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SRINAGAR: Even as the snowbound Razdan Pass has emerged as an unexpected tourist destination, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has intensified snow clearance operations to restore traffic on the BandiporaGurez road, which remains closed due to heavy winter snowfall. An official said that the snow cutters have reached the upper reaches of Razdan Pass, situated []

SRINAGAR: In a remarkable display of surgical precision and critical care, doctors at the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department of the Super Speciality Hospital, Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu, have successfully saved the life of a 47-year-old man who suffered devastating chest injuries in a recent bus accident in Ramnagar. The patient was brought to []

SRINAGAR: Amid mounting allegations of medical negligence at Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag, Health Minister Sakeena Itoo on Saturday termed the controversy a deliberate attempt to defame the government, while strongly condemning incidents of violence against healthcare workers. Speaking to reporters in Baramulla, Itoo said the government has significantly upgraded healthcare infrastructure across the region, []

SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Anshul Garg on Saturday said all preparations have been put in place for a mega anti-drug rally scheduled to be held in Srinagar on May 3, 2026, under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyan. He urged the people from all walks of life to participate in the movement against the []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commissioner (SEC) Shantmanu on Saturday said that final electoral rolls for the Union Territory are likely to be ready between May 10 and 15, with voter enrolment witnessing an improvement of around 45 per cent during the ongoing revision exercise. Speaking to the media in Budgam, Shantmanu said the []

SRINAGAR: United States President Donald Trump on Saturday cancelled a planned visit by a high-level American delegation to Islamabad for a second round of talks with Iran, dealing a setback to ongoing diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions in West Asia. The delegation, led by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner, was scheduled []

SRINAGAR: World Veterinary Day-2026 was celebrated at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir campus at Shuhama on Saturday, with emphasis on the role of veterinarians in safeguarding food systems and public health. Observed globally on the last Saturday of April, this years themeVeterinarians: Guardians of Food and Healthframed the day-long event []

SRINAGAR: The Chintan Shivir of Ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports from States and Union Territories began in Srinagar on Saturday, with discussions focused on strengthening Indias sports ecosystem through coordinated action, policy convergence, systemic reforms, and grassroots implementation. Inaugurating the deliberations, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya said Indias ambition to []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has integrated more than 17,500 migrant ration cards into the National Food Security Act (NFSA) database, while the process for integrating around 8,000 additional cards is currently underway, officials said on Saturday. The update was reviewed in a meeting chaired by Principal Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation []

SRINAGAR: A motorcyclist was injured in a road accident on the SrinagarSonamarg Road in Kangan after his bike collided with a car, officials said. The injured rider has been identified as Muzafar Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ghulam Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Lalbazar Srinagar. He was riding a motorcycle bearing registration number JK01AS-0984 when it []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday asserted that the administration will act firmly against drug networks while emphasising that the battle against substance abuse must be fought collectively by society. Addressing a gathering in Samba as part of the ongoing 100-day drug-free Jammu and Kashmir campaign, he said the initiative aims []

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Saturday reviewed the progress of the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) in Jammu and Kashmir, highlighting its strong performance with over 1.11 lakh units established, generating Rs 368 crore in revenue and creating more than 2.45 crore man-days of employment across the Union Territory. Dulloo chaired a review meeting []

SRINAGAR: Police in Srinagar district have attached immovable properties worth approximately Rs 3.5 crore linked to accused persons involved in a narcotics case registered under the NDPS Act. The action was carried out by Police Station Sangam under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act in connection with FIR No. 56/2025 registered under Sections 8/20 and []

Kashmir needs robust counselling systems to broaden career horizons, address unemployment, and unlock global opportunities. The sudden spotlight on a handful of Kashmiri seafarers, as global attention turned to the Strait of Hormuz, offered more than a fleeting human-interest story. It revealed a possibility long obscured by geography and mindset: that young men and women []

SRINAGAR: The Legal Metrology Department seized 39 underweight LPG cylinders belonging to Bharat Gas during an enforcement drive in the Bemina area on the outskirts of Srinagar, officials said. The cylinders were found to be short in weight, with discrepancies ranging from around 800 grams to one kilogram, according to a Legal Metrology official involved []

SRINAGAR: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has issued a formal notification appointing Shantmanu (Retd) as the State Election Commissioner for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the order released by the General Administration Department from the Civil Secretariat, the appointment has been made under Section 36A of the Jammu and Kashmir []

SRINAGAR: Police in Jammu apprehended a suspected drug peddler during naka checking near the Jammu Municipal Corporation gate, recovering a heroin-like substance from his possession. The accused, identified as Sunny, a resident of Mouli Complex, Mouli Majra, Chandigarh, presently staying at Malik Market Jammu, was intercepted while riding a scooty bearing registration number JK02CD/4577. Police []

SRINAGAR: Police on Saturday launched coordinated narco cordon-and-search operations (CASOs) at nearly 20 identified hotspot locations across Anantnag district, targeting networks involved in drug trafficking. Officials said that multiple police teams carried out searches at the residences of alleged drug kingpins as part of an intensified crackdown on narcotics. The operations were conducted with the []

SRINAGAR: Several legislators and deputations today called on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here and apprised him of a range of issues concerning their respective constituencies, seeking timely intervention and resolution. MLA Ramnagar Sunil Bharadwaj, MLA Habbakadal Shamim Firdous, MLA Budhal Javaid Iqbal, MLA Kokernag Zaffar Ali Khatana, MLA Thanamandi Muzaffar Iqbal Khan and former minister []

SRINAGAR: Rescue teams on Friday continued an extensive search operation in river Jhelum to trace an 18-year-old youth who had jumped into the water from Budshah Bridge in Srinagars Lal Chowk area late Wednesday night, officials said. They said that in another incident, another man was rescued after a fresh jump attempt at the same []

SRINAGAR: A newborn baby has died at District Hospital (DH) Ganderbal due to alleged medical negligence, with the family demanding a thorough and transparent probe into the circumstances leading to the tragedy. According to the family from Gutlibagh, the expectant mother had been admitted to the hospital two days before the incident after her pregnancy []

SRINAGAR: The India Meteorological Department on Friday forecast partly to generally cloudy weather with spells of light rain and thundershowers across Kashmir over the next few days, while warning of heatwave conditions in parts of the Jammu region. According to the Meteorological Centre Srinagar, scattered to many places are likely to receive light rain or []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has begun drafting rules for the implementation of The Jammu and Kashmir Private Universities Act, 2026. Sources said that the Government has initiated the exercise of framing rules under the law. Minister for Education Sakina Masood Ittoo said she has directed that the Rules be framed at the earliest. []

SRINAGAR: The Australian High Commissioner to India, Philip Green, called on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today and held discussions on strengthening cooperation in agriculture and allied sectors. The meeting focused on expanding collaboration in areas such as horticulture and animal husbandry, with both sides exploring avenues for knowledge exchange, adoption of best practices, and capacity []

SRINAGAR: Intensifying its action against narcotics-linked assets, the district administration on Friday demolished residential properties belonging to two alleged drug peddlers on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said. Accompanied by heavy police deployment, bulldozers moved into Indira Nagar Colony in Miran Sahib and razed the houses linked to the accused individuals. Officials said the action []

SRINAGAR: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has accorded sanction for the delegation of Drawing and Disbursing (D and D) powers in respect of six headless institutions and offices under the School Education Department, pending regular arrangements. According to Government Order No. 161-JK (Edu) of 2026 issued by the School Education Department on April 23, []

SRINAGAR: Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday stressed that nations which uphold the dignity of their workforce are best positioned for sustained progress, asserting that worker welfare must remain central to governance. Mandaviya, who holds the portfolios of Labour and Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports, inaugurated a 30-bed hospital of the Employees State Insurance []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has issued a notification regarding the submission schedule for online permission-cum-examination forms for Class 10 and 12 Annual (Private)/Bi-Annual 2026 session across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, covering both winter and summer zone areas. As per the notification, re-appear and failure candidates of Class 10 []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has exposed another major land scam involving Custodian land in Jammu district, officials said here on Friday. In a statement, a spokesperson said the Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau again achieved a major success in extracting one of the major land scams in Jammu and Kashmir, wherein []

SRINAGAR: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday said that curbing drug addiction requires a collective societal effort, asserting that the government alone cannot eradicate the growing menace. Speaking to reporters, Abdullah said, Drug addiction has deeply affected our society. It cannot be eliminated unless parents and the public actively support the efforts. Government action []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday launched the Drug-Free JK Campaign in Reasi, calling for a united peoples movement involving communities, institutions, and individuals to combat the growing threat of drug abuse, which he said is weakening the social fabric. The Lt Governor said that in the past 12 days of intensified drive across []

SRINAGAR: A rusted pistol was recovered from a garbage dump near a girls higher secondary school in the Anchar area of Soura Srinagar after municipal sanitation workers alerted police during a routine cleaning operation on Friday. The firearm was noticed by workers while clearing accumulated waste in the locality. Recognizing the object as a weapon, []

SRINAGAR: Police in south Kashmirs Anantnag district on Friday registered four cases under the NDPS Act and arrested five accused in separate anti-drug operations across the district, officials said. At Police Post Sangam, acting on specific information, a police team raided the residence of Mohammad Younis Dar of Semthan and recovered 246 grams of charas []

SRINAGAR: Police in central Srinagar district have intensified their anti-drug enforcement operations by deploying a specialised narcotic dog squad at multiple locations across the district as part of an ongoing crackdown aimed at building a drug-free society. The move is part of a sustained enforcement drive under a national anti-drug initiative, with trained sniffer dogs []

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SRINAGAR: Police in central Kashmirs Ganderbal district have arrested two alleged drug peddlers and seized 100 bottles of Codeine Phosphate during a naka checking operation within the jurisdiction of Police Post Shadipora. Acting on the directions of the SSP Ganderbal and under the supervision of the Dy SP Headquarters Ganderbal, a police party signalled a []

SRINAGAR: Police in north Kashmirs Sopore have booked six miscreants under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for their involvement in recent law and order disturbances and acts of vandalism during a student protest. In a statement, police said the individuals have been identified as Umar Akbar Hajam, S/O Mohammad Akbar, R/O Seelu; Salman Ahmed Shala, []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has approved extensions in the tenures of the Vice Chancellors of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) and Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J). Professor Pragati Kumar, Vice Chancellor of SMVDU, has been granted a two-year extension upon completion of his existing three-year term on June []

SRINAGAR: Six tourists from Bengaluru were injured after a lift reportedly collapsed at a hotel in the Hyderpora area of Srinagar on Friday, and were later shifted to Bone and Joint Hospital Barzulla for treatment, officials said. The incident occurred at Hotel Arison Luxury in Hyderpora, where the group was staying. The injured were brought []

SRINAGAR: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Jammu Kashmir Assembly and senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma alleged that governance in the Union Territory has come to a standstill and ministers in the National Conference-led government remain absent from the ground amid mounting public issues. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at Sonwar here, []

SRINAGAR: Air defence systems were heard engaging what were described as hostile targets in parts of the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Thursday, Irans Mehr News Agency reported, as cited by Reuters, following earlier reports that air defence batteries had been activated in the city. The reason for the activation, and whether it was triggered by []

SRINAGAR: Doctors in Jammu and Kashmir have linked rising infertility levels to factors such as late marriages, sedentary and stressful lifestyles, imbalanced diets, and a lack of adequate awareness regarding reproductive health and timely medical care. They say infertility, once considered relatively uncommon in the region, is now being increasingly diagnosed among young couplesespecially womenemerging []

SRINAGAR: Rescue teams on Thursday continued an extensive search operation in the river Jhelum to trace a boy who jumped into the water from Budshah Bridge in Srinagars Lal Chowk area late Wednesday evening, officials said. The unidentified boy had jumped into the river from Budshah Bridge on Wednesday, prompting an immediate response from police, []

SRINAGAR: Large-scale civil defence mock drills were conducted across multiple districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to strengthen disaster preparedness, improve inter-agency coordination, and enhance emergency response mechanisms, officials said. According to the details, in Kishtwar, a major mock drill witnessed participation from police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Red Cross, local NGOs, NCC []

SRINAGAR: The Meteorological department Srinagar has forecast no significant weather activity across Jammu and Kashmir till the end of April, except for brief spells of rain and thundershowers on select dates. According to the forecast, issued by MET Srinagar the weather on April 23 is expected to remain partly cloudy with a possibility of light []

SRINAGAR: The Centre on Thursday issued a fresh advisory cautioning Indian nationals against travelling to Iran, stating that the resumption of some flight services should not be interpreted as normalcy due to ongoing airspace restrictions and regional tensions. Advisory as on 23 April 2026. pic.twitter.com/WIPNNtFspd India in Iran (@India_in_Iran) April 23, 2026 The []

SRINAGAR: A court in North Kashmirs Bandipora district on Thursday granted bail to an under-trial accused in a 2017 murder case, citing prolonged incarceration of nearly eight years, absence of strong corroborative evidence, and violation of the constitutional right to a speedy trial. The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sumbal, presided over by []

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has announced a series of scheduled power shutdowns across parts of Kashmir from April 25 to April 28 to facilitate maintenance works on transmission lines. According to Chief Engineer Distribution, the shutdown of 33 kV Alastang-Nagbal and 33 kV Alastang-Zakura lines will affect power supply to Shuhama, Baqura, []

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Thursday directed all departments to complete approvals and tendering by June for works under the Rs 3,440.43 crore plan for permanent restoration of damage caused by floods and related calamities in 2025, stressing time-bound execution and strict compliance with approved estimates. Chairing a high-level review meeting, Dulloo called for []

SRINAGAR: Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader and Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma on Thursday questioned recent claims regarding an alleged firing attempt on National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, asking whether any information had been shared with the police and calling for a thorough investigation into the matter. Speaking to reporters, Sharma said, Did Farooq Abdullah []