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Jadeja's 4/27 Puts India On Brink Of Victory On Crumbling Eden Track
The nightmare of facing Ravindra Jadeja on an Eden Gardens track, deteriorating between deliveries, turned into a reality for the South African batters as India closed in on victory by the end of the second day in the opening Test.
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NOVEMBER 16, 025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Budgam By-Poll Must Be Seen Broadly: Rather
Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker and senior National Conference (NC) leader Abdul Rahim Rather on Saturday said the party's defeat in the Budgam by-election must be understood within a broader political landscape, not as an isolated event. He maintained that the votes polled in favour of the winning PDP candidate were not exclusively PDP's own support base.
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NOVEMBER 16, 025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Sarfaraz Khan: Don't Need To Change Anything With My Batting
India and Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan on Saturday said he isn't \"frustrated at all\" about not scoring as heavily this season as he usually does in domestic cricket, adding that there is nothing he needs to change in his batting.
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NOVEMBER 16, 025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Rising Stars Asia Cup: India To Continue 'No Handshake Policy' v Pak
Teen batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi will be aiming to keep the entire Pakistan Shaheens attack on tenterhooks even as the India A side, led by Jitesh Sharma, continues to follow BCCI's 'No Handshake’ policy against the arch-rivals in a Rising Stars Asia Cup T20 match here on Sunday.
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NOVEMBER 16, 025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
₹10 Lakh Ex Gratia For Families Of Deceased
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the family of each of the deceased in the accidental blast in Nowgam police station.
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NOVEMBER 16, 025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Aga Ruhullah Answerable to NC: Dr Farooq
National Conference (NC) President, Dr Farooq Abdullah Saturday said that the Member Parliament from Srinagar constituency, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi is answerable to the party for whatever he has done.
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NOVEMBER 16, 025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Budgam Erupts in Celebration As PDP Defeats NC
Thousands of people poured into the streets of Budgam on Friday to celebrate the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) historic victory in the Assembly bye-election, the party's first-ever win in the constituency.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
How NC Lost it’s Traditional Seat
When prepaid meters, broken promises and shifting loyalties collided, Budgam delivered a verdict few expected.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Collective Action Needed For 'Last Nail In Terror Coffin': LG Says J&K Never Progressed Like This Before 2019
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday called for unified societal action to eliminate terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, warning that some “hidden elements” are attempting to radicalise the region's youth.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
DPS Srinagar Students Shine At J&K Thang Ta C'ship 2025
DPS Srinagar martial arts team secured an impressive medal haul at the J&K UT Thang Ta Championship 2025, held from November 9 to 11 at Polo Ground Indoor Stadium here.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
The Backbench Shift Begins in Kashmir
The backbenchers were never aimless. They were the first to see the cracks in our education system.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Asmita Pencak Silat League 2025 Concludes At Pulwama School
The two-day Asmita Pencak Silat League 2025 concluded at Gunj Bakash Hanfiya Public High School, Arhama Shopian, Pulwama.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Srinagar Walkathon Held to Raise Awareness on Diabetes
Srinagar: To mark World Diabetes Day, a Walkathon aimed at spreading awareness about diabetes and encouraging healthy lifestyles was jointly flagged off on Friday by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Anshul Garg, and Director SKIMS & EOSG, Prof. M. Ashraf Ganie, at the iconic Ghanta Ghar in Lal Chowk.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Study Finds Brain’s Learning Processes Linked With Female Reproductive Cycle
Brain processes involved in helping one learn may naturally fluctuate in line with the female reproductive cycle and be linked with molecule changes due to dopamine production, according to a new study in mice, findings from which could potentially explain how the neurochemical helps in learning in humans.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Anantnag's Amir Bhat Becomes World No. 1 In Para Shooting
J&K Para Olympian Amir Ahmad Bhat, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army from south Kashmir's Anantnag district, has secured the World No. 1 rank in the P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 category, according to the latest World Shooting Para Sport Official Rankings 2025 released by the International Paralympic Committee.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Omar Abdullah's Budgam Gamble Backfires
A single decision by Omar Abdullah reshaped half a century of political certainty in central Kashmir.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Div Com Chairs Meet on Handover of Centaur Hotel
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Anshul Garg, chaired a meeting of the ‘Committee for Handing Over of Centaur Lake View Hotel’ to review the progress of the handover process.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
The Soft War Inside the Kashmiri Home
The emotional map of the Kashmiri home shifts after marriage, and the sister must face the fault lines alone.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
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HC Orders Transfer, Posting Of 71 Judicial Officers
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Friday ordered transfer of 71 judicial officers in the interest of administration.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
BJP-led NDA Secures Three-fourth Majority In Bihar
The ruling NDA on Friday secured a three-fourth majority in the Bihar Assembly, winning 183 seats in the 243-member House so far, as per latest results available on the Election Commission website.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
J&K Gets 4 Women MLAS For First Time
In a first, Jammu and Kashmir will now have four elected women legislators, after BJP's Devyani Rana on Friday clinched the Nagrota assembly bypoll, pushing female representation in the House to its highest level in history.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
New Leaders Emerge
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is getting younger, as two fresh faces were voted to the house on November 14.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
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10% of J&K People Suffering From Diabetes, Say Doctors
Doctors on Friday said that around 10 per cent of people in Jammu and Kashmir are suffering from diabetes, and approximately 15 per cent are in the pre-diabetes stage, with the number increasing each day.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Neglect Turns Khanyar Park into Eyesore
Once envisioned as a green haven for families and children, the public park near the revered shrine of Hazrat Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) in Khanyar has fallen into utter neglect, leaving residents dismayed over its deteriorating condition.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
HC Fines 2 Petitioners Rs 20K For Suppressing Key Facts
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has imposed Rs 20,000 as costs on two petitioners for \"not coming with clean hands and suppressing material facts\" while challenging the construction of a 33 KV transmission line, which they claimed was being laid through private land and running dangerously close to the rooftops of residential houses in Pattan area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
PM Modi Hails 'Spectacular' BJP Victories
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked the voters of Jammu and Kashmir and Odisha for delivering decisive victories to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Nagrota and Nuapada assembly bypolls.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Results Reflect Verdict Against “Family-Driven Politics”: LoP Sharma
Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Sunil Sharma on Friday said that the election results in Nagrota and Budgam clearly reflect the public's verdict against “nepotism, corruption and family-driven politics” in Jammu and Kashmir.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Seized Explosives Trigger Massive Blast in Nowgam PS
An accidental explosion at the Nowgam police station in the outskirts of the city here late on Friday night injured at least eight personnel extracting samples from a massive cache of explosives recently seized in connection with the 'white-collar' terror module case, officials said.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Victory Strong Endorsement of PDP’s Vision: Mehbooba
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti on Friday expressed gratitude to the voters in Budgam, terming the triumph of the party candidate, Aga Muntazir Mehdi a strong endorsement of the party's vision for Jammu and Kashmir.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Red Fort Blast: House Of Accused Demolished; NMC Deregisters 4 Doctors
Security forces have demolished the house of Dr Umar Nabi, the man identified as the driver of the explosive-laden car used in the Red Fort blast that killed 13 people in New Delhi earlier this week.
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