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Proposed police colony: HC stays action as villagers allege ‘forcible’ perimeter fencing of 100-plus canals in Bandipora

Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has intervened to halt further administrative action on a prime agricultural tract...

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Wildlife Dept seniority dispute: JK HC stays CAT order granting retrospective seniority to officer

Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has stayed the implementation of a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) judgment that...

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‘Draconian-like situation for any citizen’: HC quashes PSA, says detention rested on SSP’s ‘mere ipse dixit’

Court says ‘mere opinion given fact colouration’ cannot justify preventive detention; calls for ‘hardcore reportable and demonstrable factual content’ before invoking PSA...

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JK HC backs compensation for land made inaccessible by Army camp in Sopore

Court says authorities cannot escape liability merely because only part of a property was formally requisitioned if security measures deny owners access...

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The waaze was never meant to hurry: How Kashmir’s weddings lost the soul of Wazwan

A feast designed to be savoured has become a hurried exercise in abundance. To preserve the soul of Wazwan, hosts, guests and...

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‘Positive progress’ in US-Iran talks, says Pakistan

Pakistan on Thursday said that, along with Qatar, it had concluded separate meetings with US and Iranian negotiators in Doha, with both...

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Pakistan PM Sharif to visit Iran on Friday to attend Khamenei’s funeral

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Iran on Friday along with senior ministers to attend the funeral of late supreme...

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‘A terrorist is a terrorist’: India calls for united global action against terror

India has asserted that there can be no justification for terrorism, irrespective of grievances or political motives, and urged the international community...

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‘I received multiple stitches in each hand’: Mauled by bears, wildlife workers protest for wages after risking lives in rescues

Srinagar: On a sweltering August morning last year, Ishfaq, a 32-year-old casual worker, rushed to Gujjarpati village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district...