RisingKashmir

Srinagar, Sep 12: Reaffirming the growing reach and measurable impact of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, J&K Bank was honoured with the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Overall Practices award at the 13th National CSR Leadership Congress & Awards. The recognition acknowledges the Banks institution-wide commitment to sustainable social development through structured, need-based and impact-oriented interventions. Zonal Head (Bengaluru) Shadab Mehboob received the award on

Srinagar, Sept 12 : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations across Kupwara, Kulgam, Bandipora, Baramulla and Sopore in connection with a cross-border terror conspiracy involving Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers and their alleged network of local Over Ground Workers (OGWs). In a statement issued to the news agencyKashmir News Observer (KNO), an NIA spokesperson said the searches were conducted to unearth further evidence related to the c

Ganderbal, Sep 8: A detailed security and preparedness review meeting was held on Tuesday in connection with the upcoming Annual Harmukh-Gangbal Yatra 2026, with senior police officers assessing arrangements to ensure the smooth and safe conduct of the pilgrimage. The meeting was convened by SDPO Kangan and chaired by SSP Ganderbal, with DySP SOG Ganderbal, SHO Kangan and other concerned officers in attendance. During the meeting, officers undertook a comprehensive review of the prevailing secur

Srinagar, Sept 7: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir) has joined hands with the Bio-Enzyme Entrepreneurs Academy of India, Bengaluru, to promote bio-enzyme entrepreneurship as a waste-to-wealth opportunity and create avenues for self-employment among students, farmers and rural entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir. A one-week Certificate Course on Bio-Enzyme Entrepreneurship was inaugurated today at the Vice Chancellors Secretariat, Shalim

For more than two decades, the Peoples Democratic Party has attempted an extraordinary political balancing act in Jammu & Kashmirspeaking one language while exercising power and another when sitting in opposition. Its politics has repeatedly moved between constitutional mainstream, soft-separatist rhetoric, reconciliation with Pakistan and aggressive criticism of New Delhi, depending upon the political circumstances of the moment. This is not ideological consistency. It is politics of convenienc