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SRINAGAR: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean off Vanuatu on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The epicentre was located about 204 kilometres west-north-west of Port-Olry, the agency said. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres, according to the USGS.

SRINAGAR: Britain will deploy Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets on defensive missions over Saudi Arabia to help protect cities and critical infrastructure from Houthi missile and drone attacks, media reports said, as the conflict in Yemen escalates. The UK Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that the aircraft would defend Saudi airspace but []

SRINAGAR: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Mumbai on Tuesday to discuss regional and global issues, including developments in the Middle East. During the meeting, Rubio highlighted the potential of expanded energy trade between the United States and India to diversify Indias supply chains and meet its []

SRINAGAR: More than 250,000 people have been displaced across Yemen between August 1 and October 17 as hostilities intensified, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, warning that thousands of families remain in need of shelter amid severe funding shortages. The figure has risen from nearly 213,000 reported earlier, with Taiz accounting for []

SRINAGAR: Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday questioned claims of normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that people from the Union Territory continue to face suspicion, hostility and restrictions both within the region and in other parts of the country. Addressing a press conference, Ruhullah cited the recent incident involving a bus carrying Kashmiri []

SRINAGAR: A hand grenade found near Hanuman Temple in the Chityar area of Rajouri district was safely destroyed by a Bomb Disposal Squad after children playing nearby spotted the suspicious object and alerted the police, officials said. Police personnel reached the spot after receiving the information and cordoned off the area as a precautionary measure. []

SRINAGAR: A family from Layser village in Rafiabad has appealed to the public to help trace their 15-year-old daughter, Uzma Irshad, who has been missing since October 19 after appearing for her Class 10 board examination at Government Higher Secondary School, Dangiwacha. The family said Uzma left the examination centre and later reached Watergam village, []

SRINAGAR: The Ladakh Administration has appointed Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) officer Imteeaz Kacho as Deputy Commissioner of the newly created Sankoo district as part of a reshuffle involving three officers. According to Government Order No. 510-LA(GAD) of 2026, issued by the General Administration Department on October 20, Kacho, who was serving as Deputy []

SRINAGAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Jammu and Kashmir MLA Shagun Parihar as national vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the partys youth wing. Parihar represents the Kishtwar Assembly constituency in Jammu and Kashmir. Her appointment places her in a key national organisational position within the BJYM. She is the []

SRINAGAR: The Ladakh Administration has ordered the transfer and posting of 14 police officers, including IPS and JKPS officers, with immediate effect, assigning new responsibilities across the Union Territory. The transfers were ordered through Government Order No. 88-Home of 2026, dated October 20, issued by the Home Department of the Ladakh Administration in the interest []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested six alleged drug peddlers in Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag districts on Tuesday and seized suspected narcotic substances, officials said. In Shopian, police intercepted an Alto car bearing registration number JK22C-4688 during a naka check at Circuit House. The vehicle was travelling from Sedow towards Shopian with two occupants, from []

SRINAGAR: Protesting MBBS and BDS interns in Jammu and Kashmir have decided to continue their agitation until the government issues a formal order confirming the proposed increase in their monthly stipend to Rs 25,000. The interns stand comes amid reports of a possible hike following an announcement by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. However, the proposed []

SRINAGAR: In a major development for medical and dental graduates undergoing compulsory internship in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has approved the enhancement of their monthly stipend from Rs 12,300 to Rs 25,000, with the Health and Medical Education Department directed to issue the necessary orders immediately. Top government sources said that the []

SRINAGAR: National Conference MP from Srinagar, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, on Tuesday questioned the performance of the Jammu and Kashmir government, saying people were disappointed over the lack of progress on political promises, employment, reservation and other public concerns. Speaking to reporters, Ruhullah said the government must explain what it had achieved in restoring constitutional []

SRINAGAR: A total of 1,807 runners, including 73 foreign participants, have registered for the third Kashmir Marathon, scheduled for October 25, with the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department seeking to establish the event as an annual fixture and promote the region as a sports tourism destination. Registration figures show that 1,221 participants are from Kashmir []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has upheld an Armed Forces Tribunal order granting disability pension to an ex-serviceman, Babu Ram, holding that the medical boards unexplained rejection of his claim could not override the legal presumption in his favour. A Division Bench of Justice Sindhu Sharma and Justice Shahzad Azeem dismissed a []

SRINAGAR: India has rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir in resolutions adopted by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), accusing Pakistan of using the grouping to advance its political agenda and divert attention from its domestic problems. In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described the references to India as malicious, []

SRINAGAR: Cristiano Ronaldo has been handed a 30-day suspension and fined 255 by the Portuguese Football Federation for leaving the national teams training camp ahead of a match against Denmark. The disciplinary action against the 41-year-old captain was announced on Monday. However, the suspension has been backdated to September 30, the day he left the []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered the annual Darbar Move of offices from Srinagar to Jammu for the 202627 winter season, with all moving offices scheduled to reopen in Jammu on November 2. Under Government Order No. 1664-JK(GAD) of 2026, issued by the General Administration Department on October 19, offices observing a five-day []

SRINAGAR: Fifty-three people were killed and 200 injured in an attack on a government security forces training camp in Yemens Shabwa province on Monday, according to the Associated Press (AP), amid escalating fighting between the Iran-aligned Houthis and government forces. Local authority sources, speaking to AP on condition of anonymity, said the Houthis had fired []

SRINAGAR: Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Ram Prakash, who served in the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir cadre, died in Chandigarh on Sunday. Prakash was remembered in police, administrative and political circles for a high-profile confrontation with former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Mohammad Shah, popularly known as GM Shah. He served in the []

SRINAGAR: As many as 988 people who moved to foreign countries are believed to be living in conditions resembling cyber slavery, while 66 human trafficking cases have been registered in Jammu and Kashmir, including 54 in the Kashmir zone and 12 in the Jammu zone, SSP Crime Jammu and Kashmir Mohammad Anwar-ul-Haq said on Monday. []

SRINAGAR: Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) is likely to remain slow at several stretches on Tuesday due to road damage, ongoing construction work and the movement of nomadic herds, the Traffic Police Headquarters, Jammu and Kashmir, said in its advisory for October 20. The advisory follows slow traffic movement between 4 pm on []

SRINAGAR: French authorities will impose overnight curfews in four northern communes for two nights following violence and looting during nationwide protests against rising living costs and fuel prices, public broadcaster Franceinfo reported on Monday. The curfews will be enforced from 8 pm to 6 am local time in Lille, Douai, Wattignies and Denain, with the []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has posted JKAS officer Parvinder Kour as Deputy Commissioner, Relief Organisation (Migrants), Jammu, against an available vacancy. According to a government order, Kour was previously serving as Registrar, District Doda, with the additional charge of General Manager, District Industries Centre (DIC), Doda. The order formalises her posting to the []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu Railway Division is set to establish an Integrated Control Office (ICO) at Jammu Tawi to bring the control units of various departments under one roof and improve coordination, train operations and operational efficiency. The foundation stone for the facility was laid by Divisional Railway Manager Jammu Vivek Kumar on Monday, a railway []

SRINAGAR: Kashmiri folk theatre artist Ravice Rashid, popularly known as Rayees Wathori, has received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2025 in the folk theatre category for his contribution to Bhand Pather, the traditional folk theatre form of Jammu and Kashmir. Wathori received the award in New Delhi from Union Minister for Culture and Tourism []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested five alleged drug peddlers in Awantipora and Anantnag and seized charas and other suspected narcotic substances in separate operations, police said on Monday. According to a police statement, a team from Police Post Toll Plaza intercepted a suspicious person at K Koot Crossing in Awantipora during a checkpoint []

SRINAGAR: The Government of India has sought Rs 4.12 crore from the Jammu and Kashmir Government after a project to establish modern facilities for grading, packing and storing apples failed to materialise despite repeated deadline extensions over nearly two decades. The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), functioning under the Union Ministry []

SRINAGAR: A 25-year-old motorcyclist died after his motorcycle collided with a car at Frastop in Potushai, in north Kashmirs Kupwara district, on Monday, reports said. The deceased was identified as Aijaz Ahmad Khan, a resident of Potushai in the Lolab area. According to reports, Khan was riding a motorcycle when it collided with a Swift []

SRINAGAR: Security forces on Monday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including nine under-barrel grenade launcher (UBGL) grenades, from a cave in a forest area of Rajouri district, sources said. Sources said that the recovery was made during a search operation in the Chor Hill-Panch Gabbar area of Koteranka tehsil. During the operation, troops []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has appointed 30 lecturers in Environmental Science in the School Education Department, with the selected candidates to receive salaries under Pay Level 9, ranging from Rs 52,700 to Rs 1,66,700. The appointments were approved through Government Order No. 446-JK(Edu) of 2026, dated October 19, on the recommendations of the []

SRINAGAR: Intern doctors in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday warned of further protests over the delay in issuing a revised stipend order, alleging that the government had failed to honour its assurance on the matter. A delegation of MBBS and BDS interns visited the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar to meet officials and seek an update []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a charge sheet against a postal assistant accused of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 6,500 for facilitating the release of a subsidy under the Prime Ministers Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). The charge sheet against Mudasir Ahmad Najar, posted at the Sub Post Office []

SRINAGAR: Punjab Police have launched an investigation after a stone was allegedly thrown at a Srinagar-bound passenger bus near Doraha in Ludhiana district late Sunday night, cracking a window on the passenger side. Khanna SP (D) Rakesh Yadav said police received information about the incident through the 112 helpline at around 11 pm to 11.30 []

SRINAGAR:Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said the expansion of the Council of Ministers was expected after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha returns to the Valley. Speaking to reporters in Budgam district of central Kashmir, Abdullah said the Lieutenant Governor was currently in New Delhi and the expansion was expected following his []

SRINAGAR: More than 97,000 students appeared in the annual regular Class 10 examinations conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Monday, with examinations held at 1,003 centres across the Kashmir Valley and the winter-zone areas of Jammu division. According to JKBOSE officials, 72,232 students are registered in Kashmir division and []

SRINAGAR: A 45-year-old woman was injured after jumping from a window upon seeing her son hanging at their home in the Mahore area of Jammu Kashmirs Reasi district on Monday, officials said. An official said that a heart-wrenching incident occurred in Baggodas village of Mahore tehsil, where a young boy was found hanging at his []

SRINAGAR: Gold futures prices rose by Rs 436 to Rs 1,48,354 per 10 grams on Monday, supported by fresh positions taken by traders amid firm spot demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the gold contract for December delivery gained Rs 436, or 0.29 per cent, to trade at Rs 1,48,354 per 10 grams. The []

BEMINA A Srinagar court has convicted a man, his mother and his brother of murdering his wife, Tasleema, by smothering her at their Bemina home in June 2022. Additional Sessions Judge Farooq Ahmad Bhat acquitted the two sisters-in-law, giving them the benefit of doubt. The court relied on medical evidence establishing homicidal smothering and circumstantial []

SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has sought Union Home Minister Amit Shahs intervention to strengthen Jammu and Kashmirs cultural sector, calling for dedicated funding for local programming on Doordarshan and Akashvani and sustained support for artists and other cultural practitioners. In a letter to Shah, Mehbooba urged the authorities to ensure regular production and broadcast []

Survey of 750 people across six villages in Kishtwar finds pressure on high-value Himalayan plants from climate change, deforestation and overharvesting; researchers call for community-led conservation that protects local livelihoods SRINAGAR: A study of traditional ecological knowledge in Paddar Valley has documented 75 plant species used by local communities, principally for medicine but also for []

by yk Ik and Vanessa Evers Autonomous AI systems, from humanoid robots to drones and self-driving vehicles, are blurring cybersecurity and physical safety boundaries, demanding stronger regulation, accountability, secure infrastructure and human oversight before widespread deployment. A new generation of autonomous AI systems, including drones, self-driving vehicles and humanoid robots, can perceive the world, make []

SRINAGAR: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for the firing incident targeting Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai on Sunday, according to a report by The Times of India. A message posted by Anil Pandit, an alleged aide of the gang, named Pandit and Harman Sandhu as those taking responsibility for the incident. According []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has shifted the examination centre for Secondary School Examination (Class 10) Annual Regular 2026 from Government Boys Higher Secondary School Kangan to Mohammadia English Medium School Kangan in Ganderbal district. According to an official communiqu issued by the JKBOSE District Office, Ganderbal, examination centre number []

SRINAGAR:Kishtwar Police have arrested a father-son duo for the alleged murder of Special Police Officer (SPO) Bashir Ahmed, whose body was recovered from a nallah in the Seran Wani area of Trigam forest after he went missing with his service weapon on October 15. The accused have been identified as Bashir Ahmed Dar, son of []

SRINAGAR: Annual Class 10 examinations conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) begin on Monday, with around 2.7 lakh students set to appear in the Class 10, 11 and 12 examinations across Kashmir and the winter-zone areas of Jammu. Education Minister Sakina Itoo on Sunday extended her best wishes to the []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference president and Handwara MLA Sajad Lone on Sunday condemned the attack on a DelhiSrinagar passenger bus in Haryana, describing it as a hate-driven act of violence against civilians and calling for strict legal action against those responsible. In a statement, Lone said the targeting of a bus carrying ordinary []

SRINAGAR: The Directorate of School Education Kashmir has issued a pre-termination notice to a teacher posted at a middle school in Rainawari, Srinagar, over prolonged unauthorised absence from duty, giving her 15 days to explain why action should not be initiated against her under the service rules. According to the notice dated October 14, 2026, []

SRINAGAR: Traffic diversions and restrictions will be imposed on several roads in Jammu city on October 20 to facilitate two major Dussehra processions, with the Traffic Police advising commuters to avoid the designated routes during the movement of the Jhankis. According to a public notice issued by Senior Superintendent of Police, Traffic City Jammu, Amit []