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186What’s the time? Kashmir’s ‘Ghanta Ghar’ gets four new clocks to tell
SRINAGAR, June 6: In an effort to set it of use, four new clocks have been installed on Kashmir’s iconic clock tower-the...
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194Kashmiri women take to purdah, the trendy way
Rakib Altaf SRINAGAR, June 4: In the nineties, when the Ultra-Islamic group Dukhtaran-e-Millat (daughters of the nation) tried to enforce a Purdah...
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106Masrat Alam’s detention quashed by Kashmir High Court
SRINAGAR, June 4: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed the detention of four people, including senior separtist leader Masarat Alam, detained...
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‘Kashmiris want dialogue, demilitarisation and a good economy’
SRINAGAR, June 3: Kashmiris want autonomy, better economic opportunities and removal of “overbearing presence of armed forces from their state”, a gathering...
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Attempting an early pilgrimage to Kashmir, 300 Hindu activists detained
JAMMU, June 3: Nearly 300 activists of the right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) were detained in the State’s winter capital Jammu on...
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75Read books, Kashmir chief tells ‘children of conflict’
Sheikh Saqlain SRINAGAR, June 2: Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, a region which has been blighted by a literary drought...
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All roads lead to Kashmir: ‘Half a million tourists visit so far’
SRINAGAR, June 1: Nearly half a million tourists have visited Kashmir so far this year, state’s chief minister said on Friday. Omar...
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As Kashmir pilgrimage nears, weather continues to hamper track clearance
SRINAGAR, June 1: Continuous bad weather in Kashmir valley is hampering efforts to clear snow-covered tracks to the sacred Amarnath cave shrine...
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117Kashmir’s first skewed-bridge divides its public opinion
Ashiq Hussain SRINAGAR, May 31: Kashmir’s first skewed bridge coming-up over river Jhelum and its banks – locally called The Bund used...
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Flower power: Tulip bulbs shine on Kashmiri farmers
Bismah Malik SRINAGAR, May 31: Buoyed by the high returns, tulip farming takes root in the Valley, which has the perfect weather...