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SRINAGAR: Ukrainian forces launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds targeting Moscow, in what the citys mayor described as the largest-ever drone attack on the Russian capital. The strikes came as Russia concluded the third and final day of its parliamentary elections on Sunday. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 450 drones had []

SRINAGAR: B.Sc Forestry students in Jammu and Kashmir have sought government intervention to address what they describe as limited employment opportunities and unclear eligibility provisions for graduates of the professional course. The students have urged the Jammu and Kashmir Government and recruitment agencies to review existing service and recruitment rules and ensure that Forestry graduates []

SRINAGAR: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday announced plans to introduce measures that would restrict the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in schools. Addressing the youth wing of her nationalist-conservative Brothers of Italy party at a national festival in Rome, Meloni said the proposed measures []

SRINAGAR: Yemens Iran-backed Houthi rebels have warned countries against joining Saudi Arabia in the renewed civil war, while saying they have assured the United States that American vessels in the Red Sea will not be targeted. Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi political bureau, told The Associated Press on Sunday that Washington had reached []

SRINAGAR: Traffic movement on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained slow at several stretches due to single-lane traffic, poor road surface, construction activity and other operational constraints, the Traffic Police Headquarters, J&K, said in its latest advisory. According to the advisory issued for the period from 4 pm on September 19 to 4 pm on September []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday chaired a special meeting of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board at Lok Bhavan here and reviewed the progress of the proposed International Museum of Goddess at Katra besides taking key decisions on hospitality and healthcare facilities associated with the shrine. The meeting also discussed various matters []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) Legislature Party meeting, chaired by party president Dr Farooq Abdullah, concluded in Srinagar on Sunday ahead of the J&K Legislative Assembly session, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Congress legislators and other members in attendance. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, NC chief spokesperson and Zadibal MLA Tanvir []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is scheduled to meet in Srinagar on Monday, September 21, with the House set to take up an inquiry report on alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and a bill concerning cooperative societies. According to the Legislative Assembly Secretariats list of business, the []

SRINAGAR: A seven-year-old girl died after being hit by a vehicle in the Barbar Shah area of Srinagar city on Sunday evening, officials said. An official said that the girl was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle near Barbar Shah. He said she was shifted to SMHS Hospital, where doctors declared her brought []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) on Sunday held a meeting of its legislators in Srinagar ahead of the upcoming session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The meeting, chaired by NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah at the Banquet Hall, was attended by Chief Minister and Leader of the House Omar Abdullah, []

SRINAGAR: An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered from the Awneera area of south Kashmirs Shopian district on Sunday and subsequently defused by a Bomb Disposal Squad, officials said. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that the IED was detected during a search operation after a suspicious object was spotted along a roadside in Awneera. []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president and MLA Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday said the Congress would continue to raise peoples genuine concerns in the Assembly despite being in an alliance with the National Conference (NC). We are in alliance with the National Conference, but that does not mean we will not []

SRINAGAR: Bollywood actor Salman Khan has clarified that he is in good health after a Bigg Boss 20 promo showed him clutching his chest and appearing to suffer severe pain, with the actor later revealing that the sequence was staged to teach Kashmiri contestant Qazi Touqeer a lesson. The promo of the reality shows Weekend []

SRINAGAR: The BJP will raise the performance of the National Conference-led government over the past two years during the upcoming Assembly session and seek a white paper detailing the work carried out during its tenure, J&K BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Sat Sharma said on Sunday. Sharma said BJP legislators would question the government []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to experience mainly dry weather over the next five days, with isolated rainfall possible at some places on September 25 and 26, the Meteorological Centre Srinagar said on Sunday. According to the latest forecast issued by the India Meteorological Department, weather is expected to remain dry across Kashmir and []

SRINAGAR: The body of a woman was found in the Karara area of Doda district on Sunday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the body was spotted by locals, who subsequently informed the police. Soon after receiving the information, a police team reached the spot and took the body into []

For over a decade, gangs across Jammu and Kashmir have sold ordinary stones and false promises as rare heavenly metal, duping victims out of crores through fake science and fear of missing out. Seven men sat inside Police Station Heerpora on a Saturday in Shopian. Beside them lay a box holding a plain stone and []

by Dr Farooq A. Lone Kashmirs obsession with social approval is driving extravagant weddings, wasteful spending, debt and anxiety. The article urges families to embrace simplicity, preserve traditions and prioritise dignity over display. We hear some sentences so often that we stop noticing their power. Lukh kya wanun? Log kya kahenge? What will people say? []

SRINAGAR: An invasive weed capable of surviving Kashmirs sub-zero winters and completing its life cycle in the Valley has established a self-sustaining population in a rice-growing area of Pulwama, raising concerns about its potential spread into agricultural and non-crop ecosystems under changing climatic conditions, according to a 2026 study published in Applied Biological Research. []

SRINAGAR : A fire broke out at a helipad terminal in Katra early Sunday, damaging part of the facility used by pilgrims travelling to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. The blaze was reported around 3:15 am when the terminal was closed and no pilgrims were present inside, officials []

SRINAGAR: The government has made Biometric Aadhaar Authentication mandatory for domestic LPG consumers seeking subsidised refills at the regulated Retail Selling Price (RSP) from October 1, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said on Saturday. The Ministry said consumers must complete the authentication process to continue booking subsidised domestic LPG refills at the applicable []

SRINAGAR: The summer capital Srinagar is set to witness hectic political activity on Sunday, with the National Conference, Congress and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party convening separate legislature party meetings to chalk out strategy for the upcoming autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Ahead of the session, the ruling National Conference []

SRINAGAR: The Assistant Director Tourism, Gulmarg, on Saturday said no permission had been sought or granted by his office for the proposed Tantra in Silence at Gurez event being circulated on social media. In an official clarification, the tourism department said it had no information or official communication concerning the programme referred to in a []

SRINAGAR: A proposed four-day meditation retreat in Gurez Valley has drawn objections from PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who have urged authorities to examine the programme and its proposed activities. The retreat, titled Tantra in Silence A Journey Within, is advertised for September 24 to 27 under the name Rajneesh Tantra []

SRINAGAR: Minister for Education, Social Welfare, Health and Medical Education Sakeena Itoo on Saturday laid the foundation stones for a health sub-centre and four road projects in Kulgam district, besides inaugurating an under-19 girls inter-district baseball tournament. The health sub-centre at Gandwani will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 40 lakh, while the []