Shahtoosh: Can the prized industry be revived again?
April 9th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) Shahtoosh, the very very name signifies royalty and kingship, a Farsi word meaning 'King of Wools'. And each shawl, delicate and ethereal, costs hundreds of ... Read more...
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Fast-track LOC trade, travel: Mufti Sayeed
April 6th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 6 (IANS) Ahead of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to New Delhi, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and main opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) leader ... Read more...
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Stone-pelting mob clashes with police in Baramulla
April 6th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) Police clashed with a mob of stone-pelters after Friday prayers in the North Kashmir town of Baramulla, 54 km from here, forcing the closure of businesses ... Read more...
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Moderate intensity quake rocks Kashmir
March 31st, 2012 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 31 (IANS) A moderate intensity temblor rocked Kashmir Saturday morning, sending panic stricken locals rushing out of their homes and workplaces."An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale ... Read more...
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Amid Srinagar’s tulips, Omar confident of peaceful summer (With Images)
March 29th, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 29 (IANS) Hoping for a peaceful summer like last year, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said unless militants abjured violence, incidents like the killing ... Read more...
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Omar says AFSPA may go this year
March 29th, 2012 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that concrete steps would be taken for the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) ... Read more...
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Fresh snowfall in Ladakh, rain in Kashmir
March 26th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 26 (IANS) As fresh snowfall lashed the Ladakh region, the minimum temperature dropped to minus 3.8 degrees Celsius in Kargil town Monday, making it the coldest in Jammu ... Read more...
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One killed as gas cylinder explodes in Kashmir
March 26th, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 26 (IANS) One person was killed in a gas cylinder explosion in a factory Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police said.Police said a cooking gas cylinder ... Read more...
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Students demand teachers for their school in Srinagar
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 22 (IANS) Students of a government higher secondary school here came together Thursday for a demand of a different kind - teachers for their school.Dozens of students gathered ... Read more...
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JKCA members want Farooq Abdullah to order CBI probe
March 21st, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 21 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) working committee members Wednesday demanded the resignation of their chairman, Muhammad Aslam Goni and appealed to president Farooq Abdullah to ... Read more...
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Gurez avalanche: Death toll rises to three
March 21st, 2012 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 21 (IANS) The death toll in an avalanche in north Kashmir has risen to three, an official said Wednesday."Three bodies have been recovered from under the avalanche debris ... Read more...
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Nightlong windstorm rattles Kashmir Valley
March 20th, 2012 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 20 (IANS) A nightlong windstorm damaged hundreds of homes, uprooted trees, shattered windowpanes and blocked roads in Kashmir Valley Tuesday, officials said.Schools throughout Kashmir have been closed as ... Read more...
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Soldiers killed five in cold blood, CBI tells apex court
March 19th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday accused, in the apex court, army personnel of killing five "innocent" people in cold blood in the wake ... Read more...
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Yasin Malik wants to appear in Pakistan’s Memogate probe
March 18th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 18 (IANS) Yasin Malik, chairman of the Pro-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), has sought permission from the Pakistan Supreme Court to appear before the Memogate probe ... Read more...
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Kashmiri youth turn out in record numbers to join army
March 16th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 16 (IANS) More than 6,000 enthusiastic Kashmiri youth turned up for recruitment in the Indian Army Friday in south Kashmir and police and army men had a tough ... Read more...
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George Joseph remembered as a daring journalist
March 15th, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Union ministers and senior Kerala leaders Monday paid tributes to the late George Joseph, IANS' political editor, describing him as a daring journalist who reported ... Read more...
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Start-up to tap online hotel booking market
March 13th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) StayZilla.com, a new start-up in the hospitality sector that helps travellers and tourists book rooms online in 4,000 hotels in 600 districts is all set ... Read more...
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Ruckus in Kashmir assembly over cricket scam
March 13th, 2012 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 13 (IANS) Pandemonium prevailed in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly here Tuesday after ruling National Conference (NC) members objected to the name of their party chief, union minister ... Read more...
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Panel allows dead man’s kin to visit Omar’s house
March 12th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 12 (IANS) A panel probing the 2011 death of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Yusuf Monday allowed a plea by his relatives to visit Jammu and Kashmir Chief ... Read more...
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Six killed, nine injured in Kashmir
March 10th, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 10 (IANS) Six people were killed and nine others injured when a passenger van collided with a parked truck-trailer in south Kashmir Saturday, police said.A senior police officer ... Read more...
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Women activists stage silent protest in Srinagar (With Images)
March 8th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) Women's rights activists staged a silent protest in Srinagar Thursday against the alleged deteriorating women's rights scenario in Kashmir.Lighting candles in broad daylight and carrying banners, ... Read more...
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On women’s day, helpless woman attempts suicide in Kashmir
March 8th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) While the world celebrated International Women's Day, a helpless woman attempted suicide Thursday after her husband abandoned her on a highway in Kashmir.Without giving her any ... Read more...
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Avalanche warning for Kashmir’s Gurez town
March 5th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 5 (IANS) Authorities Monday issued a high danger avalanche warning for Gurez town in north Kashmir's Bandipora district, where 19 army men were killed in an avalanche last ... Read more...
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Engineer goes missing in Kashmir
March 4th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 4 (IANS) Ever since her husband left the uptown Magarmal Bagh home in the city on Feb 18, Sukhbir Kaur has been a shattered woman. Jagdeep Singh ... Read more...
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Jharkhand terror suspect taken to Delhi (Second Lead)
March 2nd, 2012 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi/New Delhi/Srinagar, March 1 (IANS) A terror suspect, who was arrested in Jharkhand and on whose tip-off his two associates were arrested in the national capital, was handed over to ... Read more...
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Educational institutions reopen in Kashmir
March 1st, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 1 (IANS) After over two months of one of Kashmir's harshest winters, universities, colleges and schools reopened here Thursday.Although the winter vacation for primary and middle schools have ... Read more...
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Leaping with joy: celebrating 4 birthdays at once
February 29th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Being born on Feb 29 is tricky business. It means that one born on this day, can officially celebrate a birthday only once in four ... Read more...
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Senior journalist George Joseph passes away (Second Lead) (With Images)
February 27th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) George Joseph, political editor of IANS, died early Monday following cardiac arrest. He was 57.Joseph was rushed to Fortis Hospital in Noida early Sunday ... Read more...
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Senior journalist George Joseph is dead (Lead)
February 27th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) George Joseph, political editor of IANS, died early Monday following a cardiac arrest. He was 57.Joseph was rushed to Fortis Hospital in Noida early Sunday ... Read more...
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Senior journalist George Joseph is dead
February 27th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) George Joseph, political editor of IANS, died of a cardiac arrest early Monday morning. He was 57.
Joseph was rushed to Fortis Hospital in Noida ... Read more...
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Annual Hindu pilgrimage of Amarnath to start June 25
February 26th, 2012 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 25 (IANS) The annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine of Lord Shiva, in the south Kashmir Himalayas, will commence on June 25 this year.It will ... Read more...
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Police to help rehabilitation of released Kashmir militants
February 26th, 2012 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 25 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police will act as a facilitator for the rehabilitation of the released militants who want to shun violence, a senior police official said ... Read more...
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LOC fencing extensively damaged by heavy snowfall, says commander
February 25th, 2012 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 25 (IANS) The Indian Army Saturday said the fencing along the Line of Control (LoC) was severely damaged in heavy snowfall this year as it also paid ... Read more...
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Need to consult with centre on NCTC: Omar
February 21st, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said he would give his views on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) only after consulting with ... Read more...
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Security forces battle militants in Sopore gunfight
February 21st, 2012 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) A gunfight broke out between militants and security forces Tuesday afternoon in north Kashmir's Sopore town, police said.Sopore's Superintendent of Police Syed Imtiaz Hussain told IANS: ... Read more...
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