Kashmir government to urge Gojri’s recognition as official language
June 5th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 5 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to recommend that Gojri - spoken by some 20 lakh tribal Gujjars and Bakkarwals in the state - ... Read more...
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Gujjar group appeals for restoration of Gurjar-era monuments
December 25th, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 25 (IANS) A frontal organisation of Gujjars in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday expressed shock over deteriorating condition of monuments built by Gurjar-Pratihara kings in various parts of the ... Read more...
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Gujjars demand steps for protecting Jirga system in Kashmir
September 19th, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 19 (IANS) The nomadic Gujjars in Jammu and Kashmir are demanding constitutional validity for their age-old "jirga system" by which they can resolve issues through their "tribal courts" ... Read more...
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Kashmir nomads want access to pastures close to LoC
August 28th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 28 (IANS) An organisation of nomads in Jammu and Kashmir has sought access for them and their livestock to pastures along the Line of Control (LoC) between Indian ... Read more...
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Let’s fight together: Kashmiri Gujjars to Jats
September 5th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
By Tahir Nadeem KhanJammu Sep.5 (ANI): The Scheduled Tribe Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir today offered their full support to Jat community in their current struggle for grant of Other Backward ... Read more...
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Iran launches website to undermine Holocaust
August 5th, 2010 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 5 (DPA) Iran has started a website with cartoons on the Holocaust aimed at undermining the historic dimensions of the mass murder of Jews during World War II, Fars news ... Read more...
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Russian oligarch facing world’s biggest divorce payment
July 3rd, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 3 (ANI): A Russian oligarch is facing the world's most expensive divorce after his wife demanded 3.8 billion pounds as settlement from him.Dmitry Rybolovlev, 43, a mining magnate ranked as ... Read more...
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Hot March leads Kashmir shepherds to early migration
March 28th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 28 (IANS) The unusually high temperatures in the plains and the valley have led to thousands of nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals - the shepherds - starting their annual move up ... Read more...
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Paharis and Gujjars fight over rights
January 20th, 2010 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
By Binoo Joshi
Jammu, Jan 20 (IANS) In Jammu and Kashmir a war of words is going on between Paharis, who are demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, and Gujjars, who have the status ... Read more...
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Nomadic Gujjars seek rights over forests in Kashmir
November 10th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 10 (IANS) The nomadic Gujjar community of Jammu and Kashmir has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to accord them rights to forests, similar to those given to other ... Read more...
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Gujjars seek Bharat Ratna for girl who killed militant
September 30th, 2009 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 30 (IANS) An 18-year-old Muslim woman who killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist after snatching his gun deserves the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, Gujjar leaders in Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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Now, Kashmiri Gujjars invite Rahul Gandhi to their homes
September 27th, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 27 (IANS) Having heard about Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi moving without security, staying in huts of the poor and downtrodden in Uttar Pradesh and even having a bath ... Read more...
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Journey of Kashmir’s nomads coming to end? (Feature)
August 31st, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Binoo Joshi
Jammu, Aug 31 (IANS) From time immemorial the Gujjar tribe has travelled hundreds of kilometres in summer to the upper regions of the Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir with its ... Read more...
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Our tribal property being razed say Kashmiri Gujjars
August 16th, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 16 (IANS) Nomadic Gujjars in Jammu and Kashmir are anguished over what they call "devastation of our tribal properties" along the old Mughal era road, which is being developed as ... Read more...
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Indigenous animal species grazed by nomadic Gujjars dying out
May 31st, 2009 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Binoo Joshi
Jammu, May 31 (IANS) It is a classic case of the new edging out the old to extinction. Jammu and Kashmir's traditional graziers, the nomadic Gujjars, rue the dying out ... Read more...
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Snowfall holds up trek of nomadic tribes
April 13th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 13 (IANS) Heavy snowfall in the mountainous ranges in Jammu and Kashmir last month has delayed by at least a month the annual trek of the nomadic tribes of Gujjars ... Read more...
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Gujjar women, children in Kashmir get raw deal
February 16th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 16 (IANS) Over 1.5 million Gujjar tribal women and children live in utter deprivation in Jammu and Kashmir due to traditional neglect and lack of awareness about welfare schemes, says ... Read more...
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Literature a uniting force in India, agree Hindi, Urdu, Konkani, Kannada scholars
October 13th, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by ANI
By Suresh Panje
New Delhi, Oct.13 (ANI): Indeed, one may say that the crucial meeting of National Integration Council (NIC) had an apt forerunner, in the seminar ''Integration Through Languages'' organised by ... Read more...
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Rains bring early morning chill in Delhi (All India weather report)
May 23rd, 2008 - 1:53 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) People in Delhi woke up to another rainy morning Thursday as the weather gods continued to wrap the capital with pleasant weather, bringing the mercury down to ... Read more...
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Vatican puts Knights Templar documents on sale
November 14th, 2007 - 2:53 am ICT by admin
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