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Pune Resident Found Dead In City
Srinagar: A 43-year-old man from Pune, Maharashtra was found dead at a hotel room in Srinagar on Tuesday, officials said.
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Initiates Infrastructure Upgradation Works At DC Office
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Akshay Labroo, on Tuesday initiated renovation and infrastructure upgradation works at the DC office complex, here.
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 ISSUE
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Rapid Glacier Melt Could Trigger GLOFS In Kishtwar
Srinagar: The sudden shifts in water volume due to rapid melting of glaciers or lake outbursts can lead to devastating floods in the areas around the river Chenab, reveals a risk assessment of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) Kishtwar.
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 ISSUE
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NIT Bags Twin Research Project Grants From ANRF
Srinagar: In a major boost to research and innovation at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, two faculty members have secured prestigious research grants from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Government of India, amounting to more than 1.11 crore.
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 ISSUE
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IGP Kashmir Calls For Audit Of Buildings
Kashmir Police chief V K Birdi on Tuesday called for conducting a safety audit of buildings to ensure preparedness and evacuation in case of flash floods and cloudbursts in view of the inclement weather forecast.
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 ISSUE
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AI, Data Analytics Key To Studying Cloudbursts: Shah
Chairs High Level Meet; Reviews Flood Damage in J&K
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
SCO Condemns Pahalgam Attack
Concurs With India That Double Standards To Fight Terrorism Unacceptable
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Sakeena Reviews Functioning Of BGSBU
Minister for Education, Sakeena Itoo on Monday conducted a comprehensive review of the academic and administrative functioning of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU), Rajouri, in a high-level meeting held at Civil Secretariat here.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
The Cost of a Signature
Guarantors often sign out of trust or duty. The law treats them as debtors, with consequences that can devastate families.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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What Kashmir Can Learn from Vietnam’s Green Warriors
In Vietnam's capital Hanoi, nearly 10,000 women collect and sort plastic waste every day, forming what experts call an “invisible army” of informal workers who prevent tonnes of plastic from choking landfills, rivers and oceans.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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HM Shah Praises Security Forces For Smooth Amarnath Yatra
Praising — security agencies for the smooth conduct of the annual Amarnath Yatra, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday called for eliminating terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
The Clean Money Advantage
With tax-paid salaries and financial credibility, the govt employees are better placed than most to build long-term wealth.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Afghan Earthquake Claims 800 Lives
Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided Monday by the Taliban government.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Artists Remember Veteran Actor Ashok Jailkhani At Condolence Meet
A condolence meeting was held at the iconic Tagore Hall to pay tribute to the late Ashok Jailkhani, the renowned actor, director, and former Assistant Director General (ADG) of Doordarshan.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Need to Respect Nature?
Another week, another tragedy. Jammu and Kashmir has now witnessed its fifth cloudburst in just two weeks, with eleven more lives lost, seven of them from one family buried alive in Reasi district.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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NH Closure Sparks Crisis In Kashmir Fruit Trade
Srinagar:With the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway blocked for nearly a week, Kashmir's fruit industry is staring at massive financial losses, with growers warning that hundreds of crores could be wiped out as truckloads of Bagogosha pears and Gala apples rot on the roadside.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Mutton Supply Hit As NH Closure Triggers ‘Shortage Fears’
The Kashmir Mutton Dealers Association on Monday expressed concern over the disrupted supply of mutton in the Valley following frequent closures of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, warning of a severe shortage in the coming days.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Indian Railways & State Bank Of India Sign MoU
A landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday between two of India’s leading institutions - Indian Railways (IR), one the largest rail networks in the world, and the State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest public sector bank.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Minister Sharma Visits Flood-Affected Areas Of Chowki Choura
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Transport, Satish Sharma on Monday visited the flood-affected areas of Block Chowki Choura, including Panchayat Rah (village Rah) and Hardu Mallara, to take stock of the situation caused by heavy rains and flash floods.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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DC Bandipora Reviews Traffic Management
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Indu Kanwal Chib on Monday chaired a meeting of officers to review traffic management in Bandipora town.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Warwan Cloudburst: 190 Houses Damaged, 45 Cattle Killed
Around 190 houses were damaged and 45 cattle killed following a cloudburst that hit the Warwan Valley of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district last Tuesday, and multiple agencies are engaged in massive relief and rehabilitation operations.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Jhelum Flows Below Warning Point, Says I&FC
While fresh rainfall was experienced in Kashmir parts, the Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) department on Monday said that the department has been put on high alert for the next 15 days.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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A Brown Man’s Burden in an ‘Open’ World
From Kashmir to the West, a modern LEtranger (Camusian outsider) confronts identity, hybridity, and the elusive promise of belonging.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Kashmir's Hospitality on the Edge
Kashmir's celebrated hospitality stands at a crossroads. What began as a crisis of rotten meat has revealed deeper fractures in the way we eat, work, and live.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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AI Systems Great At Tests, But How Do They Perform In Real Life?
Earlier this month, when Opendl released its latest flagship artificial intelligence (Al) system, GPT-5, the company said it was “much smarter across the board” than earlier models.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Traffic Partially Restored On NH
Traffic was parpartially restored on the JammuSrinagar national highway on Monday, providing relief to hundreds of commuters stranded on the arterial road over the past six days.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Few Hours Of Rain Choke Sgr Roads
Heavy showers of rain on Monday evening, lasting only a few hours, left Srinagar's Residency Road, Dal Gate and other important stretches waterlogged, exposing poor drainage in the City’s commercial hub despite ongoing Smart City projects.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Lancet Study Draws Attention To Rising C-Section Deliveries, Calls For Regulation In Private Healthcare
Seeing a rise in caesarean deliveries in India -- from 8.5 per cent in 2005 to 21.5 per cent in 2021 -- which is well above WHO-recommended levels, researchers are calling for policy measures, including more regulation in private healthcare, in an analysis published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Prominent Kashmiris Join Rotary Club of Kashmir
Srinagar: A group of well-known professionals from Kashmir have joined Rotary International through the Rotary Club of Kashmir, marking a new chapter in civic leadership and community service in the region.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 ISSUE
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Div Com Reviews Status Of Smart City projects
Calls For Completion Of Projects Within Timelines, Resolution Of Interdepartmental Issues
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