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When the Hills Break Their Silence
The cloudburst in Kishtwar is a reminder that the mountains hold memory, and they act.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Revenue Official Jailed In 17-Year Old Bribery Case
Observing that corruption is a malignant affliction that strikes at the very foundation of a democratic polity and the rule of law, Special Judge Anti-Corruption Pulwama on Monday convicted and sentenced a Girdawar (Revenue official) to three and a half years jail in connection with a bribery case registered nearly seventeen years ago.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
YSS Budgam Holds Fit India Run Across Various Zones Of District
BUDGAM: Under the nationwide Fit India Movement initiative, the Department of Youth Services and Sports, Budgam, on Monday organised the Fit India Run across different zones of the district. The event witnessed the participation of a large number of students from various schools.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Tanvir Pushes For Early Completion Of Projects At JLNM Hospital
Releases ₹10 Lakh From CDF For Hospital Development
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Marco Rubio: US Monitors India-Pakistan Situation Daily
The US keeps “an eye” on what's happening between India and Pakistan “every single day” as ceasefires can fall apart very quickly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
DC Gbl Finalizes Arrangements For Gangabal Yatra
Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Jatin Kishore on Monday chaired a meeting to review and finalize the arrangements for the upcoming Annual Gangabal Yatra.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Apple Leases Office In Bengaluru, To Pay Rs 6.3 Crore Monthly Rent
NEW DELHIiPhone maker Apple India has leased around 2.7 lakh square feet of office space in Bangalore for 10 years with a starting monthly rent of Rs 6.3 crore, according to data analytics firm Propstack.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
HC Urges Due Compliance To Guidelines In Defence Personnel Cases
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Monday issued a warning to Judicial Officers across both Union Territories for failing to adhere to newly issued guidelines concerning the trial and disposal of cases involving Defence and CAPF personnel.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Pezeshkian in Armenia for Talks on US-backed Corridor
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian headed to Armenia on Monday for talks ona planned corridor linking Azerbaijan with its exclave near the border with Iran, part of a peace deal signed at the White House.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Murder Of 14-Yr-Old Ganderbal Girl Sparks Outrage
Srinagar: A 14-year-old schoolgirl was found murdered hours after being kidnapped from outside her home in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Sunday, officials said.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Extreme Weather Claims 552 Lives In J&K Over A Decade
Heavy Snowfall, Flash Floods Deadliest
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Sharp Sight Opens Kashmir’s First Myopia Clinic For Children
Taking a significant step in the fight against the growing issue of myopia in children, Sharp Sight Eye Hospital in Srinagar has launched Kashmir's very first Dedicated Myopia Clinic.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
EC Names 65 Lakh Deleted from Bihar Voter List
The Election Commission (EC) on Monday came out with the names of 65 lakh people who were removed from the draft electoral rolls published as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, officials said.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Dy CM Assures Support To Cloudburst-Hit Families
Deputy Chief Minister, Surinder Choudhary on Moday visited the relief camp established at SIDCO Ghati Industrial Estate, Kathua to take stock of arrangements being extended to the families affected by the recent cloudburst.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Asia Cup: Gill Mystery Continues As Selectors Spoilt For Choice
How to fit in a brilliant batter like Shubman Gill in a well-oiled T20 set up will be the biggest challenge for India’s national selection committee when it gathers on Tuesday to pick the 15-member squad for next month’sAsia Cup in UAE.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
'Health Professionals' Skills To Detect Benign Tumours Drop After Using Ai For 3 Months'
Frequent reliance on artificial intelligence may lead to the risk of losing skills, as indicated by a study that discovered a 20 per cent decrease in the ability of experienced health professionals to detect benign tumour growths in colonoscopies when not using AI.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom Sahib: Devotees Gather For Night Prayers
As night falls over Srinagar, devotees from across the Kashmir Valley are converging at the Makhdoom Sahab (RA) shrine for the sacred night prayers, locally called “Shab Khawani,” marking the spiritual beginning to the annual Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom Sahib (RA), which will be celebrated tomorrow (Tuesday).
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Babar Qadri Murder Case Ex-Bar Chief Mian Qayoom Charged Under UAPA
A special NIA court has framed charges under UAPA against former president of the Kashmir wing of the High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Mian Abdul Qayoom, in connection with the assassination of advocate Babar Qadri in September 2020.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
IIT Guwahati, ISRO Scientists Decode Flickering X-Ray Signals From Distant Black Hole
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, in collaboration with UR Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO and Haifa University, Israel, have uncovered a mysterious X-ray signal pattern emitted from a blackhole, located nearly 28,000 light-years from the Earth, according to officials.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
China’s Top Diplomat Wang Arrives In India
China’s top diplomat landed in neighboring India on Monday, seeking to bolster long-fraught relations in the face of intense pressure and tariffs from the United States.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
'Workplace Bullying Hinders Employees' Creative Thinking, Engagement In Side Projects'
Workplace bullying and negative behaviour such as being excluded, humiliated or treated unfairly hinders creative thinking and reduces the likelihood of employees engaging in innovative side projects, a study by Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow has found.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Railways Understated Working Expenses In 2022-23: CAG Report
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
The Long Nights of Study
For thousands of students in Kashmir, reading rooms are more than study spaces. They are places where time is traded for hope, and where ambition often meets its limits.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Experts Rule Out ‘Mass Fish Death’ In Dal Lake
Reports of large-scale fish deaths in Dal Lake have stirred concern among fishermen and residents, with experts from the Fisheries Department at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST) ruling out the claims, saying that assertions “appear exaggerated.”
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
MLA Chadoora Assures Action On Alamdar Colony Drainage Issue
As part of his ongoing public outreach programme, MLA Chadoora, Ali Mohammad Dar, on Sunday visited Alamdar Colony Gopalpora, where he interacted with local residents and assured them that their long-pending demands, particularly regarding the colony's faulty drainage system, would be addressed on priority.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
15 Days On, Rotten Meat Scandal Leaves Kashmir In Uncertainty
Srinagar: Fifteen days have passed since authorities seized 12,000 kilograms of rotten meat from different parts of Kashmir, yet questions continue to mount over the fate of the scandal.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Khelo India Water Sports Festival To Bolster Dal Lake’s Profile, Impact Lives
The first Khelo India Water Sports Festival is all set to reveal the iconic Dal Lake in a new avatar. Jammu and Kashmir’s quest to emerge as a sporting destination will get a major boost when Dal Lake hosts the Water Games, its maiden major national-level open competition, from August 21-23. More than 400 athletes from 36 states and Union Territories will be taking part in three medal events - rowing, kayaking and canoeing.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Can AI Shield Kashmir from Cloudbursts
Sudden, devastating cloudbursts have claimed lives across Jammu and Kashmir. Artificial intelligence and real-time monitoring could give residents crucial early warnings.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
23% Of Total 56.04 Crore PM Jan Dhan Accounts Remain Inactive
As many as 23 per cent of the total 56.04 crore Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts are inoperative, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Monday.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Bollywood Film Crew Hit By Mass Food Poisoning In Leh, Over 100 Hospitalised
LehOver 100 workers of a Bollywood film crew were hospitalised in Leh after a suspected case of food poisoning late Sunday evening, officials confirmed on Monday.
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