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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/is-pajk-once-again-heading-towards-confrontation</loc>
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<image:caption>A view of the meeting of the Joint Awami Action Committee of Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir during negotiations.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Is PaJK Once Again Heading Towards Confrontation?</news:title>
<news:keywords>PaJK, Kashmir, Azad Jammu Kashmir, Confrontation, Politics, Political Reforms, Constitutional Reforms, Assembly Elections, Joint Awami Action Commitee, June 9 March, October 4 Accord, Pakistan</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/bhalessas-viral-cry-and-a-public-health-reality</loc>
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<image:caption>Healthcare Challenges in Rural India. Image is representational.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-05T10:33:23.121Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Bhalessa’s Viral Cry and a Public Health Reality</news:title>
<news:keywords>Health, Medical, Doda, Rural India, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Bhalessa Region, Doctors, Health Centres, Politics</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/a-citizen-led-initiative-to-track-sand-mining-in-india</loc>
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<image:caption>Illegal sand mining in River Ken in Madhya Pradesh, India.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Sand mining in the Chambal Sanctuary at the Rajghat.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Participants of data sprint on April 26, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-04T12:38:33.023Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>A Citizen-Led Initiative to Track Sand Mining in India</news:title>
<news:keywords>Sand Mining, India, Ecology, India Sand Watch, Environment, River Beds, Politics, Economy, Data Sprint, Music, Veditum India, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh, Chambal, Delhi, Floods, Construction, Industry, North East India, Wildlife Conservation Trust</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/lost-in-choice-the-awareness-gap-in-higher-education-under-nep-2020</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/kashmirtimes/2025-02-26/kly8j6rp/Quality-of-higher-education-in-India.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>The quality of higher education in India, rather than improving to best global standards, may be adversely affected by ongoing issues.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-04T00:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Lost in Choice: The Awareness Gap in Higher Education under NEP 2020</news:title>
<news:keywords>Education , Economy, Orientation, Students, Teachers, Higher Education, New Education Policy 2020, Rajouri, Jammu &amp; Kashmir</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/exit-polls-out-but-bengali-voters-can-be-deceptive</loc>
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<image:caption>Dinesh Trivedi &amp; Mamata Banarjee in good times in Delhi as Truvedi was appointed as MoS Ministry of External Affairs.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-03T12:02:00.523Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Exit Polls Out, but Bengali Voters Can Be Deceptive</news:title>
<news:keywords>Exit Polls, Bengal Elections, Indian States, South Indian States, Bengali Voters, Bangladesh, Mamata Banarjee, Dinesh Trivedi, BJP, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Meghalaya, North East Region, Puducherry, Kerala, West Bengal, Narendra Modi, Politics, Uttar Pradesh, Amit Shah, CAPFs, Bengali Psyche, Bnegali Psyche</news:keywords>
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