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Anantnag district: District of Jammu and Kashmir, India
Anantnag district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is one of ten districts which make up the Kashmir Valley. The district headquarters is Anantnag city. As of 2011, it was the third most populous district of Jammu and Kashmir, after Jammu and Srinagar.

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Land of poets and storytellers gets ready to turn over a new leaf

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Jaipur couple wounded, ex-sarpanch killed in J&K terrorist attacks

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Kashmir's harshest winter period 'Chilla-i-Kalan' begins

Kashmir's harshest winter period, 'Chilla-i-Kalan', began on Thursday with the mercury dropping several notches below the freezing point at many places, officials said. Srinagar city -- the summer..
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Woman among 6 arrested with arms & ammunition in 2 J&K districts

Six terror suspects were arrested with arms and ammunition from two Jammu and Kashmir districts, police said on Tuesday. While two men were arrested in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, the other..
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2 migrant workers wounded in J&K terror attack

Suspected terrorists shot at and wounded two migrant workers in south Kashmir's Anantnag district late Tuesday. Both are in hospital and stable, police said. Kashmir Zone Police tweeted that the area..
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5 JeM terrorists held in connection with circus worker's killing in Jammu and Kashmir

Five Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists were arrested from Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the killing of a circus worker last month, police said on Friday. Deepak Kumar (27),..
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ED raids house of Hurriyat leader Qazi Yasir in J&K's Anantnag

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted a raid at the house of Hurriyat leader Qazi Ahmed Yasir in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir. A team of ED officials with security officials..
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Jammu and Kashmir: Temperature plummets to minus 4.5 degree Celsius in Pahalgam, Srinagar shivers at minus 3.2

In South Kashmir's Anantnag's Pahalgam, a tourist hub, the temperature was minus 4.3 degrees yesterday.
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Mehbooba vacates government accommodation in Anantnag district

People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday vacated the government accommodation provided to her in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, more than a week after the local..
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LeT ‘hybrid’ terrorist killed in Jammu and Kashmir

A suspected “hybrid” terrorist of the Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit was shot dead in a shootout with security forces in Bijbhera of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district Sunday. Police..
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LeT hybrid terrorist killed in encounter in J&K's Anantnag

A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) hybrid terrorist, accompanying a police party for identifying a hideout, was killed during an encounter between security forces and ultras in Anantnag district of Jammu and..
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Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter breaks out in Anantnag's Cheki Dudoo

The clash began at Cheki Dudoo, Bijbehara, Anantnag. The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police are conducting the joint operation.
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J-K: 4 terrorists including LeT commander killed in twin anti-terrorist operations in Anantnag, Awantipora districts

The police along with the Indian Army launched a cordon and search operation at the Semthan Bijbehara area of Anantnag and Awantipora districts.
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Surprised by priorities of media's prime time debates: Mehbooba Mufti

"The media is wasting time in discussing non-issues like Mehboba Mufti vacating the house. Ideally, they should focus on real issues and problems faced by people (of Jammu and Kashmir) but they are not..
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J-K: Two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists killed in Anantnag encounter

The two terrorists are Danish Ahmad Bhat alias Kokab Duree, resident of Jablipora Bijbehara, and Basharat Nabi Lone, resident of Fatehpora Anantnag.
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Major attack on Amarnath Yatra averted, 3 Hizbul militants killed near J-K's Anantnag

A major terror attack on Amarnath Yatra has been averted by security forces after they killed three terrorists associated with Hizbul Mujahideen.
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Volley of bullets kills soldier during Jammu and Kashmir counter-terror operation

An Army soldier was fatally wounded in a shootout with terrorists when a team of 19 Rashtriya Rifles, CRPF and J&K police conducted an operation to bust a hideout in Kokernag of south Kashmir’s..
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