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Iran President Orders Suspension of Cooperation with IAEA
The state media online reported the decision by President Masoud Pezeshkian.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
92-year-old gets life sentence for 1967 crime in one of UK's oldest cold cases
A British court on Tuesday gave a life sentence to a 92-year-old man for a crime committed in 1967, in one of the country's oldest cold cases.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
11 River Sites Across India Breach Flood Warning Levels
Water levels at 11 river monitoring stations across India have breached the warning level, but none have reached the danger or
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Govt Allows Cab Aggregators To Charge Up To 2-Times Of Base Fare During Peak-Hours
The road transport ministry has allowed cab aggregators such as Uber, Ola and Rapido to charge up to two times the base fare during peak hours, as against 1.5 times earlier, while for non-peak hours the fare has to be a minimum of 50 per cent of the base fare.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Srinagar Welcomes First Batch Of Amarnath Yatris With Devotion
DDC Chairperson, DC & SSP Welcome Pilgrims At Pantha Chowk
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
CM Seeks More Coaches, Better Timings For Vande Bharat
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has written to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, requesting an enhancement of Vande Bharat train services in the Union Territory.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Chelsea Signs Brazil Forward Joao Pedro From Brighton
Joao Pedro joined Chelsea from Brighton on Wednesday to continue the Premier League club's lavish spending under American owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
WHO Calls For 50% Tax Increase On Sugary Drinks, Tobacco And Alcohol By 2035 To Curb Chronic Disease
The World Health Organization is pushing countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50% over the next 10 years through taxation, its strongest backing yet for so-called \"sin taxes” to help tackle chronic public health problems and boost government health budgets.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
DLCC Review Meeting On Tobacco Control Held
The District Level Coordination Committee (DLCC) review meeting was held on Wednesday at Mini Secretariat, Shopian to facilitate the strict enforcement of 'Control of Tobacco Protection Act, 2003' (COTPA) and 'National Tobacco Control Program' (NTCP) in the district.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Kashmir's Water Crisis Deepens Amid Heatwave
Parched Fields, Dry Taps
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
ADC Reviews Arrangements For Ensuing Muharram
Additional Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Mehraj-ud-Din Shah convened a meeting of officers to review the arrangements being put in place for the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Muharram in the district.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
The Echo That Crossed the Mountains
Kashmir carries the dust of Karbala in its stories, its silences, its small daily acts of living.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Warwan Valley Deserves Better Than Our Trash
I come from Dasbal, a small village in Warwan Valley, Kishtwar. In recent years, this remote corner of Jammu and Kashmir has started drawing more tourists.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Adopt Zero Tolerance Approach Towards Illegal Mining In J&K: Dy CM To Officers
Advocates stringent action against violators, safeguarding critical care infrastructure
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Srinagar Airport Records Over 2 Lakh Passengers In June
After a brief slump in air operations following the Pahalgam attack earlier this year, Srinagar International Airport has recorded a slow but steady revival in flight and passenger traffic in the month of June—2025.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Gold Extends Gain For 2nd Straight Day, Climbs Rs 500 Per 10 G
Gold prices jumped Rs 500 to Rs 99,170 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday, tracking heavy global buying amid renewed concerns over US tariffs.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Javed Rana, Javid Dar Review Irrigation Scenario
Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmed Rana and Minister for Agriculture Production Department, Javid Ahmad Dar had a comprehensive review of the irrigation scenario in Jammu and Kashmir in a meeting held at Civil Secretariat here.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
7th Muharram Procession To Be Taken Out From Botraj Mohalla Today
SRINAGAR: Preparations were underway in Srinagar's old city for the traditional 7th Muharram procession, scheduled to be taken out from Botraj Mohalla, Androoni Kathidarwaza to Imambargah Hassanabad.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Rs 100 Cr Aqua Park On The Cards For J&K
Srinagar: In a major boost to Jammu and Kashmir’s aquaculture sector, the Union Government is considering a 100 crore proposal to establish an Integrated Aqua Park under Phase-II of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
India May Soon Have Social Security Agreement With UK Under Free Trade Pact
India may soon have a social security pact with the UK as an in-built component of the free trade agreement (FTA) which has been finalised between the two countries, a source said on Wednesday.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Study Compares Industrialised Indigenous Groups Finds Inflammation Not Always Linked With Ageing
Inflammation may not always be related to ageing and appears to be a consequence of industrialised life styles, researchers said, after they found high levels of inflammation in two indigenous populations, which neither increased with age nor led to chronic conditions.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Stock Markets End Lower; HDFC Bank, Foreign Fund Outflows Drag
Benchmark BSE Sensex declined by 287 points on Wednesday due to profit selling in HDFC Bank, L&T and Reliance Industries shares and caution ahead of the impending US tariff deadline.
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JULY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
JKEDI Trains 117 Entrepreneurs, Including 93 Women Under RAMP Scheme
Management Development Programs conclude in 6 districts
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JULY 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Kashmir's June 2025 Heat Rewrites History
Srinagar Logs Hottest June Since 1978, 2nd Warmest in 133 Years >> Qazigund Records Warmest June In Over 50 Years
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JULY 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Kashmir's June
Qazigund in south Kashmir also recorded its warmest June in over five decades. The town registered an average maximum of 30.3°C and a mean minimum of 16.1°C, pushing the overall monthly average to 23.2°C — the highest since 1973.
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JULY 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Why Airlines Shouldn't Penalize Kashmir's Stranded Trekkers
I'm writing to share the distress faced by hundreds of Indian trekkers who had planned to explore the Kashmir trails this season.
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JULY 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Cabinet Approves Rs 1.07 Lakh Cr Employment Linked Incentive Scheme To Create 3.5 Cr Jobs In 2 Years
The central government on Tuesday approved an Employment Linked Incentive scheme with an outlay of Rs 1.07 lakh crore to create 3.5 crore jobs over the next two years through social security schemes run by the retirement fund body EPFO.
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JULY 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Kathua Admin Welcomes First Batch Of Amarnath Yatris
With chants of “Bam Bam Bhole” and “Jai Baba Barfani” echoing in the air, the District Administration Kathua extended a heartfelt and vibrant welcome to the first batch of AmarnathYatris at Lakhanpur—the traditional gateway to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.
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JULY 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
The 1971 Test
How a crop record from 1971 became the gatekeeper of land rights, and why it still haunts farmers in Jammu & Kashmir today.
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JULY 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Saudi Arabia’s Great Football Experiment Is Paying Off At CWC
The great Saudi Arabian soccer experiment is on full show at the Club World Cup.
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