Disaster
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340Train derails at Mazhama in Budgam, no casualties reported
Srinagar: A train derailed in Mazhama area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday. However, there was no report of any casualties...
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After Joshimath, cracks in houses widen 82 km away in Karnaprayag
Cracks in the roadways and fissures in the walls of homes in Karnaprayag, 82 kilometres away from Joshimath, have largely gone undetected...
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September 2014 Floods – Then and Now
It is important that we understand the message and take corrective steps before history repeats itself again. The discourse around town during...
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September 2014 Floods – A Memoir
What was built over years and probably decades was undone in a matter of a few days, and we could do nothing...
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KCCI pitches for aid to orchardists hit by snowfall
Srinagar: Amid heavy rains and snow in parts of Kashmir valley, orchardists have suffered extensive damage across Kashmir. Kashmir Chamber of Commerce...
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Seven years later, the deluge of distress is still haunting Kashmir
The central consumer commission’s swift act to award Rs 2 crore compensation to a Delhi model for a bad haircut has shifted...
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Death-toll in earthquake hit Haiti crosses 2,200
The number of people killed by the massive 7.2-magnitude earthquake on August 14 in Haiti has increased to 2,207, with 344 others...
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No flood threat in Kashmir Valley, say officials
Srinagar: The incessant rainfall for the last 48 hours has thrown life out of gear in the Valley even as the officials...
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Six residential houses gutted in massive blaze in Nawab Bazar Srinagar
At least six residential houses were damaged, most of them fully, in highly congested Nawab Bazar area in old city Srinagar here,...
