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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/gilgit-baltistan-votes-amid-constitutional-limbo-political-uncertainty</loc>
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<image:caption>View of Gilgit City from Serena Gilgit Hotel. Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Chief Ministers timeline in Gilgit-Baltistan from 2009.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A map of the disputed Kashmir region with two Pakistan-administered areas shaded in sage-green. The disputed Kashmir region, showing the sub-regions administered by India, Pakistan, and China</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/kashmirtimes/2026-06-02/fuhl4sye/Political-map-at-a-glance-of-Gilgit-Baltistan-and-areas-of-influence-of-different-political-parties.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Political map at a glance of Gilgit-Baltistan and areas of influence of different political parties.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Gilgit-Baltistan votes amid constitutional limbo, political uncertainty</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/preventing-a-new-insurgency-in-jammu-kashmir</loc>
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<image:caption>A street barricade fit with barbed wire blocks two-way flow of traffic. It reads, “Smile you are safe with CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) &amp; CRPF - The Downtown Peacekeepers.” CRPF is an Indian federal armed police force. It operates extensively in Kashmir under the mandate of internal security and leading counter-insurgency efforts in the region.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-02T11:05:53.185Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Preventing a New Insurgency in Jammu &amp; Kashmir</news:title>
<news:keywords>Insurgency, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Kashmir, Militancy, Society, CRPF, Kashmiris, Economy, India, Pakistan, Operation Sindoor, Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, Operation Gibraltar, Pahalgam Attack, Balochistan, Galwan Valley, Militarisation, Diplomacy, J&amp;K Statehood, Politics</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/from-gilgit-baltistan-to-ladakh-a-meeting-long-denied-a-meeting-they-seized</loc>
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<image:caption>Turtuk, on the banks of the River Shyok, Ladakh. In 1971, India took this village from Pakistani control along with roughly three thousand of its people. Families were divided overnight, like spoils of war, across the Line of Control. The River runs through Turtuk, indifferent to the Line of Control. The water crosses the borders that the people cannot.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>'Thoudh-Lukh' (Balti), means 'Mulaqat' (Urdu) or 'To Meet' in Balti language was the first ever online meeting of the divided families of Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-01T11:25:42.517Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>From Gilgit-Baltistan to Ladakh: A Meeting Long Denied, A Meeting They Seized</news:title>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/where-copper-sings-from-srinagar-to-gaziantep</loc>
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<image:caption>A view of a narrow alley on the Coppersmith Street in Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A copper coffee cup on display in a shop in Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A coppersmith busy in handcrafting a copper plate from a sheet inside a workshop in Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A copper statue on display in a cobbled-stone alley in Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Copper ware on display and polished cups on display inside a shop in Ganiantep, Turkiye reflects the deep heritage culture preserved by its coppersmiths.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A view of the statue in a cobbled-stone Copper Street, Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Another coppersmith busy in handcrafting a copper plat from a sheet in Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A handmade copper plate with intricate design on display in a shop in Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A view of the cobbled-stone narrow alley of Coppersmith Street in Gaziantep, Turkiye, preserving the heritage culture.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Frontal view of thew Ataturk House in Gaziantep, Turkiye as a homage to Kamal Ataturk, Turkish leader who shaped the modern Turkiye in early 20th century.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A plaque outside Ataturk House in Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Copper ware displayed inside a shop in Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Gazaiantep Governor Kemal Cebar speaking to visiting presspersons in Gaziantep, Turkiye.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-01T07:39:04.261Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Where Copper Sings From Srinagar to Gaziantep</news:title>
<news:keywords>Cultural Heritage, Heritage City, Turkiye, Srinagar, Samavar, Gaziantep, Coppersmith, Copper Utencils, Copper Statue, Civilisation, Economy, Resistance, History, Handicrafts</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/how-loni-became-the-worlds-new-air-pollution-capital</loc>
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<image:caption>Open burning of waste in Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A huge dump of waste in Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-01T00:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>How Loni Became The World’s New Air Pollution Capital</news:title>
<news:keywords>Air Pollution, Capital, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Air Quality Index, Burning Garbage, Loni, Tronica City, Health, Industrial Waste, On Air, Ghaziabad, IQAir Report</news:keywords>
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