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G-20 delegates tour Srinagar city in an attempt to see ‘changed Kashmir situation’

From the famous Mughal Gardens to the popular Royal Spring Golf Course to the all-pedestrian Polo View Market in commercial hub Lal Chowk, the G20 foreign delegates were allowed to have the flavour of the Srinagar on Wednesday.

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J&K Govt sets up special food stall "Millet Hub" for foreign delegates during G20 summit

The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a special food stall "Millet Hub" for foreign delegates at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. Read further on Dynamite News:

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As India holds G20 meet, ‘brutal’ Kashmir media crackdown slammed

The Committee to Protect Journalists demands ‘immediate release of four arbitrarily detained Kashmiri journalists’.

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J&K part of India, Pakistan has no right to talk about it, says Union Minister

Jammu and Kashmir is a part of India, and Pakistan has no right to talk about it and should rather pay attention towards its own people, Union Tourism Minister G K Reddy said in Srinagar on May 23.

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It's China's loss, not India's: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Beijing skipping G20 meeting in Kashmir

According to Union minister Jitendra Singh, China’s absence from the G20 summit in Srinagar makes no difference and is their loss rather than India’s. When asked if the standoff at the eastern Ladakh border was a factor in Beijing’s decision to abstain, Singh responded that the Ministry of External Affairs…

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J&K- G20 Summit: Day 2 Tourism Working Group Meeting in progress in Srinagar

In today's meeting, the delegates are expected to hold multiple sessions at SKICC. Read further on Dynamite News:

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China and Saudi Arabia boycott G20 meeting held by India in Kashmir

Indian presidency of group becomes mired in controversy as tourism session hosted in disputed territory

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India hosts G20 tourism meet in Kashmir under heavy security

It is the first diplomatic event since 2019 when New Delhi revoked region’s limited autonomy and took direct control.

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G-20 meeting will expose false narratives on J&K: Jitendra Singh

Foreign and local delegates attending the third G20 tourism working group meeting arrived in J&K’s summer capital Srinagar on Monday under a heavy blanket of security.

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Kashmir G-20 meet | Last-minute changes made to itinerary of delegates over security reasons

There has been a last-minute change in the itinerary of around 60 foreign and local delegates touring Kashmir from May 22-May 24 for a working group meeting on tourism. The alteration in the plan is on the advice of security agencies.

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Srinagar decked up for G-20 working group meeting; security heightened

Srinagar city has been spruced up for the three-day G20 working group meeting on tourism beginning on May 22, while stringent security arrangements are in place across the Kashmir Valley to ensure that the high-profile event passes off peacefully, officials said on May 21.

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J&K: Security tightened at International Border ahead of G20 meeting in Srinagar

Ahead of the G20 meeting in Srinagar, the special water wing of BSF has increased their patrolling on special boats along the Chenab River

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India boosts security for G20 meeting in Kashmir after attacks

India has stepped up security in the Jammu and Kashmir region because of an increase in militant attacks in the run-up to a G20 meeting on tourism in the Himalayan territory, officials said on Wednesday.

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Is India projecting ‘normalcy’ in Kashmir by holding G20 meeting?

Analysts say New Delhi is hosting the event to claim its 2019 scrapping of special status brought peace and development.

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Planned Army withdrawal from J&K shelved 'indefinitely'

The planned phased withdrawal of the Army from certain areas of the Jammu region has been shelved “indefinitely” in view of terror attacks being orchestrated from across the border, officials said in Srinagar.

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India is using the G20 summit to further its settler-colonial ambitions in Kashmir

In September, India will host the 2023 Group of 20 (G20) summit in the capital, New Delhi. Events and meetings are already taking place in other venues around the country. Under its G20 presidency, India will host a Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir, in late May.

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Jammu and Kashmir police arrest 2 militants involved in killing of Valley’s former chief cleric Mirwaiz Farooq

Mirwaiz Farooq, former chief cleric of the Kashmir Valley, was killed at his residence in Srinagar’s Nigeen on May 21, 1990

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Mirwaiz Farooq murder case: Two absconding Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists arrested in J-K

State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested two absconding terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen involved in the killing of Mirwaiz Farooq in 1990. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Over 8 lakh pilgrims visited Char Dham so far: Uttarakhand Tourism Department

More than 8 lakh pilgrims have visited the Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri shrines since the Chardham Yatra began on April 22, according to the Uttarakhand Tourism Department. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ahead of G-20 meet, Srinagar’s first pedestrian market preserves traditional architecture

The markets in Srinagar will soon resemble those in metro cities, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said after inaugurating the Polo View Market, redeveloped under the Smart City project

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G20 meeting in Srinagar | Security stepped up in Jammu, in-person classes suspended in some schools

Ahead of a G20 meeting in Srinagar, security has been tightened in Jammu region, particularly in border districts and more than 10 Army schools have been closed as part of precautionary measures.

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Security top brass meets Union Home Secretary in Srinagar ahead of G20 meet, Amarnath Yatra

Security top brass met in Srinagar and apprised Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday about the security challenges ahead of much-touted meeting of G20 nations on May 22-24. Security for the upcoming Amarnath yatra and the situation in Poonch-Rajouri sector were also discussed, official sources said.

The Hindu

Snowfall sparks cold wave in Kashmir, rains close highways

Officials said the traffic on Srinagar-Jammu road was badly affected due to the rains, triggering landslips

The Hindu

After a gap of five decades, a film made in Kashmir is set to hit the silver screen

In Kashmir’s chequered cinema history, it is after more than 50 years that promos of a locally-made Bollywood movie, Welcome to Kashmir, were released at a cinema hall in Srinagar, a major leap for an otherwise defunct film industry, with just one cinema hall in the Valley functioning and over…

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Tele Manas counsels Kashmir’s distressed souls

Over the past six months, the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS) in Srinagar has received 10,500 calls from people in distress across Jammu and Kashmir’s toll free numbers 14416 and 1800-891-4416.

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