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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/kashmirs-rivers-and-price-of-non-ownership</loc>
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<image:caption>A file photo of Baglihar Dam across Chenab River near Chanderkote in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir in India.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-28T13:23:09.349Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Kashmir’s Rivers and Price of Non-Ownership Part-I</news:title>
<news:keywords>Kashmir Rivers, Indus Water Treaty, Natural Resources, Ownership, Kashmir, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Chenab Valley, Hydropower Projects, Electricity, NHPC, Legislative Assembly, Salal Project, Dulhasti, Sewa-II, Kishanganga River, Chenab, Jhelum, Uri Civil</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/when-reservation-becomes-regional-exclusion</loc>
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<image:caption>Questions raised over Jammu and Kashmir's reservation policy in recruitments in civil services. Image is representational.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-28T11:13:18.550Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>When Reservation Becomes Regional Exclusion</news:title>
<news:keywords>Recruitments, Reservations, Civil Services, Exclusion Politics, Regional Bias, Economy, Politics, Governments, Kashmiris, Jammu Region, Kashmir Valley, Policy, Economically Weaker Section, Jammu &amp; Kashmir</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/who-really-bears-responsibility-for-environmental-destruction</loc>
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<image:caption>The site where the major snow-avalanche triggered massive floods in Nepal. Being born in Himalayas should not be a death sentence. Image is representational.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-27T15:10:01.835Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Who Really Bears Responsibility for Environmental Destruction?</news:title>
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