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Principal Accountant General Chairs First Ever Pension Adalat
The first ever Pension Adalat was held today at Government Degree College, Shopian, by the office of Principal Accountant General, J&K, in collaboration with District Treasury Office Shopian.
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JULY 27, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Parizaads of Kashmir
The next poet, painter, or innovator may be sitting unnoticed in a Kashmir school. Will we see them before it’s too late?
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JULY 27, 2025 ISSUE
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Smoke Over Eden
As the world debates politics and progress, Kashmir battles a collapse of memory, values, and belonging.
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JULY 27, 2025 ISSUE
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Kashmir's Startup Problem
In recent years, Government of India has bet big on startups. It’s a bet that’s paid off in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune, but not in Kashmir. Despite over a dozen incubation centres dotting the region, and generous government incentives, the valley’s unemployment crisis is only growing sharper.
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JULY 27, 2025 ISSUE
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Bilquis Mir Wins Legal Battle As JK High Court Slams ACB
SRINAGAR: Bilquis Mir, India's sole female judge for Kayaking and Canoeing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has triumphed in her three-year legal battle for quashing an FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, with the Jammu and Kashmir High Court delivering a scathing indictment of authorities saying it \"seems that the people at the helm of affairs are leaving no stone unturned in harassing such talented people”.
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JULY 27, 2025 ISSUE
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ED Raids Against Anil Ambani Group Companies Continue On Day 3
Enforcement Directorate searches against the companies of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani in Mumbai continued for the third day on Saturday with the agency recovering a number of documents and computer peripherals from multiple locations, official sources said.
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JULY 27, 2025 ISSUE
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Dagan Top's Wild Magic
With no hotels and fewer footprints, Dagan Top offers a lesson in humility and harmony.
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JULY 27, 2025 ISSUE
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YSS Anantnag Holds Cycling, Kabaddi, Football & Kho-Kho Events
The Department of Youth Services and Sports Anantnag on Saturday marked the completion of the much-awaited Cycle Race from Mominabad Crossing to Donipawa Crossing, which saw participation from students across various institutions.
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JULY 27, 2025 ISSUE
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DC Hands Over Sanction Letters To Mission YUVA Beneficiaries
In a significant move towards youth empowerment and promoting self-reliance, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Akshay Labroo, handed over Sanction Letters to the beneficiaries of Mission YUVA initiative aimed to support entrepreneurs in establishing self-employment generating units in the district.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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US wrestling icon Hulk Hogan dies at 71
Hulk Hogan, the American sport and entertainment star who made professional wrestling a global phenomenon, has died at the age of 71, World Wrestling Entertainment said.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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JKB QI Net Profit Rises 17% YoY Το ₹485 Cr
Jammu & Kashmir Bank Friday posted a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 484.84 Cr for the April-June quarter of the current financial year (CFY), registering a 16.7% year on year (YoY) growth from Rs 415.49 Cr reported in the same period last year.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Sports Minister To Commemorate Kargil War Anniv. In Drass
Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will lead a 'padyatra' featuring over 1,000 youth volunteers, veterans, armed forces personnel, families of fallen soldiers, and civil society members in Drass on Saturday to commemorate the 26th anniversary of India's victory in the 1999 Kargil War.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Kashmir's Crisis of Trust
At the intersection of medicine, media, and power, a hospital strike in Srinagar reveals deeper fractures in Kashmir’s public institutions.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Smart Public Distribution System To Go Live By Mid August 2025: Sharma
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Information Technology, Transport, and Youth Services & Sports, Satish Sharma on Friday said that the much-anticipated Smart Public Distribution System (Smart PDS) will be made functional across Jammu and Kashmir by mid August 2025.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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J&K Govt Gives Craft Dealers 7 Days To Remove Machine-Made Items
In an unprecedented move, the Department of Handicrafts & Handloom, Kashmir Friday issued a notice giving Kashmir handicraft dealers a seven-day ultimatum to remove all machine-made products, largely imports from Turkey &lran, from their Showrooms, failing which, the department warned, they will be blacklisted & deregistered for unfair trade practice under the relevant sections of law.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Xavi's Application Surprises AIFF, But An Indian Set To Become Coach
Spain's World Cup-winning midfield superstar Xavi Hernandez was among those who applied for the position of India's head coach, leaving the All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) pleasantly surprised but also unable to process his application for reasons which had nothing to do with the game.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Op Sindhu Of 3,597 Indians Evacuated From Iran, Over 1,500 Hailed From J&K: GOI
Of 3,597 Indian nationals who were evacuated from Iran under Operation Sindhu, 1,521 citizens hailed from Jammu and Kashmir and 1,198 from Uttar Pradesh, according to data shared by the government on Thursday.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Apple Plant Scheme Turns Scam Anantnag Man Cheats Farmers Of Crores, Goes Missing
In a significant crackdown on white-collar crime, the Economic Offences Wing (Crime Branch Kashmir) has registered a case against a man from South Kashmir's Anantnag district for allegedly cheating scores of farmers and agri-entrepreneurs in a multi-crore High-Density Apple Plant scam.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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India Announces Rs 4,850 Cr LoC For Maldives
Modi says ties between two neighbours as deep as ocean
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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England Take 186-Run Lead, End Day 3 At 544/7
Joe Root produced a batting masterclass on way to a milestone 38th hundred as England exploited a jaded Indian bowling attack to stamp their dominance on the fourth Test here on Friday.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Centre Bans OTT Platforms Ullu, ALTT, Desiflix For Obscene Content
In a bid to crack down on unlawful and obscene content, the government has directed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to disable public access to 25 OTT platforms, including big and popular names like Ullu
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Sunjay Kapur's Mother Is Not A Shareholder, Says Company Amid Family Feud
New Delhi: The feud brewing within the Kapur family-owned Sona Group - an empire worth Rs 30,000 crore took a sharp turn Friday evening after the flagship company, Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd, said Rani Kapur, the former Chairman Sunjay Kapur's mother, is not a shareholder, and has not been since 2019.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Employment-linked Incentive Scheme From Aug 1
New Delhi: Employment-linked incentive scheme, PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, will come into effect from August 1, 2025, the Labour Ministry said on Friday.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Gold Falls Rs 500 To Rs 99,120/10 G; Silver Trades Flat
Gold prices extended losses for the second straight day, by declining Rs 500 to Rs 99,120 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday, amid easing global trade tensions and dampening the safe-haven demand.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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YSS Ganderbal Holds Multiple Sports Events Across District
Department of Youth Services and Sports Ganderbal organised a series of sporting activities across the district on Friday. From traditional games to modern martial arts and team sports, student players from various zones and schools actively participated.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Streams Without Mills
Once vital to village life and powered by nothing but gravity and glacier-fed streams, Kashmir’s traditional water mills are collapsing under the weight of climate change, apathy, and modern flour.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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CM Omar Chairs Meeting Of Building & Construction Workers Welfare Board
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Defence Chief: Stay Alert as Op Sindoor Continues
Asserting that Operation Sindoor \"still continues\", Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Friday said the country's military preparedness must remain at a \"very high\" level, round-the-clock and throughout the year.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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Justice Varma Ouster: LS Moves, RS Rejects
The Lok Sabha will take up a bipartisan motion to remove Justice Yashwant Varma, who is embroiled in a suspected corruption case, as the Opposition-sponsored notice for a similar motion in the Rajya Sabha was not admitted.
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JULY 26, 2025 ISSUE
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India- UK FTA Will Boost Global Competitiveness Of Traditional J&K Industries: KCCI
The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) has welcomed the recently concluded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the United Kingdom as a progressive and strategic step that will deepen bilateral economic ties, create new opportunities for Indian exports, and boost the global competitiveness of traditional industries in Jammu and Kashmir.
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