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Vaccination drive launched to make J&K cervical cancer-free by 2030
A free vaccination drive to prevent cancer of the uterine cervix among the girls of Jammu and Kashmir was launched here on Wednesday, an official said.
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21 AUG 2025
The Northlines
J&K receives normal precipitation in last 81 days
Despite cloudburst, Kishtwar records major rainfall deficit
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21 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Deserted by pilgrims, Machail Mata base camp reels after Chisoti tragedy
About 20 km from the cloudbursthit Chisoti, the main base camp for pilgrims visiting the Machail Mata Temple in Kishtwar district tells a dif ferent but equally grim story.
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21 AUG 2025
The Northlines
India successfully test-fires 'Agni 5' ballistic missile
In a demonstration of its strategic military might, India on Wednesday successfully test-fired the 'Agni 5' inter-
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21 AUG 2025
The Northlines
CM reviews progress of financial, social inclusion schemes
The chief minister also reviewed GST collection, including tax and non-tax revenue for the current financial year, an official spokes-
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21 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Amit Shah tables 3 Bills to disqualify jailed PM, CMs, Ministers after 30 days
Applies to States, UTs; separate Bill for J&K JPC to review bills, report before next session
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21 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Former SC Judge Sudershan Reddy is Opposition's pick for Vice-President election
INDIA bloc has decided to commonly field retired Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy as the candidate for the upcoming Vice-President elections.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
FIR against four for fraudulent sale of KP land
The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir on Tuesday registered an FIR against four persons, including a revenue official, for their alleged involvement in a fraudulent sale of land belonging to a Kashmiri Pandit in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Flashfloods: Bodies of 8-year-old girl, 20-year-old man recovered
The bodies of an eight-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man, who were swept away in flash floods on Monday, were recovered in Jammu and Kashmir's twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, officials said.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Kailash Kund Yatra curtailed to symbolic rituals
The three-day Kailash Kund Yatra, scheduled to start in Doda district on Wednesday, was curtailed to symbolic rituals this year owing to recent cloudburst incidents and inclement weather forecast, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
Cabinet clears Bill to regulate Online Gaming, Real Money Games may be banned
Union Cabinet has approved a bill related to promotion and regulation of online gaming, and the government is likely to bar platforms offering any online money gaming service, a source said on Tuesday.
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20 AUG 2025
The Northlines
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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