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SRINAGAR: An Indian citizen was among 12 people killed in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday. Zelenskyy said dozens of others were injured in the attacks, which damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in several regions. In a post on X, the Ukrainian President said Russian []

SRINAGAR : A pigeon bearing a ring inscribed with what appears to be a Pakistani mobile number was found in a border village in Hiranagar sector of Kathua district, prompting police to launch an inquiry. Quoting sources, news agency GNS reported that the pigeon was spotted by locals in Chhan Khatriyan village earlier this week. []

SRINAGAR: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday laid the foundation stone for 30 smart bus shelters, with 15 each planned in Leh and Kargil, as part of an initiative to develop safer, technology-enabled and sustainable public transport infrastructure in the Union Territory. The project has been designed to address Ladakhs harsh climatic conditions []

SRINAGAR: A retired Army serviceman died after his throat was reportedly cut by Chinese kite string while he was riding a two-wheeler on the Ring Road in the Bishnah area of Jammu late Sunday, according to media reports. The deceased was identified as Naib Subedar (Retd) Lakhvinder Singh, who suffered critical injuries after coming into []

SRINAGAR: A rapidly expanding glacial lake in the Warwan basin of Jammu and Kashmir could pose a substantial future Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) threat to downstream settlements, bridges, roads and hydropower infrastructure, with modelling suggesting that a worst-case flood could reach populated areas within about six hours, according to a new study by a []

SRINAGAR: MBBS and BDS interns held peaceful protests across Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) in Jammu and Kashmir and at SKIMS Bemina on Monday, demanding revision of their long-pending internship stipend. The protests were organized as part of a collective campaign by medical interns seeking a monthly stipend of Rs 30,000 and implementation of the recommendations []

SRINAGAR: Apple productivity in Jammu and Kashmir has recorded a decline while almond cultivation has witnessed a significant contraction, even as the regions overall fruit production has grown more than fivefold since 1980, according to a NITI Aayog roadmap for development of the horticulture sector. The findings are part of the Roadmap for Horticulture Development []

SRINAGAR: Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that its air defence forces had shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Strait of Hormuz, with the aircraft crashing into waters of the Gulf. According to Irans Mehr News Agency, the IRGC said its air defence units used missile fire early on []

SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, marking their first in-person meeting since the outbreak of the conflict in West Asia earlier this year, according to Iranian media reports. The proposed meeting follows a series []

SRINAGAR: The proposed Rs 1,667-crore expansion of the Civil Enclave at Srinagar International Airport is expected to raise its annual passenger-handling capacity to one crore, with the project targeted for completion by 2031, according to details submitted by the Jammu and Kashmir Government to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The proposal, approved by the Cabinet []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the preventive detention of a Kupwara man, holding that the grounds cited against him were vague and lacked material particulars necessary for him to effectively challenge his detention. Justice Sanjay Dhar passed the judgment on August 29 while hearing a petition filed by []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a review petition seeking reconsideration of its earlier judgment that had denied a claimant eligibility for appointment as Principal in a Government Polytechnic, holding that degrees in Home Science cannot be treated as equivalent to an Engineering degree. A Division Bench comprising Acting []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday felicitated officers and personnel associated with the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board (SASB), civil administration, Army, CAPFs, J&K Police, Border Roads Organisation (BRO), medical services and other agencies for the successful conduct of the Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2026. Addressing a gathering in Srinagar, Sinha said the successful pilgrimage []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the preventive detention of a Srinagar man under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), holding that the grounds relied upon by the authorities were vague and lacked material facts. Justice Rahul Bharti, in a judgment pronounced on August 27, 2026, quashed []

SRINAGAR: The death toll from devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 788 on Sunday, while 2,502 people remained missing as rescue teams continued searching flood-ravaged communities and hydropower projects amid renewed fears of more flooding. Authorities issued fresh warnings after water levels in the Bhotekoshi River rose, prompting residents in affected areas to move []

SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted the sanitation and scientific waste-management arrangements put in place during this years Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra, drawing national attention to a model that saw over 414 metric tonnes of waste processed across the pilgrimage routes. In his latest episode of Mann Ki Baat, Modi praised the cleanliness []

SRINAGAR: The Full Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the government cannot, at its discretion, decide when an eligible ad hoc, contractual or consolidated employee should be regularised, ruling that the right to regularisation accrues once the statutory conditions are fulfilled. The judgment, delivered by Chief Justice (Acting) []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has rejected the bail pleas of four men accused of abducting and gang-raping a 15-year-old girl in Srinagar in 2022, observing that the trial was nearing completion and that the seriousness of the charges and possibility of flight risk weighed against their release. Justice M A []

SRINAGAR: A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Sunday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The earthquake occurred at 9.36 am IST, with its epicentre located near the Hindu Kush range along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. According to the NCS, the tremor originated at a depth of 147 kilometres beneath the Earths surface. There were no []

SRINAGAR: A man was killed after falling from a walnut tree in the Damjan area of Qazigund in south Kashmir on Sunday, reports said. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, son of Mohammad Ramzan Bhat, a resident of Damjan, Qazigund. According to reports, Bhat fell from the tree while carrying out work and []

SRINAGAR: Divya Mittal, a 2013-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has announced her resignation after 13 years in the civil services, describing her tenure as an unforgettable journey. Mittal, who was serving as Special Secretary in the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Department in Lucknow, announced her decision in a personal post on []

SRINAGAR: Police have arrested three persons in connection with a house theft in Baramulla and recovered stolen gold jewellery, officials said. The theft was reported by Saleema Begum, wife of Mohd Akbar Wani, a resident of Rangwar, after gold jewellery and cash were found missing from an almirah at her residence while she was away []

SRINAGAR: Apni Party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Sunday urged residents of Srinagars Shehr-e-Khaas to become aware of their democratic rights and work towards improving the citys socio-economic and developmental conditions. Addressing a workers convention at Habba Kadal, Bukhari said people should not continue to support political forces that, according to him, had failed []

SRINAGAR : The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), Jammu and Kashmir, has prohibited the sale, storage, distribution and display of 10 identified ghee brands and batches across the Union Territory after laboratory tests found them to be sub-standard, unsafe and misbranded. The action has been taken under the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards []

SRINAGAR: A ferry carrying more than 260 passengers capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish media reported, with rescue teams deployed to the scene. The catamaran was travelling from Kyrenia, also known as Girne, to Tasucu in Turkeys Mersin province when the incident occurred. No casualties had been reported so far. Turkish []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday called for integrating traditional values with modern science and technology while addressing the Foundation Day celebrations of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) and the annual day of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Gurukul. Addressing students and faculty at the event, Sinha stressed the importance of curiosity []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has refused to quash an FIR against an assistant professor accused of fraudulently obtaining a Reserved Backward Area (RBA) certificate and using it to secure government employment. Justice Sanjay Dhar dismissed a petition filed by Qulsum Akhter challenging FIR No. 9/2025 registered at the Economic Offences []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a petition challenging the preventive detention of a Srinagar man under the Public Safety Act (PSA), holding that there was no ground to interfere with the detention order. Justice Sanjay Dhar passed the judgment on August 29 while hearing a petition filed by []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached a residential house valued at Rs 16.77 lakh in Shopian district, alleging that the property was acquired through proceeds generated from drug trafficking. The property belongs to Hilal Ahmad Dar, son of Gh Ahmad Dar, a resident of Vehil in Shopian, police said on Saturday. According to police, []

SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to intervene and ensure repairs to the road connecting Tangmarg with Dreng in north Kashmirs Baramulla district. In a post on X, Mehbooba said she spent time with her mother at Dreng, describing the area as a []

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SRINAGAR: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast scattered light to moderate rain and thunderstorms across Jammu and Kashmir over the next 24 hours, with fairly widespread to widespread precipitation likely during the following two days. According to the weather bulletin issued by the Meteorological Centre, Srinagar, at 11 am on Sunday, scattered light to []

SRINAGAR: Navaid Runyal, a motorcycling enthusiast from Pogal Paristan in Ramban district, has entered Nepal on a solo motorcycle expedition, reportedly becoming the first biker from the district to undertake such a ride to the neighbouring country. Runyal, popularly known as the Roaming Engineer, began his journey from Pogal Paristan and travelled through Ramsoo, Ramban, []

Chatroo is not an isolated horror. It is the latest in a chain. Kashmir must ask why these crimes keep repeating. A child died in Chatroo. Before her, a girl in Galwanpora was raped and murdered while walking to Quran lessons. Before that, a teenager was allegedly assaulted by a faith healer her family trusted. []

SRINAGAR: Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Dr Ashok K. Lahiri on Saturday chaired a meeting with senior officials of the Union Territory of Ladakh to review its economic development priorities, ongoing projects and key challenges across infrastructure, connectivity, education, tourism, energy, water and employment. Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra made a detailed presentation on Ladakhs economic []

SRINAGAR: A study of 498 young adults in Kashmir has identified three distinct patterns of delusion-like experiences. Nearly one in four participants fell into the strong-endorsement group, marked by higher levels of distress, preoccupation and conviction. The researchers, however, caution that these findings do not indicate psychosis or clinical delusions. The study, published in BMC []

by Naveed Bhat Agri-incubators can scale by decentralising outreach, strengthening market linkages, adopting diversified revenue models, and focusing on high-value agricultural niches suited to regional strengths. Scalability and sustainability sit at the heart of every incubation centres mission, but in agriculture they behave differently than in almost any other sector. Agriculture is seasonal, trust-driven, capital-intensive []

SRINAGAR: The death toll from devastating flash floods in Nepal has risen to 675, while nearly 2,500 people remain missing as rescuers continue searching through mud, debris and damaged infrastructure in some of the worst-hit parts of the country. Authorities have stepped up rescue and relief operations in the aftermath of Wednesdays disaster, which swept []

SRINAGAR:The second season of archaeological excavation at the Zehanpora site in Baramulla was inaugurated on Saturday by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, with the government assuring continued support for the protection and preservation of the site. Dulloo formally launched the excavation by conducting the first dig of the new season and later inspected []

SRINAGAR: The pilgrimage to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan was diverted to the old track on Saturday after a landslide near Himkoti in the Trikuta Hills of Katra in Reasi district, officials said. The Himkoti route has been temporarily closed as a precautionary measure after debris from the landslide fell onto the track, they said. []

SRINAGAR: Ladakh is likely to receive a new set of special constitutional safeguards under Article 371, with Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju saying the Centre is committed to providing the Union Territory with a customised framework to protect its culture, traditions and interests. Rijiju made the announcement during the Silver []

SRINAGAR: Security forces launched a search operation in forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and kashmir on Saturday after a drone suspected to have come from neighbouring Pakistan was spotted hovering near the border, officials said. The drone was observed over Behrooti village in the Balakote area of Mendhar []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu Railway Division of Northern Railway has restored direct train service between Budgam and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra from Saturday, providing renewed rail connectivity between Kashmir Valley and the Jammu region. Train Nos. 04688/04687 have been restored on the Budgam-Katra route with effect from August 29, 2026, according to the Public Relations []

by Anuj Kumar Verma Nepals tragedy must awaken Jammu and Kashmir to mounting climate risks, prompting urgent prevention, ecological protection, early warnings and stronger institutional preparedness. Very disturbing news is coming from Nepal over the last three days regarding flash floods triggered by melting glaciers, with a very big loss of precious human lives and []

SRINAGAR: The Ladakh administration has appointed two senior officers to exercise the powers and perform the functions of Commissioners under the Union Territorys GST and excise laws, according to separate notifications issued by the Finance Department. Under notification S.O. 253, Tsewang Tharchin, IA and AS, Commissioner Secretary in the Ladakh Administration, has been appointed as []

SRINAGAR: The death toll from devastating flash floods in Nepal has risen to 626, authorities said, as rescue and relief operations continued for a fourth day across the affected areas. ( // : ) pic.twitter.com/6ZxwyFyGoC Nepal Police (@NepalPoliceHQ) August 29, 2026 The latest toll follows an earlier []

SRINAGAR: Five glacial lakes in the Kashmir Himalaya have been identified as having very high susceptibility to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), with a potential outburst threatening 2,704 downstream buildings, 15 major bridges, roads and a hydropower project, according to a new study published in the Journal of Glaciology. The researchers have called for immediate []

SRINAGAR: Physician, medical educator, researcher and public health advocate Dr Tasaduk Hussain Itoo has been awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), London, recognising his professional contributions to clinical medicine, medical education, research and public health. Dr Itoo will formally receive the Fellowship award scroll at a convocation ceremony of the Royal []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi is set to make a brief appearance in the County Championship as the BCCI looks to keep him in contention for Indias upcoming two-Test series against New Zealand in November, according to media reports. Nabi, who was the leading wicket-taker in the previous Ranji Trophy season with 60 []

by Stuart Dunning In Nepal, arock-ice avalanche triggered a devastating debris flow, highlighting cascading Himalayan hazards intensified by unstable slopes, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw and climate change. The exact sequence of events that sent so much debris and water downstream is something we are still trying to unravel. There are several possibilities. One is that []