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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: Pulwama came alive on Tuesday evening as the second edition of the Royal Premier League cricket tournament opened under floodlights, drawing thousands of spectators to the Sports Stadium and turning the conflict-affected district into a venue of sport and celebration. MLA Pulwama Waheed Para claimed more than 20,000 people attended the inaugural match of []

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: At least ten persons were injured after a passenger bus met with an accident in the Nagrota area of Jammu on Wednesday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the accident occurred in Nagrota, resulting in injuries to ten passengers. He said the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital []

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 []

SRINAGAR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against officials and beneficiaries over alleged illegal construction and encroachment in the Rajbagh area of Srinagar. The FIR, registered as Case No. 10/2026, follows a joint surprise check and subsequent verification into allegations of construction of a multi-storey building in the flood basin and fringe area []

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: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) CEO Rajit Punhani on Tuesday assured Jammu and Kashmir of technical and financial support to strengthen the Union Territorys food testing infrastructure and improve food safety compliance. Punhani made the assurance during an interactive meeting with food business operators (FBOs), trade and industry associations and other []

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: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has declared August 26, Wednesday, as a holiday and December 19, Saturday, as a working day for the court. According to a notification issued by the Registrar General of the High Court, August 25, Tuesday, which was shown as a holiday on account of Eid-i-Milad-un-Nabi []

by Dr Rameez Ahmad Jammu and Kashmirs higher education system faces recurring contractual appointments, delayed recruitment and institutional inequality, raising concerns over merit, teacher dignity, student learning and public trust Every autumn, thousands of young men and women walk through the gates of government colleges across Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), carrying dreams that extend far []

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: An elderly woman died after being hit by a car near the Bypass in Sopore area of north Kashmirs Baramulla district on Wednesday. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the accident occurred when an Alto car, travelling from Sopore towards Bandipora, hit a pedestrian near Sofi Akber Road, Bypass, in Sopore. []

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: Four persons were injured after a Xylo vehicle carrying a dead body met with an accident near Sinthan Top in south Kashmirs Anantnag district on Wednesday, officials said. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that the accident occurred around 23 kilometres below Sinthan Top, within the jurisdiction of Police Station Larnoo. The Xylo, bearing []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday undertook an early-morning tour of Srinagar city, inspecting key development projects and reviewing infrastructure aimed at improving public services and urban mobility in the historic Shehar-e-Khaas. The Chief Minister was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary, Health and Medical Education Minister Sakina Itoo, Advisor to the []

SRINAGAR: At least three persons were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down a hill in the Thub area of Reasi district on Tuesday evening, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the vehicle, bearing registration number JK14B-1284, was travelling from Reasi towards []

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: The Income Tax Department has launched a nationwide verification exercise into suspicious foreign remittances after identifying several entities that allegedly transferred large sums of money abroad despite reporting very small turnovers. The department said the action was based on ground intelligence and data analysis of outward foreign remittances over the past three years. The []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) General Secretary Haji Ali Mohammad Sagar on Tuesday said the Omar Abdullah-led government was committed to improving the economic conditions and livelihoods of artisans, craftsmen, traders and people associated with the tourism sector. Sagar made the remarks while interacting with several public delegations, traders associations and representatives of []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) will hold a meeting of its Unfair Means (UFM) Committee on August 20 to examine cases involving alleged use of unfair means by candidates appearing in various examinations. The meeting will cover cases pertaining to Classes 10, 11 and 12 under the Annual Private/Bi-Annual 2026 []

SRINAGAR: US Ambassador to India and Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs Sergio Gor is scheduled to travel to the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday, marking his first official visit to Jammu and Kashmir, officials said, according to a report by ETV Bharat. During his stay in Srinagar, Gor is expected to meet Jammu []

SRINAGAR: Environmental activist Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat said that the Karewa landscape of Pulwama and Budgam has been subjected to loot and plunder on a scale far greater than the quantities reflected in official records. This, he said, after a joint committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) documented extensive excavation and alteration of []

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: Paras Health Srinagar will organise a free multispeciality health camp on August 23, offering residents complimentary consultations with specialists across more than a dozen medical disciplines. The camp will be held from 10 am to 3 pm at Paras Health, Durganag, Dalgate Bridge, Munshi Bagh, Srinagar. According to the organisers, the initiative is aimed []

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 Power Development Department (PDD) employee died after suffering an electric shock while repairing an electric line in Chatergam area of Budgam district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Amin, a resident of Khanda in Pulwama district. Sources said Amin was carrying out repair work on an electric line when he came []

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: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the default bail plea of Jasir Bilal Wani alias Danish, an accused in the November 2025 Red Fort area car bomb blast case. A Division Bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan dismissed Wanis appeal challenging the trial courts decision. The detailed order is []

SRINAGAR: The proposed Rs 104.02-crore Plug-and-Play Industrial Park at Nowgam has come under intensified environmental and planning scrutiny, with two environmental groups questioning its compatibility with the Srinagar Master Plan-035 and a State Administrative Council decision that explicitly restricted construction along the Pantha Chowk-Nowgam corridor because it forms part of a flood-absorption basin. The Environmental []

SRINAGAR: Anantnag Police has booked an alleged habitual fraudster under the Public Safety Act (PSA), citing concerns over his activities and their impact on public order. The action has been taken against Tasaduq Hussain Dar, son of Ab. Gani Dar, a resident of Sadoora in Anantnag, after the District Magistrate, Anantnag, issued a detention warrant []

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 Sopore Police District on Monday ordered a reshuffle of officers, transferring and posting seven police personnel to different police stations and police posts with immediate effect. According to an order issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Sopore, Inspector Ayaz Rasool Geelani has been transferred from DPL Sopore and posted as SHO Police []

SRINAGAR : With the first International Film Festival of J&K (IFFJK) scheduled to be held from September 7 to 10, the administration has begun working on tourism, sightseeing and hospitality arrangements for national and international guests attending the festival. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg on Monday chaired a meeting to review preparations for the festival, []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) MLA from Zadibal and chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq on Monday hit out at the BJP over its protest against the Omar Abdullah-led government, saying the party should first explain the continued delay in restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Sadiq said the BJP had every democratic right to []

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 : Srinagar Lok Sabha member Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Monday said he has made up his mind to resign from Parliament in the coming months, but indicated that an intervention by National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah could lead him to reconsider the decision if the party accepts a set of political proposals. []