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SRINAGAR: Five associates were arrested and a cache of arms and ammunition recovered during a joint cordon and search operation in the Bugam Orchard area of Kulgam district on Wednesday, officials said. Quoting a senior official, the news agency KNO reported that the operation was conducted jointly by Kulgam Police, 9 Rashtriya Rifles and 18 []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday called for establishing a quaternary healthcare corridor in the Union Territory, integrating AI-enabled diagnostics and launching a biomedical research mission to ensure advanced medical care is accessible to all. Addressing the Quaternary Healthcare & Research Summit in Srinagar, Sinha said Jammu and Kashmir and the []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday called for an inclusive and technology-driven development model for India, while urging industry leaders to invest in Jammu and Kashmir and help connect its tourism, horticulture and handicrafts sectors with global markets. Addressing the World Wisdom Forum organised by the IIT Alumni Council in New Delhi, Sinha said []

SRINAGAR: The Horticulture Planning & Marketing Department and railway authorities on Friday discussed modalities for transporting Kashmirs apples to major markets across the country through the rail network. The meeting, chaired by Director Horticulture Planning & Marketing Ghulam Jeelani Zargar, brought together railway officials and representatives of fruit and vegetable markets from across Kashmir. The []

SRINAGAR: At least 15 persons were injured after a staff bus of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) met with an accident near Jhajjar Kotli area of Jammu district on Friday. An official said that the bus met with an accident allegedly due to brake failure at Jhajjar Kotli, leaving 15 persons injured. All the []

A serious medical diagnosis can change everyday life overnight. While treatment naturally becomes the immediate priority, many families also begin thinking about how they will manage their finances over the weeks and months ahead. A health insurance policy generally helps with eligible hospitalisation expenses, depending on its terms and conditions. However, some costs linked to []

SRINAGAR: A 68-year-old pilgrim from Bihar died after suffering suspected cardiac arrest in Poonch district during the intervening night of August 20 and 21, officials said on Friday. The deceased was identified as Dinesh Parsad, son of Ram Brij Parsad, a resident of Belaganj in Gaya, Bihar. He was staying at the Akhara Temple Poonch []

by Umaima Reshi SRINAGAR: The implementation of the Centres four new labour codes could leave the Jammu and Kashmir Government facing substantial new and recurring financial liabilities for its contractual, casual and scheme-based workforce. The administration has yet to determine the precise cost of extending statutory social security benefits to these workers. The four codes: []

SRINAGAR: The Special Crime Wing Kashmir of the Crime Branch JK conducted a search at the residence of a serving police constable in Safakadal, Srinagar, on Friday as part of an investigation into alleged forgery of documents used to secure an appointment in the JK Police Department. The search was carried out at the residence []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh has reconstituted a four-member committee to oversee the operationalisation and implementation of its Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings Rules, 2023, and determine the categories of cases in which live streaming can initially be introduced. According to Order No. 1314 of 2026/RG, the committee comprises []

by Dr Nawab John Dar A new engineering discipline called harness engineering is changing how the world builds reliable artificial intelligence systems. Unlike earlier shifts in the AI race, this one rewards patient engineering discipline over access to giant compute budgets. That has real implications for Indias own growing AI ambitions, and more specifically, for []

SRINAGAR: Pakistans former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been shifted back to Adiala Jail after undergoing a medical evaluation at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, according to a spokesperson for his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Pakistani media reports said Khan was returned to prison after doctors found him fit to remain in custody. The 73-year-old []

SRINAGAR: Indian Railways has approved a third Vande Bharat Express between Jammu Tawi and Srinagar via Udhampur, providing an additional rail service on the busy Jammu-Kashmir route. The new service will operate as Train Nos. 26407/26408 Jammu Tawi-Srinagar-Jammu Tawi Vande Bharat Express, according to a letter from Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared by Union Minister []

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose sweeping new economic penalties on Iran and countries that continue to provide financial, commercial or logistical support to Tehran. Trump said the measures would amount to the toughest economic campaign ever imposed against a country, but did not specify the countries that could be targeted or outline []

SRINAGAR: A 45-year-old woman died after an SUV collided with a Tata Mobile vehicle in the Akhal area of Kangan in central Kashmirs Ganderbal district on Thursday. Officials said the accident occurred when a Scorpio collided with a Tata Mobile near Akhal, leaving the woman seriously injured. The injured woman was shifted to Sub-District Hospital []

SRINAGAR : An unidentified body was recovered from a river in the Nowshera area of Rajouri district on Thursday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that some locals engaged in contract-related work spotted the body floating in the river and subsequently informed the police. Following the information, a police team along []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness intermittent rain and thunderstorms over the next five days, with the Meteorological Centre Srinagar forecasting the possibility of moderate to heavy showers at a few places and warning of flash floods and mudslides in vulnerable areas. According to the five-day forecast issued by the Meteorological Centre on []

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioners in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been empowered to process and grant citizenship to eligible applicants under a new set of rules notified by the Union Home Ministry. The move follows the notification of the Citizenship (Third Amendment) Rules, 2026, which transfers the power to decide applications for citizenship by registration []

SRINAGAR: The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) have put forward a set of non-negotiable demands ahead of their proposed dialogue with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in September, insisting that any future arrangement for Ladakh must address its political, financial and constitutional concerns. The two organisations submitted a joint memorandum []

SRINAGAR :Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday called for greater focus on technology, green growth, formalisation and export competitiveness to strengthen the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the second edition of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) MSME Conclave 2026 in Jammu, Sinha said MSMEs were central to []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has placed two Assistant Section Officers of the JK Secretariat (Subordinate) Service as In-charge Section Officers on an officiating basis for a period of six months or until the posts are filled on a regular basis, whichever is earlier. The decision was issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) []

SRINAGAR: A 30-year-old man was killed while his pillion rider was injured after the motorcycle they were travelling on was hit by an unknown vehicle at Main Market Hajin in north Kashmirs Bandipora district on Wednesday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the duo were travelling on a motorcycle when []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has accorded sanction to the regular promotion of 29 Senior Scale Stenographers of the Head of Departments cadre as Private Secretaries in the Jammu and Kashmir Private Secretary to Head of Departments (Gazetted) Service. The promotions have been ordered under Government Order No. 1420-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated August 19, []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted a committee to examine issues affecting the career progression of employees appointed under the Prime Ministers Package for Kashmiri Migrants and employees of the JK Relief Organisation (DMRRR). The committee has been constituted under Government Order No. 1419-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated August 19, and has been given []

SRINAGAR: The Railway Ministry has approved an increase in the maximum permissible speed of trains to 100 kmph on the 111-kilometre Katra-Banihal broad gauge rail section under the Jammu Railway Division of Northern Railway. The revised limit replaces the earlier permissible speeds of 85 kmph between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Sangaldan and 75 []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred JKAS officer Bilal Ahmad Mir from his post as Sub-Registrar, Khansahib, and posted him as Deputy Secretary in the JK Legislative Assembly with immediate effect. According to Government Order No. 1415-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated August 19, Mir was also holding additional charge of Sub-Registrar, Budgam before his []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered the transfer and posting of three engineers, all holding the charge of Executive Engineer, in the Power Development Department with immediate effect. According to Government Order No. 179-JK(PDD) of 2026, Er. Sunil Gupta has been posted to STD-I, Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL), Jammu, after being []

SRINAGAR: A man drowned while attempting to rescue his five-year-old son after the child accidentally fell into Nallah Sandran at Nussu Badragund area of Qazigund in south Kashmirs Anantnag district on Wednesday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the father-son duo had gone to the area to attend a marriage ceremony when the []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday chaired the 37th meeting of the Executive Council of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) at its Kakryal campus in Katra, where the council gave in-principle approval for a 200-bed boys hostel and two new academic programmes. The hostel will be funded by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi []

by Asad Mirza Trump and Iran are turning the Strait of Hormuz into a contest of competing narratives, while prolonged closure threatens oil markets, Gulf security, and Indias energy costs. Nearly six months into the US-Israel war on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz has become less a shipping lane than a rhetorical battlefield. This week []

SRINAGAR: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Wednesday indicated that Washington could review its travel advisory for Jammu and Kashmir, saying the regions improved security would be considered while reassessing the warning. Gor made the remarks after meeting Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar during his first visit to the Union []

SRINAGAR : In a first-of-its-kind move among Union Territories, Ladakh has approved 4 per cent horizontal reservation for outstanding sportspersons in direct recruitment to Group C non-gazetted government posts, officials said on Wednesday. Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena approved the reservation under the new Ladakh Sports Policy, 2026, with the administration subsequently notifying the Union []

SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday urged visiting US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor to review and withdraw the highest-level travel advisory against visiting Kashmir, saying it was affecting the livelihoods of families dependent on tourism. The least the US Ambassador Sergio Gor @USAmbIndia can do is review and withdraw []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rain and thunderstorms over the next 24 hours, with the Meteorological Centre Srinagar warning of isolated thunder, lightning and gusty winds in parts of the Kashmir division and more intense weather activity in the Jammu division. According to the weather []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir have to be resolved by the Centre and not by Washington, ruling out raising any grievances with US Ambassador to India and Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs Sergio Gor during their scheduled meeting. Gor is set to arrive in []

SRINAGAR : Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday chaired the 81st meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Rajya Sainik Board at Lok Bhavan, reviewing welfare measures for veterans, Veer Naris, widows and dependents. The meeting discussed issues related to welfare delivery, grievance redressal, healthcare and institutional strengthening, including the establishment of a ZSWO at Kishtwar []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Bank has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FIL Industries Private Limited to bring nearly 600 employees of the Srinagar-based business group under its Corporate Salary Package, strengthening an institutional banking relationship between the two organisations. The agreement was signed in Srinagar by J&K Bank Zonal Head (Srinagar) Sheikh []

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Akshay Labroo on Tuesday inaugurated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) laboratories in five government schools under a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative funded by NTT DATA and implemented by ELFA International. The ICT labs were inaugurated at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Nawakadal, with the facilities established at five schools across []

SRINAGAR: A 30-year-old labourer who was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident in Salasan area of Boniyar in Uri has succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS Soura, officials said on Tuesday. The deceased, identified as Dhaker, son of Ashmali Dhaker, a resident of Salasan, Boniyar, was hit by an unidentified vehicle in the area on []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday chaired a comprehensive review meeting to assess preparations for the inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir (IFFJK) 2026, scheduled to be held from September 7 to 10. Chief Minister chaired a comprehensive review meeting today to assess preparations for the inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu []

SRINAGAR: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has directed hotels, restaurants, cafes, dhabas, sweet shops, bakeries, caterers and other food business operators across Jammu and Kashmir to prominently display food safety information boards and clearly mention the type of meat used in food preparations. The advisory issued by the FDA said the directions are in []

SRINAGAR: A new anthology has brought together, for the first time in such comprehensive form, a sweeping selection of Kashmiri literature translated into English, taking readers from fourteenth-century verse and folk traditions to modern stories, radio plays and experimental writing. The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature: Poems, Songs, Plays, Stories, compiled and translated by anthropologist []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday called for regular interfaith dialogue and greater participation of youth and communities in initiatives aimed at strengthening social harmony, saying dialogue was key to building trust and peace. Addressing the *Mulaqat* programme organised by the Save Youth Save Future Foundation in Pulwama, Sinha said people belonging to different []

SRINAGAR : The Jammu and Kashmir Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Backward Classes Development Corporation has decided to intensify recovery of long-pending loans and introduce an online system for loan recovery and disbursement of welfare schemes. The decision was taken at the 46th meeting of the Corporations Board of Directors, chaired by Minister for Social []

SRINAGAR: The Pulwama district police have ordered a reshuffle of four Station House Officers (SHOs) and shifted two probationary Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySPs) for practical training. According to an order issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Pulwama, on August 17, probationary DySPs Mohd Waseem and Fizza Hamid have been moved from their []

SRINAGAR: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to initiate land acquisition proceedings and pay compensation and rental dues for nearly eight decades of use of land that was taken over in 1953 for a police station in Kangan, Ganderbal, without any formal acquisition. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a chargesheet against 10 persons, including seven officers of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), in connection with alleged illegal and unauthorised construction in Ward No. 28 of Batamaloo near Tiny Hearts School, Tengpora. The chargesheet in FIR No. 06/2023 registered at Police Station ACB Srinagar []

SRINAGAR : The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir has arrested an alleged narco-terror operative who had been absconding for nearly four years in connection with a case involving the alleged smuggling of narcotics from across the Line of Control (LoC) and diversion of proceeds from their sale towards terrorist activities. The accused, identified as Manoj []

SRINAGAR : Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said the Shri Baba Budha Amarnath Ji Yatra is a sacred journey of devotion, discipline and unity, urging devotees to follow the path of dharma and truth in their daily lives. Addressing the inaugural function of the annual pilgrimage, Sinha said the yatra was not merely a []

SRINAGAR: The self-enumeration phase of Census 2027 will begin on Monday in the snow-bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir and across the Union Territory of Ladakh, officials said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference in Leh, Director Census Operations for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Amit Sharma, said self-enumeration in the snow-bound areas of J&K []