Real Kashmir FC qualify for I-League, becomes first J&K club to do so

Real Kashmir FC on Wednesday became the first football club from Jammu and Kashmir to qualify for the country’s top tier I-League after they won the second division league by beating Delhi side Hindustan FC 3-2. The side from the Kashmir Valley emerged winner of second division league as they secured seven points — from two wins and a draw — from three matches in the final round. Only the winning team of the second division league is promoted to the I-League. Real Kashmir FC will now play in the…

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J&K to witness heavy rainfall from June-September: IMD

Jammu and Kashmir will get the highest overall rainfall during the June-September period and July will be the wettest month, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted, according to a media report. According to the IMD, the north-west India — Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and western Uttar pradesh — will get the highest overall rainfall during the June-September period and July will be the wettest month, reported The Times of India. “The north-east India is expected to get least rainfall (below normal) during the period,”…

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Two witnesses depose before CoI probing Major’s conduct in Hotel Case

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday submitted to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, a report on the case involving the brief detention of Major Leetul Gogoi and a local girl at a city hotel on May 23. Meanwhile, two witnesses have deposed and recorded statements before the Court of Inquiry panel, which was ordered by the Army to probe the conduct of Major Gogoi in the hotel fracas. In the two-page report, supported by the statement made by the girl before a Magistrate and the school certificate which mentions…

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Bar Association concerned about free-hand given to Lal Singh exposes BJP’s mindset

Kashmir High Court Bar Association Srinagar on Wednesday expressed its deep concern over the endorsement of BJP top brass in giving “free hand” to formed Minister Lal Singh for galvanizing support and intensifying campaign for a CBI probe in the kidnapping, gang rape and murder of an 8-year-old Nomad girl of Kathua. In a statement issued here a spokesman of KHCBA said, “It’s shameful for those, who are ruling in Delhi and J&K and are supposed to uphold the rule of law but are covertly and overtly extending their support…

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