Category: Kashmir
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Gold, silver prices dip after aggressive profit booking from record levels
Mumbai, Jan 30: Gold and silver prices fell on Friday, after hitting record highs in the previous session as investors booked profits and the US dollar gained strength. MCX gold February futures fell 1.03 per cent to Rs 1,67,656 per 10 grams around 10 am on an intraday basis. Meanwhile, MCX silver March futures dipped…
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Passenger bus rams into shop in Beerwah, damage reported
Beerwah, Jan 30. A passenger bus narrowly avoided a major mishap after it rammed into a shop in Beerwah town of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday, officials and locals said. According to details, the incident occurred when the driver lost control while navigating the bus. The bus crashed into a roadside shop, damaging its…
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Minimum Temperatures Recorded Today
Kashmir Region: Srinagar = 1.3°CQazigund = -0.3°CPahalgam = -5.3°CKupwara = -3.1°CKokernag = -0.6°CGulmarg = -9.0°CPampore = 1.0°CSrinagar Airport = -1.2°CAwantipora = -1.0°CBudgam = 0.3°CAnantnag = 0.3°CBaramulla = -1.4°CBandipora = -0.5°CPulwama = 0.1°CShopian = -2.6°CKulgam = 1.1°CGanderbal = -0.4°CSonamarg = -10.6°CZethan Rafiabad = -4.6°CSopore = -1.0°CBeerwah Budgam = -2.9°CAloosa Bandipora = -0.4°C Jammu Region: Jammu =…
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Fresh snowfall likely in J&K on…..
Srinagar, Jan 30: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to remain largely dry till January 31, with weather conditions expected to turn cloudy towards the evening, officials from the Meteorological Department said on Friday. According to the forecast, a fresh western disturbance is expected to affect the Union Territory on February 1 and 2, bringing light…
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Jammu–Srinagar highway open for LMVs, HMVs; traffic moves smoothly
Srinagar, Jan 30. Traffic on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway is moving smoothly from both sides on Friday, with light motor vehicles and heavy motor vehicles allowed to ply, officials said. Authorities said passenger vehicles are plying normally on both sides, while heavy motor vehicles from the Qazigund side are continuing their movement towards Jammu. Traffic…
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R&B denies use of private machinery, counters viral snow clearance claims
Budgam, Jan 29. The Roads and Buildings Sub Division Pakherpora has clarified that no private machinery was engaged for snow clearance on the Chelyan Chontinar road, responding to a video recently circulated on social media alleging private involvement in snow removal operations. In an official report submitted to the Executive Engineer, R&B Division Charar i…
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Women forced to trek three kilometres daily for water in multiple hamlets of South Kashmir’s Shopian
Shopian, Jan 28: A severe drinking water crisis has hit multiple hamlets of South Kashmir’s Shopian, forcing inhabitants, particularly women, to fetch water from sources nearly three kilometres away for the past seven days. Women in these villages including Sedow, Bemnipora, Hajipora, Memandar have been carrying water on their shoulders daily, braving harsh conditions to…
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U.K. France, Canada and others condemn Israel’s demolition of U.N. site in Jerusalem
United Kingdom and its allies, including France and Canada, on Wednesday (January 28, 2026) strongly condemned the demolition last week by Israeli authorities of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency’s (UNRWA) East Jerusalem compound. The group, in a joint statement, called on the government of Israel to halt all demolitions. The statement was published on the…
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One kill£d, another injured in truck–car collision at J&K
Pattan, Jan 29: One person was kill£d and another injured after a road accident involving a truck and an Eeco vehicle bearing registration number JK04H 7988 at Hyderbeigh area of Pattan on Wednesday, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Rayees Ahmad Najar, son of Ghulam Nabi Najar, a resident of Hygam. Officials said…
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Class 11th result likely by February first week: Chairman JKBOSE
Srinagar, Jan 28: The results of class 11th examination are likely to be declared in the first week of February, 2025, an official of JKBOSE said.Talking to Greater Kashmir, Chairman JK Board of School Education (JKBOSE) Ghulam Hassan Sheikh said the result of class 11th is under the process of compilation. We are hopeful to…