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Jammu and Kashmir’s key regional parties, the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday reposed “full faith in the judiciary” and sounded hopeful about the restoration of the special constitutional position of J&K, as the Supreme Court hears the petitions challenging the reading down of Article…

Pilgrims embark on 62-day yatra to Amarnath cave shrine: 984 pilgrims left Jammu's Bhagwati Nagar camp for Kashmir's twin base camps; 4 lakh devotees have paid obeisance since July 1; yatra to conclude on August 31

A fresh batch of 1,974 pilgrims, including 363 women, left Jammu city in a convoy of 85 vehicles early Sunday for the twin base camps in Kashmir to perform the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, officials said.

Hailing from the Tral area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, Aadam has become the first from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to leave his mark in the world of magic, creating a platform to showcase the hidden talents of the Kashmiri youth. Read further on Dynamite News:

Intense rainfall in the Himalayan regions of India’s Kashmir state and adjacent mountainous cold desert of Ladakh earlier this week destroyed roads and caused flooding of dozens of villages

The L-G administration, for the first time in over three decades, is mulling over lifting the ban on a set of Muharram processions in Kashmir’s Guru Bazar-Dal Gate route on 8th and 10th of the Islamic month.  

Amid tight security, the 22nd batch of 3,898 pilgrims left the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra on July 24 for the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas

Several stretches of roadways were either swept away or caved in as most streams and rivers were in spate. crops damaged, wet weather predicted till July 25.

Truck driver Doreswamy, 39, from Dharmapuri, TN, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Devanahalli, Karnataka. He had come from Jammu & Kashmir to Chikkaballapur to transport potatoes. Another speeding truck mowed him down while he was trying to cross the road. Police are trying to identify the vehicle involved.