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Death toll climbs to 64 after woman's body recovered
Body of a woman was recovered in this cloudburst-hit village in Kishtwar district, taking the death toll to 64, officials said, as the extensive rescue and relief operation entered the sixth day on Tuesday.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Over 75,000 NCC Cadets participated in Op Sindoor: DG NCC
Director General National Cadet Corps (NCC), Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh, on Tuesday said nearly 75,000 NCC cadets across the country have actively participated in Operation Sindoor.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Head Constable dies in road accident
A police head constable, who was injured in a road accident at Akhnoor on Monday, has succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ludhiana.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Girl arrested for murdering younger sister in Ganderbal
Elder sister confesses to killing 14-yr-old sibling: SSP Poswal
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
India-China relations made steady progress: Modi
IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN PEACE, TRANQUILLITY ON BORDER
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Govt to introduce J&K Reorganisation Amendment Bill in LS amid Statehood buzz
The Indian government will table the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in Lok Sabha on August 20, aiming to restore J&K’s statehood after nearly five years of Union Territory status. This move fulfills a longstanding promise following Article 370’s abrogation.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
CB books 18, including 4 cops in Fraud, Criminal Breach of trust cases
The Crime Branch Jammu has registered six separate FIRs, booking a total of 18 individuals—including four serving police officials—for their alleged involvement in criminal breach of trust and various frauds.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Need to uplift Govt schools for imparting quality education: CM
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday emphasized the need to uplift government schools to a standard where parents consider enrolling their children in them as the best choice for their future.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
10 IAS, IPS officers deployed to oversee rescue work
The Lieutenant Governor administration on Monday deployed 10 senior IAS and IPS officers to supervise relief and rescue operations in the cloudburst-hit Chisoti village of Kishtwar district that left 62 people dead.
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Jammu schools will remain closed today due to heavy rains
All education institutes in the Jammu division would remain closed on Tuesday in view of inclement weather, the local administration said on Monday.
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Heavy snowfall, flashfloods claim over 300 lives in 12 years in J&K
552 people die in 2,863 EWEs from 2010 to 2022: Meteorological Dept
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
JK NIA Court frames charges against ex-bar chief in lawyer murder case
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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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed after landslides in Ramban
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was shut for traffic early Monday after heavy rains triggered multiple landslides and shooting stones from hillocks over-
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Ex-Girdawar sentenced to 3.5 years in 2008 bribery case
The Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Pulwama, Dr. Noor Mohammad Mir, Monday sentenced former Girdawar Ghulam Hassan Kumar in a 2008 bribery case.
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Kishtwar Cloudburst: Search enters day-5; death toll reaches 63
Two more bodies were recovered from the debris in this cloudburst-hit village in Kishtwar district, taking the death toll in the natural calamity to 63, officials said, asa large-scale search continued for the fifth day on Monday despite intermittent rains.
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
VDG member thrashed in Doda; cop suspended, DySP under probe
A Village Defence Group member was roughed up by police at an outpost in Doda district, prompting authorities to suspend a constable and order an inquiry into the conduct of a deputy superintendent of police on Monday.
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
J&K on high alert amid multiple cloudburst incidents, heavy rainfall
Amid multiple incidents of cloudbursts and heavy rainfall in recent weeks, authorities have sounded a high alert and stepped up disaster preparedness across Jammu and Kashmir.
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
5 months on, I&FC Chief Engineer post lies vacant in Kashmir
The post of Chief Engineer (CE) in the Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Department of Kashmir has remained vacant since March, following the retirement of Braham Jyoti Sharma, the outgoing CE.
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
EC makes public names of 65 lakh deleted voters
The Election Commission on Monday said it has made public the names of nearly 65 lakh people, which were deleted from the draft electoral rolls published in Bihar as part of the special intensive revision (SIR).
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Sonamarg receives season’s first snowfall, rains damp J&K
Sonamarg, a picturesque place in Ganderbal district, received the season's first snowfall on Monday, while rains lashed the valley, bringing down the mercury across Kashmir.
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19 Aug 2025
The Northlines
J&K Police attaches drug peddler’s property
Jammu and Kashmir Police in a major crackdown on drug trafficking, has attached property worth lakhs of a drug peddler in Udhampur district.
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August 18, 2025
The Northlines
Additional charge syndrome hits PWD: Efficiency at stake
Contrary to the government's claims of promoting an efficient work culture, the Public Works Department (PWD) is reportedly grappling with what insiders call an \"additional charge syndrome\", where single officers are burdened with multiple districts and key positions.
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August 18, 2025
The Northlines
Core Group reviews security situation in Jammu
The Army held a core group meeting to review the security situation in the Jammu region at the Nagrota-based White Knight Corps, officials said on Sunday.
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August 18, 2025
The Northlines
Bi-annual exams of class 10, 11 postponed
The biannual board examination scheduled for tomorrow on 18th August, 2025 for 10th and 11th classes are postponed across J&K UT as well as in Leh and Kargil of Ladakh UT, officials said.
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August 18, 2025
The Northlines
14-year-old girl’s body found in Ganderbal
The body of a 14-year-old girl was found on Sunday in the Ganderbal district, officials said.
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August 18, 2025
The Northlines
CP Radhakrishnan is BJP’s choice for VP post
He became associated with RSS and Jan Sangh in his teens, won Lok Sabha elections twice from Coimbatore in the late 1990s and his supporters call him ‘Modi of Tamil Nadu’ -Maharashtra Governor Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan is the BJP and NDA’s choice for the Vice President’s post.
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August 18, 2025
The Northlines
Modi urges states to cooperate in implementing GST reforms
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Centre has circulated the draft of the next-generation GST reforms among states and sought their cooperation to implement the proposal before Diwali.
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August 18, 2025
The Northlines
Siachen, Galwan to be developed as new tourism attractions: LG
Ladakh Lt Governor Kavinder Gupta on Sunday said his administration is planning to develop Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield, and Galwan valley as new tourism attractions in the Union Territory.
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August 18, 2025
The Northlines
Cloudburst: Five kids among 7 killed in Kathua flash floods, landslides
LG briefs Shah on rescue &relief operations CM announces immediate relief
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August 18, 2025
The Northlines
Two LeT associates apprehended with arms
NL CORRESPONDENT
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