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Kashmir Observer
CM Reviews Flood Situation in Kashmir Valley
Calls for embankment reinforcement at vulnerable spots, swift relief measures, restoration of essential services
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Police Seize Rotten Meat, Expired Food Items In Ganderbal
Police in Ganderbal have lodged two separate FIRs after seizing rotten mutton products and expired food items from two different sale points in Safapora and Beehama areas of the district, officials said on Friday.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
J&K Judicial Academy Trains Judges
The Jammu & Kashmir Judicial Academy on Tuesday organised a daylong workshop at its Srinagar campus focusing on soft skill development, stress management, time management, and court management techniques for judicial officers.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Mirwaiz Urges Muslims To Embody Prophet's Teachings
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday urged Muslims to follow the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) in practice while strongly criticizing the administration for “deliberate negligence” in rescheduling the Milad-un-Nabi holiday and for failing to act on recurring flood threats.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
High Fees, Low Safety: How Kashmir’s Maid Market Exploits Families
Families pay lakhs for domestic help, but poor verification and minimal regulation leave homes exposed to theft, fraud, and stress.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
HC Sets Aside Order Retiring Judge Compulsorily In 2014
Srinagar: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has set aside a government order by which a senior district judge was compulsorily retired, less than couple of months before his actual superannuation in 2014.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
What Actually Happens In Your Brain When You Change Your Mind?
The Conversation
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Teachers Protest Outside CM’s Residence
A group of teachers staged a protest in Srinagar on Friday against what they described as humiliation at the hands of the School Education Department after their names were dropped from the Best Teacher Award list at the last moment.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Border Dispute with China Biggest Challenge: CDS
The unresolved boundary dispute with China is the biggest national security challenge followed by Pakistan's proxy war and its strategy of “bleeding India by a thousand cuts\", Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Friday.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Lookout circular against Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra in Rs 60 crore cheating case
The Mumbai police have issued a Lookout Circular (LOC) against film actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra in connection with a Rs 60 crore cheating case, officials said on Friday.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Trump: ‘Looks Like We've Lost India & Russia to.. China’
US President Donald Trump Friday said that it “looks like we've lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China,” before sarcastically wishing all three countries a “prosperous” future
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Budshah's Art of Flood Control
Six hundred years ago, Zain-ul-Abidin turned floods into opportunity. Today, his vision is more urgent than ever.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Fruit Dealers Decry Traffic Restrictions On Mughal Road
Fruit dealers in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday lashed out at the Traffic Police for enforcing what they termed as “discriminatory and destructive” restrictions on the movement of apple and pear consignments through the Mughal Road.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Unabated Constructions Turning Sonamarg Into Concrete Jungle
SONAMARG: Despite a strict ban imposed by the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on all construction activities in Sonamarg since 2017, large-scale illegal constructions continue unabated at the world-famous health resort, raising serious concerns about environmental degradation and the loss of natural beauty.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Soft Tennis: Kashmir Native On India's Asian Championship Staff
In a significant milestone for J&K's sporting community, Ganaie Ghulam Hassan has been appointed as an official for the Indian Soft Tennis Team participating in the upcoming 9th Asian Soft Tennis Championship, scheduled to be held in South Korea from September 13 to 23.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
The Consequences of Loving Too Much
When unconditional love demands compromise beyond reason, even the most poetic hearts can suffer.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
A New GST Chapter in J&K
India's Goods and Services Tax has been called a game-changer since it was introduced. It simplified a tangle of indirect taxes, promised transparency, and aimed to make life easier for businesses and consumers alike.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Study Of Pandemic Triggers Finds Infection Numbers, Virus Released In Environment Significant
A study that looked at whether a virus can trigger a pandemic in a species not previously exposed to it has found that the fraction of the species population that gets infected and the virus' ability to multiply and release copies of itself into the environment could be particularly significant.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Anxiety Runs High In Lasjan, Other Colonies Even As Jhelum Stabilises
Despite official reassurances, families in low-lying colonies spend sleepless nights, haunted by memories of 2014 floods
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Sponsoring India After Dream 11 Exit Will Cost More Post BCCI Move
Sponsoring the Indian cricket team is set to get costlier with the BCCI raising the amount to Rs 3.5 crore per match for a bilateral series and Rs 1.5 crore for a game in a multilateral event.
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
NHM, SKIMS Issue Public Health Advisory
As the flood-like situation in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir continues, the Health and Medical Education Department, in coordination with the Department of Community Medicine, SKIMS, and the National Health Mission (NHM), has issued a comprehensive Public Health Advisory.
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September 5, 2025 Issue
Kashmir Observer
The Teacher’s Burden in Kashmir
A Kashmiri teacher reflects on the gulf between reverence and reality, and why dignity must return to the classroom
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September 5, 2025 Issue
Kashmir Observer
ED Questions Shikhar Dhawan In Illegal Betting App Case
Former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan was on Thursday questioned for around eight hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged illegal betting app-linked money laundering case, official sources said.
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September 5, 2025 Issue
Kashmir Observer
Long-Term, Not Adhoc Response
The Valley has once again found itself under water. For several days now, continuous rainfall has left south and central Kashmir reeling, The Veshaw River in Kulgam crossed the danger mark, bridges have been closed in Anantnag and Pulwama, and nomadic families in Shopian were shifted to safer places. In Srinagar, breaches in the embankments near Budgam have inundated villages like Shalina, Rakh Shalina and Baghi Shakirshah, forcing mass evacuations.
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September 5, 2025 Issue
Kashmir Observer
Kashmir flood: 'Over 98% Power Network Functional!'
Following the floods in several areas of Kashmir, Power Development Department (PDD) Wednesday said that it has restored electricity in 98 percent affected areas.
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September 5, 2025 Issue
Kashmir Observer
‘11 Years Wasted’ Jhelum Dredging Could Have Averted Fresh Floods: CM
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday hit out at those who were at the helm of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir after 2014 floods, saying they did nothing to ensure floods do not recur in the valley.
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September 5, 2025 Issue
Kashmir Observer
Nepal Bans Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Other SM Platforms
Nepal on Thursday banned social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube among others for failing to register with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology within the given deadline.
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September 5, 2025 Issue
Kashmir Observer
Ensure No Unsafe Meat Enters J&K: HC To Govt
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Thursday directed authorities to ensure that no unsafe meat is allowed to enter or be sold within Jammu and Kashmir.
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September 5, 2025 Issue
Kashmir Observer
HIMACHAL LANDSLIDE
6 Kashmiris Feared Dead
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September 5, 2025 Issue
Kashmir Observer
Teachers Without Security
Teachers’ Day rings hollow for Kashmir’s lecturers who live between contracts and uncertainty.
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