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Cold wave condition in Kashmir is likely to intensify further

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Cold wave continued across the Kashmir on Tuesday as the Met Office said its intensity is likely to further in the days to come. “Because of clear night sky the present cold wave condition in the (Kashmir) valley is likely intensify further as we expect weather to remain dry during the next 24 hours,” a meteorological department official told IANS on Tuesday. “The minimum temperature was minus 0.8 in Srinagar today (Tuesday) while it was minus 2.1 in Pahalgam and minus 6.0 in Gulmarg. Leh town recorded minus 13.1 and…

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Hurriyat (G) to reward toppers: Geelani

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Felicitating the students of class 10th, especially Ghalib Afzal Guru, who bagged 19th position in class tenth exams, the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Monday announced that his amalgam would reward top 20 position holders. Geelani praised the teachers of all the schools who showed best performance in the 10th class exams including a school at Dooru, Sopore, namely Unique Public School. “The performance of our children in studies despite living in the worst kind of conflict zone of the world is very encouraging and praiseworthy. Kashmiri…

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Pulwama traders bear brunt of continuous shutdown

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We just want to have a simple signpost at the graveyard:  Auqaf  With complete shutdown being observed in Pulwama town of south Kashmir for the 13th consecutive day, the business community is facing the brunt of the stalemate over the erection of a memorial plaque at the local graveyard. A heavy contingent of police and paramilitary personnel was deployed across the town. The situation remained tense after police detained around three dozen youth in the past couple of days. Most of the shops remained closed till noon. However, in the…

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Kashmir to witness heightened security ahead of January 26

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In run up to the January 26, security agencies in Kashmir have sounded an alert to prevent any attack while major frisking operations are all set to begin from January 15. The alert has been sounded in advance across Kashmir in the wake of recent attack on Air Force Base at Panthan kote in Punjab. Police sources said that the though there is no specific threat as such, but they won’t leave anything to chance and would ensure fool-proof security cover for the all the official functions across Kashmir, especially…

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Mehbooba expresses gratitude to people

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With the traditional four-day mourning over, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today ran a full-page advertisement in local newspapers, thanking people for showing solidarity in grief and faith in Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s leadership. “The demise of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is a tragedy for all of us. But the way you all shared our grief and expressed solidarity with us in this difficult hour shows your faith in Mufti Saheb. It is encouraging and we respect it,” Mehbooba said in an Urdu advertisement issued in various local dailies today. She expressed her…

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Ex-CM failed to solve disappearance cases:APDP

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Victims console each others at protest, say new CM to face more challenges    The members of Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) Sunday staged a monthly sit-in protest at Press colony here. The relatives of disappeared persons today displayed the newly designed calendars wherein each leaf of the calendar displays the caricature of 12 disappeared persons. Twelve women displayed 12 leafs of the calendar displaying the sketches. Every leaf also carried brief description about the case of the respective person and name of the alleged perpetrator. “The thinking…

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Shutdown continues in Pulwama on 11th day

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A complete shutdown was observed on the 11th consecutive day today in Pulwama while as minor clashes erupted in the town during last night after police arrested at least fifteen persons. All the business establishments, shops and offices remained closed while as traffic was completely off the roads. Reports said that police last night raided many residential houses in Chatapora, Dalipora, Prichoo, Washbug and Dangerpora areas of the town and arrested at least 15 persons for their alleged involvement in stone pelting and demand of erecting a memorial for martyrs,…

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Mufti Sayeed’s Chaharum observed, Mehbooba Mufti breaks down at father’s grave

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People in large numbers gathered in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir on Sunday to offer congregational prayers (Fateha) on the Chaharum of former Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed who breathed his last in New Delhi on January 7. Early this morning, people—including Peoples Democratic Party supporters, political leaders from different parties and officials from state administration and police—arrived at Dara Shikov Park in the South Kashmir town to participate in the congregational prayers for Sayeed who was laid to rest in the Park where he started his political career to…

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Dry weather ahead for Valley

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The Kashmir valley witnessed a sunny day today even as the state Meteorological Department said the dry weather would continue in the region over the next week. In Srinagar, the sky remained clear during the day and the night witnessed a low of -3.8°C, down from 1.7°C, the officials said. “The sky will remain clear for the next 24 hours and the minimum and maximum temperatures will be around -3°C and 10°C, respectively,” an official of the weather department said. The minimum temperature remained below the freezing point in the…

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Clashes, shutdown paralyze life on 9th day post Memorial Row in Pulwama

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Life in this south Kashmir town remained paralyzed for the ninth consecutive day on Friday as youth remained adamant to set up a memorial for militants, who have died in gunfight with forces. However, Police are not allowing youth to erect the memorial in the town. Amid a complete strike youth took to the streets this afternoon and tried staging demonstrations but force personnel who were deployed in strength in the area used force to quell the angry demonstrators, who retaliated with stones triggering massive clashes in which scores of…

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