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Tourism Secretary flags off Raid de Himalaya rally

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Secretary, Tourism, Farooq Ahmad Shah flagged off the 17th Raid de Himalaya motor rally from the Royal Spring Golf Course here this morning. As many as 240 cars and bikes are participating in the rally, which commenced in Shimla on October 11 and passed through Manali, Dalhousie, Bhaderwah and Kishtwar before reaching Srinagar on October 13 via the Sinthan Top. The rally today proceeded for Drass and will be back on October 16. Shah said such events were organised to promote adventure tourism. He said J&K had the highest number…

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Pakistani golfers rave about Kashmir beauty

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SAARC Nations Golf tournament concludes Six more golf courses being developed in the state: Secy Tourism  The Pakistani nationals who were part of the SAARC Nations Golf tournament were bewitched with the Kashmir beauty. The Pakistani golfers did not only praise golf course in Kashmir but also appreciated culture, heritage, art and craft besides hospitable nature of the people here. SAARC Nations Golf Tournament which began on October 8 concluded here today at Royal Springs Golf Course which featured 24 Pakistani nationals. The tour for the golfers was organized by…

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JK v/s Himachal Pradesh – Ranji Trophy

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Jammu and Kashmir finished Day one at 274 for eight thanks to a resilient hundred by Parvez Rasool at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Thursday. His was the innings that stood out on a day when other batsmen threw starts or failed to get started at all.  No other batsman even reached fifty although Adil Reshi and Ian Chauhan got into their forties before throwing away their wickets. The rest of the batting was no show which made Rasool’s hundred more special. In the bowling department,…

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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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