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Mountaineers scale White Needle at 6600 mtrs

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The mountaineering expedition which was flagged off by the Secretary Tourism Farooq Ahmad Shah on September 17, 2015 has scaled the White Needle peak 6600 mtrs in the Nun Kun area on October 2, 2015. Seven members of the expedition team reached on top of White Needle a mid bad weather. The expedition has been organized on the directions of Chief Minister of J K State. The expedition was jointly organized by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation New Delhi and Department of Tourism. The expedition party reached Srinagar on October 6,…

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Khyber 13th Tour de Kashmir

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Waheed wins Dodapathri stage Waheed Ahmad Ganai won the 3rd stage of ongoing Khyber 13th Tour de Kashmir cycling expedition held from Humhama Chowk to Dodapathri on Monday. With this win Waheed made it two in a row in the Tour after having won Pahalgam stage on Rajneesh of Haryana finished second while as overall leader and holder of yellow jersey Saurabh of Haryana finished third. Earlier the third stage of this 350-kilometre national level cycling extravaganza was flagged off from Humhama by Deputy-Commissioner Budgam, Mir Ahmad along with officials from Police, administration and organizers…

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Tourism department to hold plethora of adventure sports

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The state tourism department is planning to hold a plethora of adventure sports activities to create maximum sporting action in the Valley.  These adventure sports includes events such as the “12th Tour de Kashmir rally” that would be flagged off from Pahalgam on October 3, Saturday. This event would see participation of 50 local and 50 national cyclists pedalling to win the title. Even as some events such as an international river rafting championship to be held last month was postponed but tourism department is enthusiastic to hold this event…

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Parvez Rasool Reascues J&K vs Kerala on Controversy-Hit Opening Day

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At the start of the day, there was lot of confusion as two warring factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) named two separate squad with former Delhi player Mithun Manhas being named captain in one while the other team named Parvez Rasool as the captain. In the end, the Manhas-led team took the field with Rasool as his deputy. Vice-captain Parvez Rasool and senior batsman Bandeep Singh scored half-centuries as Jammu and Kashmir reached 247 for seven against Kerala on a controversy-hit opening day of their Ranji…

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Ishtiyaq shines for HK Stars, thrash Babareshi by 117 runs

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Downtown Champions League T20 2015 Kashmir Royal Stars emerge victorious against Adlife Stars  An unbeaten knock of 76 runs from Ishtiyaq, and a fine knock of 50 runs from captain Amir Sofi brought HK Stars a massive 117 runs win over Baba Reshi Lions in the Khyber Big Downtown Champions League T20 at Kashmir University ground here on Tuesday. Sofi and Ishtiyaq held their ground firmly and piled 85 runs in 5 overs to see HK Stars through to their third consecutive victory of this season. Ishtiyaq’s firey 76 came…

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Arrangements for 13th “Tour de Kashmir” cycling event reviewed

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Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon today convened a meeting of officers of divisional administration in connection with conduct of 6 day National Level 13th “Tour de Kashmir” cycling event. The event is being organized by J&K Sports Development Association in-collaboration with Tourism department Kashmir. The event would start from October 3 and will conclude on October 09, 2015. It was informed in the meeting that the “Tour de Kashmir” which is a regular feature for past 12 years is scheduled to cover a distance of 350 Kms. in…

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JK to host sub-junior chess nationals from Sept 21

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As many as 40 international-level players will participate in the upcoming 41st National Sub-Junior Boys and 32nd Sub-Junior National Girls Chess Championship to be hosted by J&K for the first time ever from September 21 to 29. The championship will be organised by the All J&K Chess Association. A total of 11 rounds under the Swiss system will be played in the championship wherein cash prizes worth Rs 2 lakh will be distributed among the winners along with certificates and trophies. Atul Kumar Gupta, president of the All J&K Chess…

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Three Local Trekkers Summit Kolahoi Peak

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Three local adventure sport athletes representing Kolahoi Mountaineers have scaled Kashmir’s highest mountain peak – Kolahoi. It is after more than two decades that a local group has scaled the highest peak of the Valley which is counted among the toughest peaks to summit technically. The group of five athletes who had gone on the expedition comprised Muhammad Junaid Dar, Shafkat Mohamed, Tauseef , Abid Bhat and Rouf . While the first three scaled the peak of September 5, the last two stayed at base camp at Danwat till the…

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Govt to develop Srinagar cricket stadium as world-class facility

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State soon to get Rs 200 cr from Union Sports Ministry Minister for Youth Services and Sports Imran Raza Ansari today said the Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium here would be developed as a world-class sports facility. Ansari also said Rs 200 crore would soon be released by the Union Sports Ministry. The minister was addressing the inaugural function of the Super 16 Iqbal Khumanie (R A) Memorial Invitational T-20 Tournament at the Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium. The tournament, organised by the J&K Cricket Association (JKCA), will witness 64 teams from Srinagar city…

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Tour de Kashmir cycling expedition logo unveils by CM

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Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed unveiled the official logo of the 13th Tour de Kashmir cycling expedition, here on Monday. The 6-stage cycling expedition organized by J&K Sports Development Association in collaboration with Tourism department is scheduled to be held from October 1 to 10. Tour de Kashmir, a regular feature for the past 12 years is a 10-day event which is scheduled to cover a distance of 388 km from Verinag, Pahalgam, Srinagar, Dudpathri, Gulmarg, Sonamarg before concluding at Srinagar. “It is the only kind of its event held…

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