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SRINAGAR: The Union Government has abolished two temporarily created posts of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) in Jammu and Kashmir with effect from August 1, 2026. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change issued an office order dated October 16, stating that the decision had been taken on the recommendation of the Joint []

SRINAGAR: Weather conditions across Jammu and Kashmir are expected to remain mainly dry until the evening of October 23, with light rain and snowfall forecast at some places on October 24 and 25, the Meteorological Department said on Sunday. An official of the department said October 18 would remain generally dry, although brief spells of []

SRINAGAR: The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has terminated the Rs 436.37-crore contract for the Kishtwar Bypass project under Package-IV of National Highway-244, citing prolonged delays, failure to achieve contractual milestones and unsatisfactory execution by the contractor. According to the termination notice issued by NHIDCL, the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract []

SRINAGAR: Two men have been detained and a car seized after a parking dispute involving a Srinagar-bound bus near a dhaba in Haryanas Karnal district left a passenger injured and damaged the vehicles windowpanes, police said. The incident took place on October 17 at Divine Star Dhaba, where an argument reportedly broke out between the []

SRINAGAR: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday inaugurated the newly constituted Ladakh Bench of the Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court in Leh, with hearings scheduled to begin on October 21. Supreme Court judges MM Sundresh, PS Narasimha and Arun Palli, along with judges of the High Court, attended the inauguration. Attorney General []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Office has raised the reported attack on a Delhi-Srinagar bus with the Haryana Government, expressing concern over the safety of passengers and seeking action in the matter. The Haryana administration has assured prompt and stringent action in accordance with the law, the Chief Ministers Office said in a []

SRINAGAR: The body of a 50-year-old man was found dead near a flyover in the Gujjar Colony area of Jammu on Sunday morning, officials said. An official said that the body was spotted by locals near the under-construction flyover in Gujjar Colony, Channi Himmat, Jammu, early in the morning. He said police rushed to the []

SRINAGAR: An elderly Kashmiri passenger was injured after unidentified persons allegedly pelted stones and bricks at a Srinagar-bound bus near Kurukshetra in Haryana, prompting Jammu and Kashmir political leaders to call for action against those responsible. The bus, operated by Star World Ventures and registered in Jammu and Kashmir, was travelling from Delhi to Srinagar []

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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police have cautioned people against ClickFix cyber attacks, in which fraudsters use fake CAPTCHA prompts, browser error messages, account verification pages and software update alerts to trick users into executing malicious commands. The warning highlights how cybercriminals exploit seemingly legitimate pop-ups to deceive users into compromising their devices and online security. []

by Asif Iqbal Naik SRINAGAR: Kishtwar Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the alleged sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old girl and the subsequent termination of her pregnancy in Dachhan. The accused was produced before a court in Kishtwar on Saturday and remanded to six days of police custody. The accused has been []

SRINAGAR: Defending champions Jammu and Kashmir will take on Vidarbha in their second Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match at the Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar from Sunday, October 18, with the four-day fixture scheduled to conclude on October 21. The match will begin at 9:30 am, with Jammu and Kashmir aiming to strengthen their []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Jayant Singh for approving Strategic Investment Plans worth Rs 475.41 crore to upgrade Industrial Training Institute (ITI) clusters in the Union Territory under the PM-SETU initiative. The Chief Ministers Office announced the development []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved the transfer of 671 kanals of land in Samba to the Industries and Commerce Department for developing a Plug-and-Play Industrial Park under the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna (BHAVYA). The project aims to provide ready-to-use industrial infrastructure, essential services and streamlined approval processes to help businesses establish operations []

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has implemented a revised power curtailment schedule across the Kashmir Valley from October 17, with the duration of scheduled outages varying according to feeder categories and their operational status. The schedule covers feeders under various Sub-Transmission Divisions (STDs) across the Valley, including Srinagar, Pulwama, Bijbehara, Ganderbal, Anantnag, []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has constituted a grievance-cum-monitoring cell to address complaints, queries and other examination-related issues during the forthcoming annual examinations. The cell will register grievances, ensure their timely disposal and initiate corrective action wherever necessary. It will function under the direct supervision of the Secretary, JKBOSE, according []

SRINAGAR: The Power Development Department (PDD) is all set to announce a new Load Curtailment Plan (LCP) for consumers in the Kashmir division, which will include extra hours of load shedding in the high AT&C losses. An official informed that the local DISCOM, Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited (KPDCL) is likely to announce a revised []

SRINAGAR: With the onset of pre-winters, Kashmir is reeling under power deficiency of nearly 300 MWsthus raising a question on the regions preparedness for upcoming peak winters. An official informed that, In Kashmir, the power demand nowadays remains around 1350 Megawatts (MW). He said, During the peak hours, we generally nowadays have a power demand []

SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday called on the administration to address the recruitment concerns of agriculture graduates who have been staging a peaceful protest for 27 days. Mufti urged the government to review SRO-433 and SRO-442, which govern the Agriculture Extension Officer (AEO) and Junior Agriculture Extension Officer (JAEO) []

SRINAGAR: A 19-year-old girl, who was injured in a motorcycle accident in Ladakh, succumbed to her injuries at Srinagar hospital on Saturday, 55 days after the accident, officials said. An official said that the girl was referred to Srinagar hospital from District Hospital Leh on August 23 in critical condition. He said the girl was []

SRINAGAR: The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Kashmir has arrested a Baramulla resident and seized 266 grams of heroin during an operation near Fruit Mandi in Parimpora, Srinagar, officials said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Mohammad Rastum Lone, a resident of Limber in Baramulla district, was apprehended following specific information about suspected narcotics-related activities in []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena on Friday laid the foundation stones for two water reservoirs at Barchay and Apati in Sodh tehsil of Kargil district, with a combined storage capacity of 6070 lakh litres, to address water scarcity affecting agriculture and rural livelihoods. The reservoirs are being developed under Project Him Sarovar []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Mahila Congress workers staged a protest in Srinagar on Saturday, demanding action against senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, opposing alleged voter deletions and seeking justice in the 2022 murder of Ankita Bhandari in Uttarakhand. Scores of women activists gathered at the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters on MA []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a petition challenging an order allowing two defendants to contest a Rs 1.35-crore recovery suit unconditionally, holding that their claim that the disputed Rawalpora land was State property raised genuine issues requiring a trial. Justice Rajnesh Oswal, while delivering the judgment on October 14, upheld []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has shifted three examination centres in Budgam district for students appearing in the Annual Regular 2026 examinations of Classes 10, 11 and 12 scheduled for October-November. According to a notification issued by the boards Sub Office Budgam, the changes affect examination centre numbers 117018, 217010 []

SRINAGAR: In a first-of-its-kind collective religious initiative, more than 70 major Friday congregations across Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh responded to the call of the Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema Jammu and Kashmir (MMU) by delivering sermons on the common theme of Imaan (faith) on Friday, October 16. The coordinated effort brought together religious institutions representing different schools of []

SRINAGAR: The Centre has approved Strategic Investment Plans (SIPs) worth Rs 475.41 crore under the PM-SETU initiative to modernise two Industrial Training Institute (ITI) clusters in Jammu and Kashmir, with Rs 240 crore earmarked for the Jammu cluster and Rs 235.41 crore for the Srinagar cluster. Chief Minister has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister @narendramodi []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Headquarters has adjusted six IPS officers of the AGMUT cadre to different positions in Jammu and Kashmir and ordered the transfer and posting of 12 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) with immediate effect. According to Police Order No. 2897 of 2026, dated October 17, the six IPS officers of []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that eligible ad hoc, contractual and consolidated employees covered by the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act, 2010, become entitled to regularisation once they fulfil the statutory conditions, and that the government cannot arbitrarily postpone the benefit until a formal regularisation order is []

SRINAGAR: The Government of India has sanctioned a non-productivity-linked ad-hoc bonus equivalent to 30 days emoluments for eligible Central Government employees for the accounting year 2025-26, with the calculation ceiling fixed at Rs 7,000 per month. The Ministry of Finances Department of Expenditure issued an office memorandum on October 15, 2026, conveying the Presidents sanction []

SRINAGAR: Police have solved a house theft case in Bijbehara area of south Kashmirs Anantnag district by arresting the accused and recovering stolen gold jewellery worth approximately Rs 2 lakh, officials said on Saturday. The case was registered on October 5 after Safe Farooqi, son of Farooq Ahmad and a resident of Veer, lodged a []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Under-19s defeated Tamil Nadu by six wickets in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy Elite Group Stage match in Chandigarh on Friday, chasing down a target of 239 with six wickets in hand. Tamil Nadu were bowled out for 238 in 47.1 overs at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16, before J&K reached 239 for []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police have cautioned people against ClickFix cyberattacks, in which fraudsters use fake CAPTCHA prompts, browser error messages and bogus verification or software update pages to trick users into executing malicious commands. According to the advisory, cybercriminals use deceptive messages such as Im not a robot, Click here to fix the issue []

SRINAGAR: All 24 Indian seafarers aboard two vessels involved in separate incidents in the Strait of Hormuz and Romania are safe, with no injuries or fatalities reported, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has said. Sonowal said in a social media post that crude oil tanker MT ST 3, carrying 15 Indian []

SRINAGAR: Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) is likely to remain slow at several stretches on Saturday due to single-lane road conditions, ongoing construction work and the movement of nomadic herds, the Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police said. In its traffic advisory for October 17, the Traffic Police Headquarters said very slow movement was []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir fast bowler Auqib Nabi has been named in Indias 16-member ODI squad for the fourth and fifth matches of the series against New Zealand, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday. The squad selection is another major milestone in Nabis cricketing career, following his impressive performances []

SRINAGAR: Hammad Altaf Hafiz, a fifth-semester BA LLB student at the University of Kashmirs School of Law, has won the ILTN Vibecode Laws Vibethon 2026 with CourtSync, a legal-technology platform designed to help lawyers track cases, monitor court proceedings and manage hearing schedules. Hafiz received a cash prize of Rs 75,000 and an internship []

SRNAGAR: Ladakhs Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) have rejected the draft proposals submitted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on constitutional safeguards and the structure of a proposed Union Territory-level elected body, citing a wide gap between the Centres offer and their demands. The decision follows a meeting between []

SRINAGAR: Traffic Police City Srinagar on Friday announced that the Paddle for Peace event scheduled for October 18, 2026, has been postponed, withdrawing the traffic advisory issued in connection with the event. In a statement, the Traffic Police said the notified traffic restrictions would not be imposed following the postponement. Earlier, the Traffic Police had []

SRINAGAR: Security forces on Friday evening recovered and destroyed an improvised explosive device (IED) during an anti-terror operation in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmirs Rajouri district. Officials said joint teams of the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police, with assistance from intelligence agencies, conducted the operation in the Thungwali area of Kandi, []

SRINAGAR: The Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) has ordered an inquiry into the death of a pregnant woman from Gurez in north Kashmirs Bandipora district, asking a four-member committee to determine whether medical negligence was involved. Haseena Begum, wife of Showkat Ahmad Lone and a resident of Mazgund village in Tulail, died on October []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday ordered the transfer and posting of 27 officers as In-charge Administrative Officers across various departments and offices in the Union Territory. According to an order issued by the Jammu and Kashmir General Administration Department (GAD), the transfers and postings have been ordered with immediate effect. As per []

SRINAGAR: A 45-year-old man from Bemina died after suffering a heart attack while riding his scooty near Karan Nagar in Srinagar on Friday, officials said. An official said that the man collapsed on the road near the cremation ground crossing in Karan Nagar. Locals spotted him lying unconscious and shifted him to SMHS Hospital Srinagar, []

SRINAGAR: The Department of Animal Husbandry, Ganderbal, has issued a public awareness advisory on Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), urging livestock owners to report suspected cases immediately, prevent infected cattle from mixing with healthy animals and avoid moving livestock from affected areas. The advisory follows an outbreak reported last month, when more than 350 cattle were []

SRINAGAR: The Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema Jammu and Kashmir (MMU) on Friday launched a coordinated religious awareness initiative across mosques and Imambargahs in the Kashmir Valley, Jammu, Chenab Valley, Kargil and Leh, with Imaan (faith) chosen as the theme of its first common Friday sermon. The initiative follows the decisions taken at the MMU Ulema Conference on []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has notified the retirement of 30 members of the Jammu and Kashmir Secretariat (Subordinate) Service during 2027, including Section Officers, Assistant Section Officers, Junior Secretariat Assistants and other ministerial and support staff posted in various departments and government offices. The General Administration Department (GAD) issued the notification on October []

SRINAGAR: The Ladakh administration on Friday notified five new tehsils covering 31 revenue villages across five districts of the Union Territory, while transferring the powers of the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Durbuk, to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Durbuk. Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena announced the creation of the five tehsils on X, saying the move []

SRINAGAR: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of a viral video allegedly showing senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan verbally abusing, humiliating and threatening a junior woman officer during an official review meeting in Jammu and Kashmir. The commissions chairperson, Vijaya Rahatkar, has written to the Chief Secretary of Jammu []

SRINAGAR: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday called for the removal of IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan from Jammu and Kashmir over his alleged misconduct towards a woman officer, saying the incident had embarrassed the administrative community. Speaking to reporters in Srinagar, Abdullah said he felt ashamed after watching a video of the incident []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered an inquiry into allegations of misconduct by IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan towards JKAS officer Beenish Wani, directing the inquiry officer to submit a report within 15 days. According to Government Order No. 1654-JK(GAD) of 2026, issued by the General Administration Department on October 16, Mandeep Kaur, []