in the remotest corner of Kargil district. Khursheed Ahmed Qadri, state’s former Director General of...

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UAV Monitored AZAADI There is a steep rise in ‘fake encounter’ killings but the state Chief Minister claims the situation in valley is serene and...

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JAMMU Actor Deepika Padukone played basketball and badminton with the soldiers in a Jammu garrison and rode a T72 tank. She did a bit of...