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SRINAGAR: Employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM) in Jammu and Kashmir have announced a 72-hour Union Territory-level strike from September 9, alleging that the government has failed to address their long-pending demands. The decision was taken during a virtual meeting of the UT-level Joint Coordination Committee of NHM Employees on September 5, attended []

SRINAGAR: Bihar Governor Lieutenant General (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Sunday called on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at his residence in Srinagar. During the meeting, Hasnain and Abdullah exchanged views on a range of issues of mutual interest. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah was []

SRINAGAR: The Municipal Council Poonch has cleared around 1,900 metric tonnes of legacy solid waste that had remained dumped near the Poonch River for nearly two decades, following intervention by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and sustained efforts by environmental activists. The waste was cleared from the Shanti Nagar dumping site near Sher-e-Kashmir Bridge over []

SRINAGAR: Traffic Police has announced restrictions and diversions in parts of Srinagar on Monday ahead of the inauguration of the first International Film Festival of Jammu Kashmir (IFFJK) at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), with increased traffic movement towards the venue expected after 4 pm. SSP Traffic City Srinagar Aijaz Ahmad Bhat said Gupkar []

SRINAGAR: District Magistrate Doda Krishan Lal has ordered a complete prohibition on the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) across the district, citing concerns over their alleged misuse to circumvent lawful cyber restrictions. The order has been issued under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, following reports that certain individuals and []

SRINAGAR: India has backed a United Nations General Assembly resolution promoting the use of equal-area world map projections, while making it clear that any depiction of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh must conform to Indias official map. The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday said New Delhi voted in favour of the resolution but underlined []

SRINAGAR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said Jammu and Kashmir has progressed on the path of development since the abrogation of Article 370, claiming that separatist sentiment in the region has reduced considerably. Addressing a press conference on narcotics control in Panaji, Shah said the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir had changed []

SRINAGAR: At least eight people were injured after a Tata Sumo rolled down on the Bedar-Dunogam link road in Mandi area of Poonch district on Sunday, officials said. Officials said the vehicle, bearing registration number JK12-6675, was travelling on the Bedar-Dunogam link road when it met with an accident at Bedar and rolled down, leaving []

SRINAGAR: A woman was killed and two others injured after a load carrier collided with an e-rickshaw on Dhar Road in the Billawar area of Kathua district on Sunday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the accident occurred near Darmani when the load carrier collided with an e-rickshaw carrying three []

SRINAGAR: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir (SKUAST-K) has identified aquatic agriculture, crop diversification, protected cultivation and value addition among key areas for strengthening farm incomes and livelihoods in Bandipora. The focus emerged during the 20th Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Bandipora, held on Friday under the chairmanship of []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the preventive detention of a Pulwama man under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, holding that the authorities failed to establish a live and proximate link between his past conduct and the need for his continued detention. Justice M A Chowdhary, in []

SRINAGAR: A man died after falling under a moving truck in the Chankhan area of Sopore in north Kashmirs Baramulla district on Sunday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the man fell from the moving truck and came under its wheels, sustaining critical injuries. He was rushed to a nearby []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Saturday questioned the political intent behind Chief Minister Omar Abdullahs protest in Srinagar on September 2, followed by his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi two days later. Lone described the sequence of events as a theatre of the absurd, []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness scattered rain and thunderstorms in the Jammu division and isolated light rain or thunderstorms in Kashmir during the next 24 hours, according to the Meteorological Centre Srinagar. The weather department, in its bulletin issued at 11 am on Sunday, said isolated light rain or thunderstorms are also []

SRINAGAR: A study of undergraduate medical students in three government medical colleges in Kashmir has found that irregular sleep patterns are widespread, with two-thirds of students going to bed after midnight and late bedtime emerging as an independent predictor of poor sleep quality. The researchers found that students who slept after midnight had 5.49 times []

SRINAGAR: A 36-year-old pedestrian was killed after being hit by an unidentified vehicle at Fisheries area of Kokernag in south Kashmirs Anantnag district late Saturday night. Officials said the deceased was identified as Tariq Ahmad Kalas, son of Mohd Shareef Kalas, a resident of Shalnard, Lisser, Kokernag. According to officials, Tariq was struck by an []

SRINAGAR: The inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu Kashmir (IFFJK) will begin on September 7, with a four-day programme bringing filmmakers, artists and delegates from India and abroad together in the Valley. The festival will be inaugurated with musical performances by Jaan Nissar Lone, Rani Hazarika and Palak Muchhal, while singer Usha Uthup will lead []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department has proposed a new transfer policy for Rehbar-e-Taleem (RReT) teachers, Grade-II and Grade-III teachers, aiming to rationalise staff deployment, address shortages in underserved areas and balance teacher welfare with students academic needs. The draft Jammu and Kashmir Regularised Rehbar-e-Taleem (RReTs) Teacher Transfer Policy 2026 has been issued []

SRINAGAR: National Health Mission (NHM) employees across Jammu and Kashmir have announced a 72-hour Union Territory-wide strike from September 9 over the Governments failure to address their long-pending demands. The strike will involve NHM employees working at district, block and field levels in both Jammu and Kashmir divisions, including personnel engaged under the National Tuberculosis []

SRINAGAR: The Centre has appointed Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati as the new Chief Justice of the Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court as part of a set of appointments to the top judicial posts of eight High Courts across the country. The Union Law Ministry issued formal notifications on Sunday announcing the appointments. Along with []

SRINAGAR: A 36-year-old man was killed after being struck by an unidentified vehicle in the Fisheries area of Kokernag in south Kashmirs Anantnag district on Sunday, officials said. The deceased was identified as Tariq Ahmad Kalas, son of Mohammad Shareef Kalas, a resident of Shalnard, Lisser, Kokernag. According to officials, Kalas suffered critical injuries in []

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by Ghulam Quadir Jeelani Teachers Day should prompt educators to examine their role, embrace empathy, authenticity and experiential learning, and become mentors shaping confident, responsible citizens. Every year, Teachers Day is celebrated across the nation to honour the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India, a renowned philosopher, scholar and teacher. []

SRINAGAR: At least Six sheep were killed after a leopard entered a livestock enclosure at Barnate in Boniyar during the night, triggering concern among local residents. According to reports, the leopard entered the enclosure and attacked the livestock, killing six sheep. Following the incident, officials from the Wildlife Department visited the site and assessed the []

SRINAGAR: The inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu Kashmir (IFFJK) 2026 will begin on Monday, with 135 films from more than 40 countries scheduled for screening during the four-day event aimed at reviving JKs cinematic legacy and promoting the Union Territory as a destination for filmmaking and film tourism. Organised by the Department of Information []

SRINAGAR: At least 25 sheep were killed after lightning struck a flock during a sudden thunderstorm in the Karaknaar area of Gulmarg on Saturday, reports said. The sheep were grazing in the higher reaches of the Gulmarg hills when the weather changed abruptly in the afternoon, with heavy thunder and lightning reported in the area. []

SRINAGAR: US forces struck and disabled three Iranian crude oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired ballistic missiles towards two US Navy warships in regional waters, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Saturday. CENTCOM said an aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer evaded multiple Iranian attacks and that no US personnel were []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Saturday said he hoped the Centre would fulfil its commitments on restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the issue was among several matters raised by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during his recent meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Speaking to reporters on []

SRINAGAR: The Regional Transport Officer (RTO), Kashmir, has deputed a team of transport officials to manage and supervise vehicle arrangements for the first International Film Festival of Jammu Kashmir (IFFJK)-2026, scheduled from September 7 to 10. An order issued by the Office of the RTO, Kashmir, assigns overall responsibility for transport arrangements to Mubashir Jan, []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has rejected the regular bail plea of a 57-year-old Rajouri resident accused in a June 2026 attack case, holding that the investigation is still at an early stage, five accused remain absconding and key evidence, including the statement of an injured person and recovery of alleged weapons, []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday reiterated that his party remains committed to the restoration of Jammu and Kashmirs special status and will continue its constitutional and democratic struggle for the objective. Addressing a gathering in Beerwah, Budgam, Abdullah said the special status was the right of the people of []

SRINAGAR: Power supply to several areas of Kashmir will remain affected for scheduled shutdowns of 33 kV transmission lines on September 7, 8, 12 and 15, the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) said. According to the Chief Engineer, Distribution, KPDCL, the shutdown of the 33 kV Airforce line will be observed from 10 am []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government will introduce a resolution in the upcoming session of the JK Legislative Assembly seeking support on the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) issue affecting in-service teachers, Education Minister Sakina Itoo said on Saturday. Itoo said the government had already approached the Supreme Court seeking reconsideration of its order making TET []

SRINAGAR: At least two persons were killed after an oil tanker met with an accident at Pathimhal in the Palmar area of Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said that the oil tanker was on its way when it met with an accident at Pathimhal, resulting in the on-the-spot deaths of two []

SRINAGAR: Police in south Kashmirs Shopian district on Saturday apprehended seven people over a suspected financial transaction involving a stone allegedly being sold as a rare and valuable Trath Gola or meteorite, officials said. The seven were taken to Police Station Heerpora for questioning and further legal proceedings. Police also recovered Rs 5 lakh in []

SRINAGAR: Around 25,000 metric tonnes of apples were transported from Kashmir by rail during the last season, Director Horticulture Planning and Marketing Ghulam Jeelani Zargar said on Saturday, calling railways an emerging alternative for transporting horticultural produce to markets across the country. About 25,000 metric tonnes of apples were transported by rail from Kashmir during []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is expected to experience predominantly dry weather until September 18, with brief spells of rain or thundershowers likely at isolated and, during September 14-15, scattered places, the Meteorological Centre Srinagar said. According to the latest forecast, generally dry conditions are likely from September 5 to 13, although isolated areas may receive []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has been declared a Fully Literate Union Territory after recording a literacy rate of 98.43 per cent under the ULLAS-NBSK programme, Minister for School Education and Higher Education Sakina Itoo said on Saturday. Itoo made the announcement while speaking at a Teachers Day function at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) []

SRINAGAR: The militant killed during a joint security operation in the Ashdar Gali area of Budgam district has been identified as Yasir, a Pakistani national affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Saturday. You Can Run But You Cant Hide ! The terrorist neutralised, during Op Ashdar, has been identified as Yasir, []

SRINAGAR: The Chief Medical Officer of Bandipora has ordered an inquiry into the death of a newborn at District Hospital Bandipora following allegations by the family of medical negligence and delay in referring the case to a higher centre. A five-member committee constituted by the CMO has been asked to examine the circumstances surrounding the []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Minister Sakina Itoo on Saturday appealed to protesting MBBS and BDS interns to resume their duties, saying their demand for an increase in stipend was under consideration and the government would not overlook their concerns. The appeal came as the interns indefinite strike entered its sixth day. []

SRINAGAR: Four students and scholars from the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) have secured competitive research fellowships in Japan, strengthening the universitys international academic and research collaborations. The selections come as India and Japan expand educational cooperation, including a framework aimed at facilitating opportunities for 10,000 Indian students and researchers []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday extended greetings to teachers on Teachers Day and paid tribute to former President, philosopher and eminent educationist Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on his birth anniversary. In a message shared through the social media platform X, the Lieutenant Governor highlighted Dr Radhakrishnans contribution to education, philosophy and public []

SRINAGAR: As many as 275 Indian nationals remain missing following the devastating flash floods in Nepal, while 166 Indians have been rescued, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the Indian government remained in close contact with the Nepalese authorities over the missing nationals and appreciated their ongoing []

SRINAGAR: Nine active epicentres of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) have been identified across Kashmir, with 59 cattle affected, prompting the Jammu and Kashmir Government to step up vaccination, surveillance and containment measures. The figures were reviewed at a meeting chaired by Javid Ahmad Dar, Minister for Agriculture Production, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Cooperative and []

SRINAGAR: At least six passengers were injured after a matador met with an accident at Dandesar on the Jammu-Poonch National Highway in the Nowshera area of Rajouri district on Friday evening. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that the matador was travelling along the highway when it met with the accident at the Dandesar stretch, []

SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi and discussed several key issues concerning the Union Territory, including restoration of statehood, finalisation of the Transaction of Business Rules and rationalisation of reservations. The meeting also covered other important matters related to public welfare []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government is working on a new Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy that proposes a major expansion of electric mobility across the Union Territory, including targets for EV adoption, charging infrastructure, workforce development and renewable-energy integration over the next six years. The framework of the Draft Jammu and Kashmir Electric Vehicle Policy []

SRINAGAR: Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, the Russian commander accused by Ukraine of ordering the 2024 missile attack on Kyivs Okhmatdyt childrens hospital, has reportedly been seriously injured in a shooting in Russias Saratov region, according to Russian media reports and Ukrainian authorities. Varpakhovich, who commands Russias 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, was reportedly shot []

SRINAGAR :Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the distinction of becoming a Fully Literate Union Territory, recording a literacy rate of 98.43 per cent under the ULLASNav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (NBSK), Education Minister Sakina Itoo announced on Thursday. In a message marking the achievement, Itoo described it as a historic milestone and a moment of immense []