Month: August 2026

Auqib Nabi Earns Maiden India Test Call-Up: Baramulla’s ‘Express’ Turns a Kashmir Cricket Dream Into Reality

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Auqib Nabi Earns Maiden India Test Call-Up: Baramulla’s ‘Express’ Turns a Kashmir Cricket Dream Into Reality

Auqib Nabi Earns Maiden India Test Call-Up: Baramulla’s ‘Express’ Turns a Kashmir Cricket Dream Into Reality By: News Desk | 03 Aug 2026 For a young cricketer growing up in Jammu and Kashmir, the journey to India’s Test dressing room can appear almost impossibly distant. For Auqib Nabi, that distance has now been dramatically shortened. The 29-year-old fast bowler from Baramulla has earned his maiden call-up to India’s senior Test squad, a breakthrough that has placed a cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir at the centre of the national cricket conversation.…

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Cloudbursts Ravage Kashmir: Flash Floods Sweep Villages, Inundate Homes as Weather Turns Fierce

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Cloudbursts Ravage Kashmir: Flash Floods Sweep Villages, Inundate Homes as Weather Turns Fierce

Kashmir Cloudbursts Trigger Flash Floods: Shopian, Pahalgam, Lolab Hit by Intense Rain By: News Desk | 03 Aug 2026 Kashmir Under a Fresh Weather Assault Kashmir witnessed a fresh spell of extreme weather on Monday, August 3, as multiple cloudbursts, intense localised rainfall and flash floods struck several parts of the Valley, inundating homes, damaging infrastructure and disrupting normal life. From Shopian in south Kashmir to Pahalgam in Anantnag and Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, sudden surges of water turned streams and waterways into dangerous torrents within minutes. The…

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Green Corridor for Kashmir’s Apple Trucks: Can It Save the Valley’s ₹12,000-Crore Fruit Economy?

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Green Corridor for Kashmir's Apple Trucks: Can It Save the Valley's ₹12,000-Crore Fruit Economy?

Green Corridor for Fruit Trucks: Why Kashmir’s Apple Economy Is Racing Against the Clock By: Javid Amin | 03 Aug 2026 Every August, thousands of trucks loaded with fresh apples, pears and plums begin the long haul from Kashmir’s orchards to markets across India. This year, that journey is once again running into landslides, security convoys and highway shutdowns — and the Valley’s traders are asking for a fix that’s been talked about for years but never fully delivered: a dedicated green corridor. There’s a rhythm to August in Kashmir…

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Kashmir Flood Management Roadmap Still Missing 12 Years After 2014 Floods

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12 Years After the 2014 Deluge, Kashmir Still Waits for a Comprehensive Flood Management Roadmap

12 Years After the 2014 Deluge, Kashmir Still Waits for a Comprehensive Flood Management Roadmap By: News Desk | 02 Aug 2026 Twelve Years On, Kashmir’s Flood Question Is Still Unresolved Twelve years after the catastrophic September 2014 floods, Kashmir continues to face an uncomfortable question: How prepared is the Valley for another extreme flood? The answer is complicated. It would be inaccurate to say that nothing has been done since 2014. The government has undertaken and proposed several flood-control and river-management works, including dredging, embankment strengthening, flood-spill-channel interventions and…

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Security Tightened Across Kashmir to Protect Migrant Workers After Deadly Kulgam Terror Attack

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Security Tightened Across Kashmir to Protect Migrant Workers After Deadly Kulgam Terror Attack

Security Tightened Across Kashmir After Kulgam Terror Attack; Authorities Move to Protect Migrant Workers By: News Desk | 02 Aug 2026 In the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack on migrant labourers in Kulgam district, security agencies in Jammu & Kashmir have significantly strengthened protective measures across vulnerable areas of the Valley. The move comes amid growing concerns over the safety of thousands of non-local workers employed in construction, brick kilns, agriculture and infrastructure projects. The latest attack, in which two migrant workers from Chhattisgarh were shot after reportedly being…

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