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Kashmiri
Pashmina shawls
facing competition from Nepalese fakes
CHANDIGARH: Genuine Kashmiri
Pashmina shawls are facing some stiff
competition from the inferior and
sometimes fake Nepali ones in the
international market and to counter this
the State's Handloom Development
Corporation would start branding its
products with quality certification to
beat the cheats.........more
Fresh
batch of 1404 pilgrims leave for Amarnath
JAMMU, A fresh batch of
1404 pilgrims left today for the holy
pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine in
south Kashmir amid tight security. The
group, which left from the base camp of
mam stadium Jammu here, included 867 men,
343 women, 53 children and 141 sadhus,
officials said...........more
Foreign visitors enjoying the
pleasant weather at the India Gate in New
Delhi on Sunday. (UNI)
Cop
kidnapped, gunned down in Tral
Five
militants, soldier killed in 4 operations
Excelsior Special
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 25: Even
as suspected militants have gunned down a
Jammu & Kashmir Police personnel in
Dadsar village of Tral and a soldier of
Rashtriya Rifles has died in a gunbattle
in Kulgam, Police and security forces
have killed five militants in four
separate operations in Kashmir valley
since last evening. Meanwhile, two
civilians, who had got injured in a blast
in Sopore and in a shootout in Pattan,
have succumbed to injuries at hospital.......more
24 officers in Forest
Deptt shifted
Excelsior
Correspondent
Srinagar, June 25 : The State Cabinet
which met on Saturday under the
chairmanship of Chief Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad, has approved transfers and
postings of 24 officers in Forest
Department...........more
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