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SRINAGAR: Three goats were killed and two others critically injured after a leopard attacked a herd in Hayatpura village of Manjakote area in Rajouri district. The incident occurred while the livestock, owned by Mohd Nisar Khan, son of Mohd Shareif, was grazing in the area, according to local residents. The leopard attacked the herd and []

SRINAGAR: A police constable was arrested here in South Kashmirs Anantnag district on Monday for allegedly hitting and injuring a Station House Officer (SHO) with his vehicle near the Bijbehara police station, officials said. The incident took place late Sunday night when SHO Majid Ahmad Khan was on duty and the vehicle struck him near []

SRINAGAR: An 18-year-old girl died of a gunshot injury under mysterious circumstances at her residence in the Panassa area of Thakrakote block in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir late last night. Officials said that the deceased has been identified as Priyanka Devi, daughter of Kapoor Singh, a resident of Panassa, Thakrakote. According to initial []

SRINAGAR: India won their eighth Womens Asia Cup title after defeating Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the 2026 final at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. India set Sri Lanka a target of 184 after Shafali Verma scored 68 off 39 balls and Smriti Mandhana made 59 off 39. Sri Lanka were then dismissed []

SRINAGAR: The Gulmarg Gondola will remain out of service from September 14 to 17 for its scheduled annual inspection, during which routine safety checks and maintenance work will be carried out. Both Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the cable car service will remain unavailable throughout the closure period. Operations are expected to resume immediately []

SRINAGAR: A 13-member media delegation from Srinagar began a five-day media tour of Chennai on Sunday, organised by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Srinagar Region, to provide journalists firsthand exposure to Central Government institutions, projects and initiatives in Tamil Nadu. The delegation, comprising 11 journalists and two PIB officials, arrived in Chennai on Sunday and []

SRINAGAR : Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar on Sunday reviewed the security situation, counter-terrorism grid, law and order preparedness and crime scenario during separate meetings in Baramulla and Sopore. Kumar was accompanied by Deputy Inspector General of Police, North Kashmir Range, Vinod Kumar. During his visit to Baramulla, the IGP paid homage []

SRINAGAR: Nine persons were injured after an Omni car rolled off the road near Sukrala in the Billawar area of Kathua district on Sunday evening, officials said. An official said the accident occurred when the vehicle rolled off the road near Sukrala. The injured were shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH), Billawar, for medical treatment and []

SRINAGAR: Station House Officer (SHO) of Police Station Bijbehara, Majid Ahmad Khan, was injured after being hit by a vehicle while performing his official duty in Anantnag district on Sunday evening. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that the incident occurred near Police Station Bijbehara when a vehicle struck the SHO while he was on []

SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the growing confidence of Global South countries in BRICS stemmed from the fact that their voices are heard, their experiences are respected and solutions are developed together with them, as he called for greater cooperation to tackle conflicts, climate disasters, pandemics and supply-chain disruptions. Addressing the extended []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said the Union Government must take serious and meaningful measures to restore peoples trust in Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that New Delhi would eventually have to restore the regions special position. Calling the Centres August 5, 2019 decisions a major mistake, Abdullah said the []

SRINAGAR: The Sawalkote Joint Action Committee (SJAC) has renewed its demand for safeguards for project-affected families, claiming that Ramban will bear 88 per cent of the submergence burden of the Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project, even as technical bids for the Rs 5,129-crore Lot-I of the project have been opened. The committee held a high-level meeting at []

SRINAGAR: A social media stunt involving a Mahindra Scorpio turned dangerous in Sonamarg on Friday after the SUV was driven into the fast-flowing waters of the Sindh River and became stranded. The incident occurred near Sindh Resorts, where the vehicle was reportedly taken into the riverbed as part of an attempt to film a social []

SRINAGAR: Police in Central Kashmirs Ganderbal district have traced three minor boys who went missing from Tulmulla and reunited them with their respective families following a 10-day search operation. Police said the boys were located at Daund Railway Station in Pune, Maharashtra, on September 9 with the assistance of Maharashtra Police. The case was taken []

SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Mohammad Umar Farooq, Aga Syed Hassan and Molvi Imran Raza Ansari on Sunday met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in New Delhi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit and discussed the escalating situation in the region, calling for restraint, dialogue and Muslim unity. During the meeting, the delegation expressed solidarity []

SRINAGAR: Police have solved a hit-and-run case in Kokernag area of south Kashmirs Anantnag district by arresting the accused and seizing the vehicle allegedly involved in the incident, days after it occurred. According to police, the incident took place on September 6, when a person identified as Tariq Ahmad Khalas, son of Mohammad Sharief Khalas, []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board has prohibited the feeding of birds and distribution of Tahrir or food items within the premises of all Waqf shrines across Jammu and Kashmir. The directive has been issued under the directions of J&K Waqf Board Chairperson and Minister of State Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi, with the Board []

SRINAGAR: At least six persons were injured after an e-rickshaw met with an accident on the Bani-Dhaggar road at Charodi Duggan in Kathua district on Sunday. An official said that an e-rickshaw bearing registration number JK08R-2846 met with an accident at the location, leaving six persons injured. The injured have been identified as Koushala Devi, []

IMD forecasts fairly widespread light rain/thunderstorms from September 15 to 17; isolated thunderstorms with gusty winds of 40-50 kmph likely

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SRINAGAR: The Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) has said around 16,000 smart meters are currently reported as damaged, burnt or non-communicating across Jammu and Kashmir, dismissing media reports citing a figure of more than 25,000 as outdated. According to JPDCL, the latest data furnished by the concerned Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Providers (AMISPs) puts []

SRINAGAR: A comprehensive spatial mapping study has revealed that nearly half of the Poonch Forest Division in Jammu and Kashmir is exposed to moderate or high forest fire risks, driven heavily by flammable pine vegetation, local wind patterns, and human activity along forest boundaries. Published on February 25, 2025, in the peer-reviewed journal Discover Forests []