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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: The death toll from catastrophic floods in Nepal and China has surpassed 1,000, with 987 deaths reported in Nepal and 16 in China, as rescue teams continue efforts to reach communities cut off by destroyed roads, bridges and landslides, Al Jazeera reported. Nepals disaster management agency said on Tuesday that 3,916 people remained missing, []

SRINAGAR: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar has secured 19th position among Indias top technical universities in the India Today Rankings 2026, improving three places from its 22nd position in 2025. The institute attributed the improvement to the collective efforts of its faculty, students, researchers, staff, alumni and other stakeholders. NIT Srinagar Director Prof []

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: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on Monday reviewed the implementation of constitutional safeguards, welfare schemes and development programmes for Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities in Ladakh, with a focus on education, healthcare, livelihoods and infrastructure in remote and high-altitude areas. The review meeting was chaired by NCST members Dr Asha Lakra and Jatothu []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Finance Department has ordered the transfer and posting of two accounts officers, including assigning additional charge of Chief Accounts Officer at the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora, with immediate effect. Under Government Order No. 268-F of 2026, Muzaffer Ahmad Rather, Chief Accounts Officer, District Fund Office, Kulgam, []

SRINAGAR : The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) showcased more than eight decades of rice research, indigenous germplasm conservation and climate-resilient crop technologies at a live exhibition of Temperate Rice Biodiversity held at the Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops (MRCFC), Khudwani. Established in 1942, MRCFC has built a research []

SRINAGAR: The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of the Jammu and Kashmir Labour Department has cleared promotions and non-functional career advancements for 16 officials. The committee, chaired by Labour Commissioner J&K Charandeep Singh, considered the cases of eligible employees at its meeting held on August 21, 2026, after examining their service records and other prescribed eligibility []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is targeting RS 1,0001,200 crore in Central funding under the Khelo India programme during 202631, with the government planning to use the funds to expand sports infrastructure, identify talent and strengthen the sporting ecosystem across the Union Territory. The roadmap was discussed at the first meeting of the UT Level Coordination []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has revised the Cancer Treatment and Management Fund for Poor Patients (CTMFP), increasing financial assistance for eligible cancer patients, widening the income eligibility criteria and allowing beneficiaries to receive support on up to three occasions under the scheme. The modifications were approved through Government Order No. 1456-JK(GAD) of 2026, []

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, officials said. Laid the foundation for 30 Ladakhi Smart Bus Shelters 15 each in Leh and Kargil, today. Designed especially for Ladakhs harsh winters, these bus shelters would []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday directed Deputy Commissioners to strengthen the Indian Red Cross Societys network, mobilise more resources and expand humanitarian services to far-flung and border areas of Jammu and Kashmir. Chairing the Annual General Meeting of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), J&K UT, Sinha also called for preparation of comprehensive []

SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg on Monday urged fruit growers, traders and other stakeholders to make greater use of railway freight services for transporting horticulture produce, particularly apples, to markets within and outside Jammu and Kashmir. Garg was chairing a meeting convened to review the utilisation of railway freight services for transportation of horticulture []

SRINAGAR: The Environmental Policy Group (EPG) has urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to order an on-ground probe into a video circulating on social media that allegedly shows filling or reclamation of a portion of Dal Lake near the Lakes Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA) office at Miskeen Bagh. In a letter addressed to the Chief []

SRINAGAR: A 17-year-old boy died after being hit by a truck in Wathwora area of Chadoora in central Kashmirs Budgam district on Monday, officials said. An official said the teenager sustained critical injuries after being hit by the truck and was immediately shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Chadoora for treatment. However, doctors at the hospital []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed petitions filed by a drug manufacturer, distributors, stockists and dealers seeking quashing of criminal proceedings arising from a 2014 case involving Macnim Plus Tablets, holding that they failed to exercise their statutory right to seek retesting of the drug sample within the prescribed []

SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday criticised the government over womens safety, saying the priority given to cow protection should instead be directed towards preventing sexual violence. Her remarks came after a 16-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped inside a bus while travelling from Greater Noida to Delhi earlier this month. Two []

SRINAGAR: A 45-year-old woman was killed after being attacked by a bear in an orchard in Tarigam village of south Kashmirs Kulgam district on Monday, reports said. The deceased was identified as Latifa Banoo, a resident of Tarigam. According to reports, Banoo was working in an orchard when the bear attacked her. She suffered critical []

SRINAGAR: The Ladakh Home Department has appointed 2015-batch IPS officer Fulzele Piyush Nirakar as the new Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Leh, as part of an administrative reshuffle. Nirakar, a direct-recruit IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre, succeeds Shree Raam Raghavan, who has been transferred to the Cabinet Secretariat in New Delhi. Before his latest []

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: 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 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 []