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SRINAGAR: Protests were held after Friday prayers in Chhatroo and Kishtwar town on Friday following the death of a 14-year-old schoolgirl while she was being referred from Kishtwar to Doda for medical treatment related to termination of pregnancy. The girl, a school-going minor, died during the referral, following which police registered a case and arrested []

SRINAGAR: The Supreme Court on Friday reduced the mandatory legal practice requirement for law graduates seeking to appear in entry-level judicial service examinations from three years to one year, modifying its May 2025 ruling. A three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices A.G. Masih and K. Vinod Chandran delivered the decision by a []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has placed 10 Junior Scale JKAS officers at the disposal of the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, for duties related to the first International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir, scheduled from September 7 to 10, 2026. The deployment was ordered by the General Administration Department through Government Order No. 1423-JK(GAD) []

SRINAGAR: A motorcyclist was killed after his motorcycle collided with a truck in the Kanispora area of north Kashmirs Baramulla district on Friday, officials said. An official said that the rider sustained injuries in the accident and was shifted to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival. The deceased was identified as []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday called for greater innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture and allied sectors, saying the fields are emerging as major areas of opportunity for Jammu and Kashmirs youth. Sinha made the remarks while inaugurating new infrastructure at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu, and launching the Startup []

SRINAGAR: Gold prices in India rose on Friday, with the price of the precious metal increasing to Rs 13,985.11 per gram from Rs 13,904.04 a gram on Thursday, according to data compiled by FXStreet. The price of gold also increased on a per-tola basis, rising to Rs 163,119.60 from Rs 162,174.00 a tola a day []

SRINAGAR: The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has upheld the severe displeasure awarded to Brigadier P Acharya, who was commanding a Rashtriya Rifles (RR) Sector in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch region, over the deaths of three civilians during interrogation following a December 2023 militant ambush in which four Army personnel were killed, two of them beheaded. []

SRINAGAR: Ladakh is set to undertake a coordinated push to strengthen its pashmina sector, with the administration focusing on reducing production bottlenecks, improving raw material availability, expanding spinning and weaving capacity and opening up national markets for local entrepreneurs. Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra reviewed the sector at a meeting involving government departments, SKUAST, SIDCO, entrepreneurs, []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has appointed 50 officers as liaison officers for visiting dignitaries and delegates attending the first International Film Festival of Jammu Kashmir, scheduled to be held from September 7 to 10, 2026. The appointments were made through Government Order No. 1422-JK(GAD) of 2026, issued by the General Administration Department on []

SRINAGAR: The Army on Friday safely destroyed a live mortar shell recovered from the Mankote sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The unexploded shell was detected in the Dabraj area, following which the Armys Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was deployed to deal with the explosive. []

SRINAGAR: Indian Railways has approved a third Vande Bharat Express between Jammu Tawi and Srinagar via Udhampur, providing an additional rail service on the busy Jammu-Kashmir route. The new service will operate as Train Nos. 26407/26408 Jammu Tawi-Srinagar-Jammu Tawi Vande Bharat Express, according to a letter from Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared by Union Minister []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered the transfer and posting of 24 Block Development Officers (BDOs) and equivalent officials across the Union Territory with immediate effect. The orders were issued by the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj under Government Order No. 234-JK(RD&PR) of 2026 dated August 20, 2026. All officers covered []

SRINAGAR: The body of a 42-year-old man was recovered from the Dughwan forest area on the outskirts of Srinagar early Friday morning, officials said. An official said that the mans body was found in the Dughwan forest area and was taken to PHC Harwan, where doctors declared him brought dead. He said the body was []

SRINAGAR: Police in central Kashmirs Ganderbal district have seized four tippers for allegedly extracting and transporting minor minerals illegally within the jurisdiction of Police Station Kheerbawani. The vehicles were found involved in the extraction and transportation of mining material without valid authorisation, in violation of prescribed norms, police said. The tippers were seized on the []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department has constituted an Inquiry-cum-Audit Committee to investigate alleged tampering of Service Books and financial irregularities, including suspected fake salary withdrawals, at the office of the Block Medical Officer (BMO), Darhal. The committee has been tasked with conducting a detailed inquiry and audit of payroll records []

SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said restoration of Jammu and Kashmirs special constitutional status remained at the top of the partys political agenda, asserting that the NC would continue its struggle for its restoration. Addressing a gathering, Dr Farooq said the special constitutional status reflected Jammu and []

SRINAGAR: IAS officer Choudhary Mohammad Yasin, a 2015-batch AGMUT cadre officer who has served in several key administrative positions in Jammu and Kashmir, has been relieved from the Puducherry Administration to enable him to join in Mizoram. The Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry issued the relieving order in pursuance of an order of the Ministry of []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed criminal proceedings against pharmaceutical company Albert David Limited in a case arising from a drug sample declared substandard, holding that the company was deprived of its statutory right to have the sample re-tested after the sample allegedly failed to reach the Central Drugs []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered the immediate transfer and posting of a large number of engineers in the Power Development Department (PDD) as part of administrative arrangements for the smooth functioning of official work. The transfers and postings were ordered under Government Order No. 181-JK(PDD) of 2026, dated August 20, 2026, issued []

SRINAGAR: A 45-year-old dumper driver died of an electric shock after the vehicle he was driving came in contact with an overhead 33-KV power line while unloading in the Rajarwani area of Uri in north Kashmirs Baramulla district on Thursday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that incident occurred when the []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department has ordered the transfer and posting of 35 Range Officers Grade-II, In-charge Range Officers and In-charge Block Officers with immediate effect, in a major administrative reshuffle across forest, social forestry, wildlife and related divisions. The transfers have been ordered under Forest Order No. 69 of 2026, dated August []

SRINAGAR: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Mission YUVA and IIM Jammu have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to mentor, incubate and scale youth-led innovative startups in Jammu and Kashmir. The agreement brings together SKUAST-Ks incubation infrastructure, Mission YUVAs financial and institutional support and IIM Jammus selection and mentoring []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved the selection and promotion of 10 faculty members of SKIMS, Soura, Srinagar and SKIMS Medical College and Hospital (MCH), Bemina, to higher grades and posts under the Assessment Merit Promotion Scheme (AMPS). The promotions were approved on the basis of recommendations of the JK Public Service Commission []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday trapped a Junior Building Inspector of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant. The accused, Gazala Akhter, posted as Junior Building Inspector in SMC Ward No. 28, Srinagar, allegedly demanded the bribe in connection []

SRINAGAR: Employees of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Thursday staged a protest inside the Assembly premises against a General Administration Department (GAD) order deputing KAS officer Bilal Ahmad Mir to the Assembly Secretariat. The protesting employees raised slogans and objected to the deputation, saying the move was contrary to the established rules and []

US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose sweeping new economic penalties on Iran and countries that continue to provide financial, commercial or logistical support to Tehran. Trump said the measures would amount to the toughest economic campaign ever imposed against a country, but did not specify the countries that could be targeted or outline []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs has directed all its Directors and Heads of Offices to refrain from issuing transfer and posting orders without prior approval of the Administrative Department. The directions have been issued through Circular No. 06-JK(FCS&CA) of 2026 following observations that several transfer and posting []

SRINAGAR: The number of people treated for drug addiction at centres supported by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in Jammu and Kashmir has increased nearly nine-fold in five years, rising from 5,382 in 2021-22 to 46,491 in 2025-26. The figures were disclosed by the Ministry in Rajya Sabha in response to a []

SRINAGAR:The Central Government has approved a two-year extension of the central deputation tenure of Shah Faesal, IAS (AGMUT:2010), who is serving as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Culture. The extension, approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, will continue from September 19, 2026, until September 18, 2028, or until further orders, whichever is []

SRINAGAR: A delegation of the Institution of Engineers (India), Jammu and Kashmir State Centre, led by its chairman Er Ferdous Ahad Bhat, FIE, on Thursday met newly appointed NIT Srinagar Director Prof Anurag Misra, FIE, and discussed ways to strengthen collaboration between the two institutions. The delegation welcomed Prof Misra on his new assignment and []

SRINAGAR: A 45-year-old woman died after an SUV collided with a Tata Mobile vehicle in the Akhal area of Kangan in central Kashmirs Ganderbal district on Thursday. Officials said the accident occurred when a Scorpio collided with a Tata Mobile near Akhal, leaving the woman seriously injured. The injured woman was shifted to Sub-District Hospital []

SRINAGAR : An unidentified body was recovered from a river in the Nowshera area of Rajouri district on Thursday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that some locals engaged in contract-related work spotted the body floating in the river and subsequently informed the police. Following the information, a police team along []

SRINAGAR: The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) have put forward a set of non-negotiable demands ahead of their proposed dialogue with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in September, insisting that any future arrangement for Ladakh must address its political, financial and constitutional concerns. The two organisations submitted a joint memorandum []

SRINAGAR :Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday called for greater focus on technology, green growth, formalisation and export competitiveness to strengthen the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the second edition of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) MSME Conclave 2026 in Jammu, Sinha said MSMEs were central to []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has placed two Assistant Section Officers of the JK Secretariat (Subordinate) Service as In-charge Section Officers on an officiating basis for a period of six months or until the posts are filled on a regular basis, whichever is earlier. The decision was issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) []

SRINAGAR: A 30-year-old man was killed while his pillion rider was injured after the motorcycle they were travelling on was hit by an unknown vehicle at Main Market Hajin in north Kashmirs Bandipora district on Wednesday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the duo were travelling on a motorcycle when []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has accorded sanction to the regular promotion of 29 Senior Scale Stenographers of the Head of Departments cadre as Private Secretaries in the Jammu and Kashmir Private Secretary to Head of Departments (Gazetted) Service. The promotions have been ordered under Government Order No. 1420-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated August 19, []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted a committee to examine issues affecting the career progression of employees appointed under the Prime Ministers Package for Kashmiri Migrants and employees of the JK Relief Organisation (DMRRR). The committee has been constituted under Government Order No. 1419-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated August 19, and has been given []

SRINAGAR: The Railway Ministry has approved an increase in the maximum permissible speed of trains to 100 kmph on the 111-kilometre Katra-Banihal broad gauge rail section under the Jammu Railway Division of Northern Railway. The revised limit replaces the earlier permissible speeds of 85 kmph between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Sangaldan and 75 []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred JKAS officer Bilal Ahmad Mir from his post as Sub-Registrar, Khansahib, and posted him as Deputy Secretary in the JK Legislative Assembly with immediate effect. According to Government Order No. 1415-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated August 19, Mir was also holding additional charge of Sub-Registrar, Budgam before his []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered the transfer and posting of three engineers, all holding the charge of Executive Engineer, in the Power Development Department with immediate effect. According to Government Order No. 179-JK(PDD) of 2026, Er. Sunil Gupta has been posted to STD-I, Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL), Jammu, after being []

SRINAGAR: Pulwama came alive on Tuesday evening as the second edition of the Royal Premier League cricket tournament opened under floodlights, drawing thousands of spectators to the Sports Stadium and turning the conflict-affected district into a venue of sport and celebration. MLA Pulwama Waheed Para claimed more than 20,000 people attended the inaugural match of []

SRINAGAR : In a first-of-its-kind move among Union Territories, Ladakh has approved 4 per cent horizontal reservation for outstanding sportspersons in direct recruitment to Group C non-gazetted government posts, officials said on Wednesday. Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena approved the reservation under the new Ladakh Sports Policy, 2026, with the administration subsequently notifying the Union []

SRINAGAR: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) CEO Rajit Punhani on Tuesday assured Jammu and Kashmir of technical and financial support to strengthen the Union Territorys food testing infrastructure and improve food safety compliance. Punhani made the assurance during an interactive meeting with food business operators (FBOs), trade and industry associations and other []

SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday urged visiting US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor to review and withdraw the highest-level travel advisory against visiting Kashmir, saying it was affecting the livelihoods of families dependent on tourism. The least the US Ambassador Sergio Gor @USAmbIndia can do is review and withdraw []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered a case against BJP Kisan Morcha leader Aijaz Ahmad Shah for alleged cheating and criminal intimidation in Pulwama district, officials said on Tuesday. The FIR was registered at Tral police station under Sections 420 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), they said. As the alleged offence []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has declared August 26, Wednesday, as a holiday and December 19, Saturday, as a working day for the court. According to a notification issued by the Registrar General of the High Court, August 25, Tuesday, which was shown as a holiday on account of Eid-i-Milad-un-Nabi []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rain and thunderstorms over the next 24 hours, with the Meteorological Centre Srinagar warning of isolated thunder, lightning and gusty winds in parts of the Kashmir division and more intense weather activity in the Jammu division. According to the weather []

SRINAGAR: An elderly woman died after being hit by a car near the Bypass in Sopore area of north Kashmirs Baramulla district on Wednesday. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the accident occurred when an Alto car, travelling from Sopore towards Bandipora, hit a pedestrian near Sofi Akber Road, Bypass, in Sopore. []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir have to be resolved by the Centre and not by Washington, ruling out raising any grievances with US Ambassador to India and Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs Sergio Gor during their scheduled meeting. Gor is set to arrive in []