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The Northlines
Administrative reshuffle in J&K; Anshul Garg appointed as Divisional Commissioner Kashmir
Anshul Garg, a 36-year-old IAS officer from the 2013 batch, was appointed on Tuesday as the divisional commissioner of the strategic Kashmir division, making him the youngest officer to hold the coveted post.
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06 Aug 2025

The Northlines
Panchayat elections in J&K a hoax
The Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Jammu and Kashmir, has issued a strong clarification regarding a fake government order being widely circulated on various social media plat-
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06 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Licence of 8 pharmacies cancelled, 75 retail outlets shut
The Drug and Food Control Organisation in Jammu and Kashmir has cancelled the licence of eight pharmacies and suspended operations of 75 retail outlets as part of its crackdown against misuse of pharmaceutical drugs.
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06 Aug 2025
The Northlines
SC likely to hear J&K Statehood plea on Aug 8
The Supreme Court is likely to hear on August 8 a plea seeking directions to the Centre for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
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06 Aug 2025

The Northlines
Celebrations and Protests mark 6th Anniversary of Article 370 abrogation
The sixth anniversary of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A was observed across Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday with contrasting responses, reflecting the region’s political diversity and ongoing debate over the 2019 decision that altered its constitutional status.
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06 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Anti-terror Op in Kulgam enters fifth day
The anti-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district entered the fifth day on Tuesday as security forces tightened the noose around the ultras engaged in the gun battle with them.
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06 Aug 2025
The Northlines
1 terrorist killed, 4 soldiers injured in Kulgam Op
The encounter in the Akhal forest area of Devsar in Kulgam district entered its fourth day on Monday, with intermittent firing and explosions continuing.
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05 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Militancy in J&K won't end until Indo-Pak relations improve: Farooq
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said militancy in Jammu and Kashmir will not end until the relations between India and its neighbouring country improve.
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05 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Centre clears Rs 519-Cr tourism boost for J&K
The Centre has sanctioned six major tourism infrastructure projects worth Rs 519.58 crore for Jammu and Kashmir under its Swadesh Darshan scheme, targeting the Himalayan Circuit and aiming to upgrade facilities across the Union Territory.
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05 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Weather alert for 4 districts of Jammu Div
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), MET center Srinagar, has issued a nowcast update predicting moderate to heavy rainfall with thunderstorms in Rajouri, Ramban, Reasi and Udhampur districts of Jammu region over the next 2-3 hours.
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05 Aug 2025
The Northlines
DGP pushes for stricter surveillance, online monitoring
Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat on Monday directed the officers to increase surveillance upon anti-national elements and to increase area domination in their respective areas.
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05 Aug 2025

The Northlines
LG meets family of deceased SDM
CM expresses condolences to SSP Udhampur
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05 Aug 2025

The Northlines
Pakistani Identity of Pahalgam Attackers Confirmed with Govt-Issued Documents
Security agencies have gathered irrefutable evidence, including government-issued documents from Pakistan and biometric data, confirming that the three slain terrorists involved in the deadly Pahalgam attack were Pakistani nationals, officials said on Monday.
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05 Aug 2025
The Northlines
'Security situation in J&K improved post-Reorganisation'
Six years after Jammu and Kashmir’s special status was revoked and the erstwhile State was reorganised into two Union Territories, official data indicates a substantial decline in terror-related deaths across the region and overall security situation.
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05 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Omar Bats for Organic, Climate-Resilient Farming
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, also the Pro-Chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu, today addressed the university's 9th Convocation at Baba Jitto Auditorium, Chatha, emphasizing the pivotal role of agriculture in J&K's economic future.
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05 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Army reviews operational preparedness
Jammu Tawi, Aug 04: General Officer Commanding of White Knight Corps Lt Gen P K Mishra on Monday visited artillery regiment Crossed Swords Gunners in Akhnoor sector near Jammu to review its operational preparedness, the Army said.
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05 Aug 2025
The Northlines
Top Security Officials Brief Amit Shah ahead of Art-370 scrapping Anniversary
On the eve ofthe sixth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, top security officials met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the Parliament House complex to discuss the national security situation, sources said.
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05 Aug 2025

The Northlines
Govt firm over its legislative business amid deadlock over SIR debate demand
INDI Bloc to hold dinner meet on Aug 7, EC march on Aug 8
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August 04, 2025

The Northlines
PM, Home Minister meet Prez Murmu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu separately within hours at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
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August 04, 2025

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Ancient Hindu idols recovered in Anantnag
Ancient Hindu idols were recovered during excavation work for the renovation of a spring in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said.
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August 04, 2025

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Op Akhal eliminates 3 terrorists, soldier injured
Three terrorists were killed, and one soldier was injured in Jammu and Kashmir as Operation Akhal, one of the biggest counter-terror exercises this year, entered the third day on Sunday.
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August 04, 2025
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IIT Jammu enters strategic tripartite MoU to drive regional innovation
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jammu, on Sunday formalized a collaboration by signing a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM) and three pioneering startups here to accelerate translational research, foster technology-driven entrepreneurship and bolster regional economic development, an official said.
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August 04, 2025

The Northlines
Bank manager, Ex-Cop among 9 booked in separate cases for duping people
The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police has booked nine people, including a bank manager and a former policeman, in five separate cases related to duping people, an official said on Sunday.
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August 04, 2025
The Northlines
Landlord booked for violating tenant verification guidelines
A landlord has been booked for allegedly failing to provide details of his tenants to police for their verification, officials said.
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August 04, 2025
The Northlines
Army Officer booked for ‘assaulting’ 4 airline staffers at Sgr airport
Police have registered a case against a senior army officer for allegedly assaulting and injuring four employees of a private airline at Srinagar International Airport last week, causing a spinal fracture to one of them, officials said here on Sunday.
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August 04, 2025

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Funeral of Pahalgam attacker in PoK confirms Pak link
The symbolic funeral (Janaza-Ghaib) for Tahir Habib (Jibran), one of the Pahalgam terrorists killed in Operation Mahadev in Jammu and Kashmir, was recently held in his native village of Khai Gala in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), reported The Times of India.
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August 04, 2025

The Northlines
2 killed as SUV falls into gorge in Kathua
Two people lost their lives and three others sustained critical injuries when the SUV they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, police said.
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August 04, 2025

The Northlines
From secessionist ideology to income: The new social media game in Kashmir
Security agencies have uncovered a new trend among some youngsters in the Kashmir Valley of using social media to glorify separatist and terrorist figures not out of ideological conviction, but as a calculated tactic to gain followers and earn money from advertisers.
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August 04, 2025

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21st Century belongs to India: LG Sinha
Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha today addressed the Viksit Bharat-Yuva Connect Programme’s valedictory event at University of Jammu.
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August 04, 2025

The Northlines
Resolution of Kashmir problem lies in pens, not guns: Pradhan
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said the resolution of the \"Kashmir problem\" does not lie in violence but in education, emphasising that Kashmir is an educated society.
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