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Season's First Snowfall Blankets Kashmir Valley

Breaking a prolonged dry spell, Srinagar and other areas in the plains of Kashmir received the season's first snowfall on Friday, draping the valley in white and bringing cheer to locals and tourists alike.Under the influence of a western disturbance, light to moderate snowfall was recorded in most areas of Kashmir, including the plains, officials said here.The snowfall began in …

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2 weeks ago

Kashmir weather updates: Flights, rail services suspended as heavy snowfall disrupts life in valley

India TV News

Kashmir weather updates: The Kashmir Valley received the season's heaviest snowfall today which threw normal life out of gear, affecting air, rail and road traffic as well as disrupting power and water supply, officials said. The authorities launched snow clearance operations at district headquarters and while most of the main roads and roads to hospitals were cleared by morning itself, …

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2 weeks ago

Srinagar receives season’s first snowfall, two months dry spell ends in Valley

Hindustan Times

Srinagar Many parts of Kashmir witnessed seasons first major snowfall bringing relief from the cold wave. The summer capital--Srinagar--witnessed season’s first snowfall on Friday. For central and north Kashmir plains, the system’s intensity remains uncertain, making it difficult to estimate snowfall amounts or depth,” the channel said adding that this weather system is expected to remain active until tomorrow afternoon. …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Top militant among five terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir

Hindustan Times

Srinagar: Five Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists — including one of the outfit’s oldest commanders — were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir in the early hours of Thursday, officers aware of the matter said, adding that two Indian soldiers also sustained injuries during the operation. Security officers said Farooq Ahmad Bhat alias Nali, the …

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1 month ago

Cold wave grips Kashmir valley as temperatures plunge, IMD issues rain and snowfall alert

India TV News

A severe cold wave persists in the Kashmir Valley as temperatures continue to drop, with areas from Srinagar to Leh witnessing sub-zero conditions. Shopian records lowest temperature According to the Meteorological Department, there is no immediate relief from the biting cold expected, as the coming nights are forecasted to become even colder. South Kashmir's famous tourist spot Pahalgam recorded -6.5°C, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Decoding the PDP’s Rise and Fall in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu

Published : Nov 20, 2024 15:35 IST - 12 MINS READ One August afternoon earlier this year, Aijaz Ahmad Mir, a young politician and former MLA of the Peoples Democratic Party, was busy campaigning in his constituency of Zainapora in South Kashmir when he learned that the party leadership had decided not to give him a ticket to contest in …

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3 months ago

Temple in Kulgam reopens for devotees after 2 decades

Hindustan Times

: Over 20 years after 24 Kashmiri Pandits were massacred in Nadimarg village of south Kashmir, the village’s Arde Nareshwar temple was opened on Saturday in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. Over 20 years after 24 Kashmiri Pandits were massacred in Nadimarg village of south Kashmir, the village’s Arde Nareshwar temple was opened on Saturday in South Kashmir’s Kulgam …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Independents’ day in Kashmir

The Hindu

Autumn has arrived in Kashmir and the sun has grown milder. “When Mr. Rashid’s son campaigned for his father in the Lok Sabha elections, people of Kashmir overwhelmingly supported him, to get him out of jail. “Voters are connecting with the slogans like ‘Jail ka badla vote se.” A United Nations report alleged that Parra was subjected to “abusive interrogations …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

J&K assembly polls: Dooru gears up for high stakes electoral duel

Hindustan Times

The southern constituency of Dooru in Anantnag district was the first constituency in Kashmir valley which witnessed a high profile election campaigning where many star campaigners like Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Kanhaiya Kumar, former J&K chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti converged to campaign for their respective candidates. Apart from Mir and Malik, eight more candidates are in …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti Congratulate Arvind Kejriwal But Criticise My Interim Bail: MP Engineer Rashid

ABP News

Srinagar: Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Friday said his struggle is not against the National Conference or People's Democratic Party but is focused on the broader cause of restoring Jammu and Kashmir's special status which was revoked by the Centre in August 2019. Rashid, the MP from Baramulla and popularly known as Engineer Rashid, targeted NC vice president …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

CPI(M) veteran Tarigami faces challenge from Jamaat-backed candidate in J&K’s Kulgam

The Hindu

The red flag of Kashmir’s lone communist party leader, M.Y. Tarigami, is for the first time facing a challenge from the banned green party Jamaat-e-Islami -backed candidate Sayar Ahmad Reshi in south Kashmir’s Kulgam constituency. On the sudden change of heart on contesting elections, Mr. Reshi said the JeI was “never opposed to participation in elections”. “However, we will also …

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4 months ago

IG reviews security situation in Kashmir ahead of polls

Hindustan Times

With just a week to go for the first phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the top brass of police and paramilitary reviewed security arrangements in south Kashmir on Tuesday while also ascertaining the current security scenario in the border regions of north Kashmir on Line of Control. Officials said Kashmir inspector general VK Birdi conducted a security …

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4 months ago

The changing landscape of Jammu and Kashmir politics

Hindustan Times

Jammu and Kashmir will hold its first state assembly election in over a decade in the backdrop of a dramatically changed political landscape in the region. The notification allows the LG to make rules with the “aid and advice of the Council of Ministers,” while the assembly can legislate on matters in the State List, excluding “Police” and “Public Order" …

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4 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir Polls: Resignation, Discontent Among Old Guard Hits BJP Ahead Of Election

ABP News

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election 2024: India's newest Union Territory is headed to elections in three phases. In Kashmir's context, J&K BJP assembly election in-charge Ram Madhav said: "Leaders who want peace and do not support terrorism will emerge in the Kashmir valley as well. Resignations aside, the BJP is facing party workers' dissent in several constituencies like Jammu North, …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Two former MLAs feature as Ghulam Nabi Azad’s party names 13 candidates in first list

Hindustan Times

Former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad-led Democratic Progressive Azad Party on Sunday announced its first list of candidates for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. HT Image The party gave mandate to 13 candidates for various seats in Kashmir and Jammu regions, including to two former legislators Abdul Majeed Wani and Mohammad Amin Bhat. Similarly, Mohd Aslam Goni, former …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Srinagar Diary | High devotee turnout for Amarnath yatra

New Indian Express

With thousands of devotees from different parts of the country visiting the Amarnath cave in south Kashmir Himalayas every day since the start of yatra on June 29, it is expected that a record number of yatris may perform the pilgrimage this year. 4 lawyers arrested in one month Police have arrested four lawyers, including two former presidents of J&K …

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7 months ago

Barring Omar’s loss, National Conference dominates Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha polls

Hindustan Times

Despite star candidate Omar Abdullah’s surprise loss, National Conference emerged as the dominant force in nearly two-third assembly segments falling in Kashmir’s three parliamentary constituencies. In Anantnag-Rajouri, NC’s tribal-spiritual leader Mian Altaf managed to secure a win with 5.21 lakh votes against Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti despite south Kashmir being the latter’s bastion. Mehdi got highest votes in …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mehbooba Mufti faces a tough battle for political survival in hotly contested Anantnag-Rajouri

Hindustan Times

Stakes are higher than ever for former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti contesting her fourth parliamentary election from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, once a stronghold of the People’s Democratic Party. Apart from Mufti, twenty other candidates are trying their luck from the seat which has witnessed high-pitched campaigning, with leading candidates, PDP chief Mufti, National Conference’s Mian Altaf and …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Key quotes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interview to PTI

The Hindu

From minorities to his assessment of the BJP’s chances in the ongoing elections and from Kashmir to unemployment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to PTI on a wide range of subjects. I have always said Eastern India has great potential to be the biggest growth engine but has been most neglected by Congress-led governments of the Centre as well as …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

LS Elections: Omar Abdullah's Jibe At I.N.D.I.A Ally Mehbooba Mufti, Says She ‘Left In Lure Of A Seat’

ABP News

Lok Sabha Elections: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and JKNC leader Omar Abdullah took a swipe at PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday and said that it was "unfortunate" that his party was contesting elections in the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency against a friend who turned "greedy" for a Lok Sabha seat. As far as South Kashmir is concerned, National …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Worker from Bihar shot dead by terrorists in Anantnag

The Hindu

Militants shot dead a non-local in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday evening, just two days ahead of the first phase of Lok Sabha election in J&K. According to a J&K Police spokesperson, terrorists fired upon Raju Shah, a resident of Bihar, at Jablipora, Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag. Meanwhile, security forces busted a hideout, and arrested two suspects in Poonch …

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10 months ago

Speaking Pahari, seeking Anantnag

The Hindu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kashmir on March 7 — for the first time since his government revoked Article 370 in 2019 — two weeks after his visit to Jammu, where he announced a slew of development projects, distributed letters of appointment to 1,500 new government recruits, opened an IIT campus and inaugurated the erstwhile State’s first electric train. …

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11 months ago

Kashmir: Avalanche warning issued for hilly areas; air, road traffic affected

Live Mint

India Meteorological Department Sunday issued an avalanche warning for hilly and mountainous areas of Kashmir amid snowfall across the valley affecting normal life with all flights cancelled at Srinagar airport. According to the weather department, Qazigund town in south Kashmir was the warmest place on Saturday, recording a high of 3.2 degrees Celsius followed by Kokernag at 3.1 degrees Celsius. …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kashmir in grip of intense cold wave

New Indian Express

SRINAGAR: The cold wave in Kashmir intensified as most places in the valley recorded extreme subzero temperatures, officials said here on Monday. The minimum plunged 7.4 degrees below freezing point in Pulwama and Shopian towns in south Kashmir on Sunday night, the officials said. Srinagar city recorded a minimum temperature of minus 5.3 degrees Celsius on Sunday night, dropping from …

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Season's First Snowfall Blankets Kashmir Valley

Kashmir weather updates: Flights, rail services suspended as heavy snowfall disrupts life in valley

Srinagar receives season’s first snowfall, two months dry spell ends in Valley

Top militant among five terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir

Cold wave grips Kashmir valley as temperatures plunge, IMD issues rain and snowfall alert

Decoding the PDP’s Rise and Fall in Jammu and Kashmir

Temple in Kulgam reopens for devotees after 2 decades

Independents’ day in Kashmir

J&K assembly polls: Dooru gears up for high stakes electoral duel

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti Congratulate Arvind Kejriwal But Criticise My Interim Bail: MP Engineer Rashid

CPI(M) veteran Tarigami faces challenge from Jamaat-backed candidate in J&K’s Kulgam

IG reviews security situation in Kashmir ahead of polls

The changing landscape of Jammu and Kashmir politics

Jammu & Kashmir Polls: Resignation, Discontent Among Old Guard Hits BJP Ahead Of Election

Two former MLAs feature as Ghulam Nabi Azad’s party names 13 candidates in first list

Srinagar Diary | High devotee turnout for Amarnath yatra

Barring Omar’s loss, National Conference dominates Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha polls

Mehbooba Mufti faces a tough battle for political survival in hotly contested Anantnag-Rajouri

Key quotes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interview to PTI

LS Elections: Omar Abdullah's Jibe At I.N.D.I.A Ally Mehbooba Mufti, Says She ‘Left In Lure Of A Seat’

Worker from Bihar shot dead by terrorists in Anantnag

Speaking Pahari, seeking Anantnag

Kashmir: Avalanche warning issued for hilly areas; air, road traffic affected

Kashmir in grip of intense cold wave