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SRINAGAR: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved draft Recruitment Rules for 129 Junior Scale posts across 15 departments and services of the Union Territory, paving the way for promotions of eligible government employees from feeder cadres. The proposed rules cover posts in the General Administration, Cooperative, Employment, Excise and Taxation, Consumer Affairs and []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat on Monday reviewed ongoing counter-terrorism operations in Poonch, with officials focusing on the activities and presence of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in the border district. Prabhat, accompanied by Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Tejinder Singh, is on a day-long visit to Poonch to []

SRINAGAR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir on Monday arrested two Field Supervisors of the Jammu and Kashmir Womens Development Corporation (JKWDC) for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe in connection with the release of a sanctioned Rs 3 lakh loan under the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) scheme. The arrests followed a written complaint []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has mandated that funds released under Part-I (Untied) of the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) 2026-27 be operated through the Single Nodal Agency (SNA) framework on the Public Financial Management System (PFMS). The Finance Department issued a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on September 10, outlining []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday held meetings with legislators, officials and deputations at the Civil Secretariat here, with discussions centred on constituency-level development issues and matters of public importance. Omar met Sonawari MLA Hilal Akbar Lone along with a delegation, which raised concerns related to development and public welfare in the constituency. Khansahib []

SRINAGAR: The Chief Education Officer (CEO), Anantnag, has ordered the immediate repatriation of 17 teaching officials to their original places of posting following requests from the Zonal Education Officer, Vailoo, and approval from the Directorate of School Education Kashmir. The order, directs the concerned officials to stand relieved from their present places of working forthwith []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has deputed four veterinary officers from the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir (DULB-K) to the BSF Frontier Headquarters veterinary hospital at Humhama to perform Animal Birth Control (ABC) surgeries on dogs. The deputation has been ordered under Government Order No. 186-JK(HUD) of []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed grief over a road accident in Reasi in which two persons were killed and several others injured. The Chief Minister conveyed his condolences to the families of those who died in the accident and directed the authorities to ensure the best possible medical treatment for the injured. []

SRINAGAR: The 10-day autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, beginning on September 21, is likely to witness sharp exchanges between the government and opposition over unemployment, job outsourcing, reservations, regularisation of daily wagers and unfulfilled electoral promises. The BJP, the principal opposition party in the Assembly, has accused the Omar Abdullah-led National []

SRINAGAR: Veterinary interns of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir (SKUAST-K), who are on strike over a demand for a hike in their stipend, met Agriculture Minister Javid Ahmad Dar at the Civil Secretariat on Monday. According to the interns, Dar informed them that the earlier proposal seeking an increase in their stipend had []

SRINAGAR: Three goats were killed and two others critically injured after a leopard attacked a herd in Hayatpura village of Manjakote area in Rajouri district. The incident occurred while the livestock, owned by Mohd Nisar Khan, son of Mohd Shareif, was grazing in the area, according to local residents. The leopard attacked the herd and []

SRINAGAR: A police constable was arrested here in South Kashmirs Anantnag district on Monday for allegedly hitting and injuring a Station House Officer (SHO) with his vehicle near the Bijbehara police station, officials said. The incident took place late Sunday night when SHO Majid Ahmad Khan was on duty and the vehicle struck him near []

SRINAGAR: An 18-year-old girl died of a gunshot injury under mysterious circumstances at her residence in the Panassa area of Thakrakote block in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir late last night. Officials said that the deceased has been identified as Priyanka Devi, daughter of Kapoor Singh, a resident of Panassa, Thakrakote. According to initial []

SRINAGAR: India won their eighth Womens Asia Cup title after defeating Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the 2026 final at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. India set Sri Lanka a target of 184 after Shafali Verma scored 68 off 39 balls and Smriti Mandhana made 59 off 39. Sri Lanka were then dismissed []

SRINAGAR: The Gulmarg Gondola will remain out of service from September 14 to 17 for its scheduled annual inspection, during which routine safety checks and maintenance work will be carried out. Both Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the cable car service will remain unavailable throughout the closure period. Operations are expected to resume immediately []

SRINAGAR: A 13-member media delegation from Srinagar began a five-day media tour of Chennai on Sunday, organised by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Srinagar Region, to provide journalists firsthand exposure to Central Government institutions, projects and initiatives in Tamil Nadu. The delegation, comprising 11 journalists and two PIB officials, arrived in Chennai on Sunday and []

SRINAGAR : Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar on Sunday reviewed the security situation, counter-terrorism grid, law and order preparedness and crime scenario during separate meetings in Baramulla and Sopore. Kumar was accompanied by Deputy Inspector General of Police, North Kashmir Range, Vinod Kumar. During his visit to Baramulla, the IGP paid homage []

SRINAGAR: Nine persons were injured after an Omni car rolled off the road near Sukrala in the Billawar area of Kathua district on Sunday evening, officials said. An official said the accident occurred when the vehicle rolled off the road near Sukrala. The injured were shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH), Billawar, for medical treatment and []

SRINAGAR: Station House Officer (SHO) of Police Station Bijbehara, Majid Ahmad Khan, was injured after being hit by a vehicle while performing his official duty in Anantnag district on Sunday evening. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that the incident occurred near Police Station Bijbehara when a vehicle struck the SHO while he was on []

SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the growing confidence of Global South countries in BRICS stemmed from the fact that their voices are heard, their experiences are respected and solutions are developed together with them, as he called for greater cooperation to tackle conflicts, climate disasters, pandemics and supply-chain disruptions. Addressing the extended []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said the Union Government must take serious and meaningful measures to restore peoples trust in Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that New Delhi would eventually have to restore the regions special position. Calling the Centres August 5, 2019 decisions a major mistake, Abdullah said the []

SRINAGAR: The Sawalkote Joint Action Committee (SJAC) has renewed its demand for safeguards for project-affected families, claiming that Ramban will bear 88 per cent of the submergence burden of the Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project, even as technical bids for the Rs 5,129-crore Lot-I of the project have been opened. The committee held a high-level meeting at []

SRINAGAR: A social media stunt involving a Mahindra Scorpio turned dangerous in Sonamarg on Friday after the SUV was driven into the fast-flowing waters of the Sindh River and became stranded. The incident occurred near Sindh Resorts, where the vehicle was reportedly taken into the riverbed as part of an attempt to film a social []

SRINAGAR: Police in Central Kashmirs Ganderbal district have traced three minor boys who went missing from Tulmulla and reunited them with their respective families following a 10-day search operation. Police said the boys were located at Daund Railway Station in Pune, Maharashtra, on September 9 with the assistance of Maharashtra Police. The case was taken []

SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Mohammad Umar Farooq, Aga Syed Hassan and Molvi Imran Raza Ansari on Sunday met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in New Delhi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit and discussed the escalating situation in the region, calling for restraint, dialogue and Muslim unity. During the meeting, the delegation expressed solidarity []

SRINAGAR: Two minor sisters died after being bitten by a snake at Manma Barmari village in the Kalakote subdivision of Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the sisters were sleeping in a room along with other family members when a snake appeared on the bed and []

SRINAGAR: Police have solved a hit-and-run case in Kokernag area of south Kashmirs Anantnag district by arresting the accused and seizing the vehicle allegedly involved in the incident, days after it occurred. According to police, the incident took place on September 6, when a person identified as Tariq Ahmad Khalas, son of Mohammad Sharief Khalas, []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board has prohibited the feeding of birds and distribution of Tahrir or food items within the premises of all Waqf shrines across Jammu and Kashmir. The directive has been issued under the directions of J&K Waqf Board Chairperson and Minister of State Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi, with the Board []

SRINAGAR: At least six persons were injured after an e-rickshaw met with an accident on the Bani-Dhaggar road at Charodi Duggan in Kathua district on Sunday. An official said that an e-rickshaw bearing registration number JK08R-2846 met with an accident at the location, leaving six persons injured. The injured have been identified as Koushala Devi, []

IMD forecasts fairly widespread light rain/thunderstorms from September 15 to 17; isolated thunderstorms with gusty winds of 40-50 kmph likely

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SRINAGAR: The Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) has said around 16,000 smart meters are currently reported as damaged, burnt or non-communicating across Jammu and Kashmir, dismissing media reports citing a figure of more than 25,000 as outdated. According to JPDCL, the latest data furnished by the concerned Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Providers (AMISPs) puts []

SRINAGAR: A comprehensive spatial mapping study has revealed that nearly half of the Poonch Forest Division in Jammu and Kashmir is exposed to moderate or high forest fire risks, driven heavily by flammable pine vegetation, local wind patterns, and human activity along forest boundaries. Published on February 25, 2025, in the peer-reviewed journal Discover Forests []

SRINAGAR: An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing in the Java Sea early Sunday after contact with the vessel was lost amid bad weather, the countrys search and rescue agency said. The vessel, Virgo Transport 8, had departed from Surabaya in East Java on Saturday for Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan when communication []

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Udhampur Mingpa Sherpa has suspended two officials for alleged dereliction of duty during the ongoing digital crop survey in the district. According to an official order, the suspended officials have been identified as Man Mohan, a GRS posted in the BDO Office Ghordi, and Rattan Lal, NYC, DYSSO. The order said the []

SRINAGAR: Three filmmakers from Jammu and Kashmir have won three of the nine awards presented at the inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir (IFFJK) 2026, marking a significant recognition of the regions emerging cinematic talent. Baba Tasaduq Hussain received the Best Cinematography Award for the documentary Naqsh-e-Daur (The Story of Ghulam Nabi Dhar), []

SRINAGAR: Ahead of the upcoming autumn session of the Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather has constituted the Business Advisory Committee (BAC). According to a notification, the committee comprises legislators from different political parties and has been constituted under Rule 317 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Legislative []

SRINAGAR: Saffron replanting has gained considerable momentum across the major saffron-growing areas of Pampore as farmers have begun actively rejuvenating their fields under the Jammu and Kashmir Comprehensive Investment Plan (JKCIP). The ongoing exercise aims to revive saffron cultivation, improve crop productivity, and restore the health of fields that have seen declining yields over the []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to experience generally dry weather over the next two days, with isolated to scattered rain or thundershowers expected during the late evening, according to the Meteorological Centre Srinagar. The weather is forecast to become more variable from September 14 to 16, when rain or thundershowers may occur at scattered []

SRINAGAR: Three people were killed and scores injured after Russian missiles and drones struck 10 regions of Ukraine, hitting residential buildings as well as civilian and critical infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, according to Al Jazeera. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a post on social media said Russia had launched an attack involving more []

SRINAGAR: National Health Mission (NHM) employees across Jammu and Kashmir continued their strike for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday affecting hospital services as they pressed the government to fulfil their long-pending demands. In Anantnag, around 700 NHM employees remained off duty, causing difficulties for patients and affecting healthcare services. The employees said they would []

SRINAGAR: A 50-year-old woman died after she fell unconscious at the railway station in north Kashmirs Baramulla district on Saturday, officials said. An official said that the woman fell unconscious at the railway station and was soon shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) Baramulla for treatment, where doctors declared her dead. She was identified as []

SRINAGAR: Power supply to several areas of Jammu and Samba districts will remain affected on September 13, 14 and 16 due to scheduled maintenance works, the Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) said. According to JPDCL, power supply to Talabtillo, Trilokpur, Bohri, Udheywala, Machelian, Marh, Gajansoo, Gho Manhasan and adjoining areas will remain affected on []

SRINAGAR: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday, with the two leaders reviewing India-Iran relations and discussing their longstanding cultural and people-to-people connections. Murmu welcomed Pezeshkian on his maiden visit to India and acknowledged Irans support during Indias BRICS presidency. The meeting also focused on the longstanding friendship between []

SRINAGAR: In a welcome step aimed at improving womens safety and mobility, e-rickshaws reserved for women have been introduced on parts of Srinagar roads, including the Batamaloo area. The initiative is aimed at providing women commuters with a dedicated and more comfortable mode of public transport, particularly for those travelling alone or during busy commuting []

SRINAGAR: Srinagar MP Agha Ruhullah Mehdi on Saturday described November 3 as the point when he would break those chains and free himself, in his clearest indication yet of a political break from the present National Conference leadership and of a possible new political course after that date. First let me free myself from []

SRINAGAR: The Ladakh State Board for Wildlife (SBWL) has rejected a sub-committee report on the proposed final boundaries of three protected areas, directing that the rights and claims of local communities be settled through public hearings within two months. The decision was taken at the 16th meeting of the newly constituted SBWL, chaired by Lieutenant []

SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations across Jammu and Kashmir as part of its investigation into a cross-border terror conspiracy involving Pakistan-based handlers of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its network of Over Ground Workers (OGWs). According to an NIA handout, the searches were carried out in Kupwara, []

SRINAGAR: A sudden hailstorm accompanied by heavy rainfall damaged standing paddy crops in several parts of Ganderbal district between Friday night and Saturday, while a severe hailstorm also struck villages in and around Kunzer and Tangmarg in north Kashmir overnight. According to local farmers, paddy fields in Malikpora, Pati Devpora, Gogjigund, Kurag and Sehpora were []

SRINAGAR: Health Minister Sakina Itoo on Saturday warned that the Jammu and Kashmir Government could be forced to take action if National Health Mission (NHM) workers continued their protest, while urging the employees to return to duty. Itoo said the government did not want to take such a step, but the continued absence of NHM []