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SRINAGAR: The proposed Rs 104.02-crore Plug-and-Play Industrial Park at Nowgam has come under intensified environmental and planning scrutiny, with two environmental groups questioning its compatibility with the Srinagar Master Plan-035 and a State Administrative Council decision that explicitly restricted construction along the Pantha Chowk=Nowgam corridor because it forms part of a flood-absorption basin. The Environmental []

SRINAGAR: Anantnag Police has booked an alleged habitual fraudster under the Public Safety Act (PSA), citing concerns over his activities and their impact on public order. The action has been taken against Tasaduq Hussain Dar, son of Ab. Gani Dar, a resident of Sadoora in Anantnag, after the District Magistrate, Anantnag, issued a detention warrant []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted District Highway Safety Task Forces across the Union Territory to strengthen road safety measures, identify accident-prone locations and ensure compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court. The General Administration Department issued Government Order No. 1412-JK(GAD) of 2026 on August 18, in compliance with the Supreme Court []

by Umaima Reshi SRINAGAR: A 50-acre industrial park proposed at Nowgam in Srinagar is set to be developed as a fully integrated plug-and-play industrial hub at an estimated cost of Rs 104.02 crore. The project is designed primarily to cater to Kashmirs horticulture value chain, food processing, light manufacturing, logistics, warehousing and digital services. The []

SRINAGAR: The 13th edition of the Ladakh Marathon is set to offer a record prize purse of Rs 1 crore, marking a major expansion of one of the worlds highest-altitude endurance sporting events. Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, today launched the official jersey for the 13th edition of the marathon, formally setting the []

SRINAGAR: A 50-year-old man was killed after the scooty he was riding collided with a truck at Fruit Mandi in Parimpora area of Srinagar on Tuesday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the accident occurred at Fruit Mandi, Parimpora, when the mans scooty collided with a truck bearing registration number []

SRINAGAR: Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Lone on Tuesday dismissed reports claiming that he had boycotted the Independence Day parade in Kupwara, terming the reports pure gibberish. Lone said that no such incident had taken place and clarified that he was not even present in Kupwara on the day of the Independence Day celebrations. There is []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness a spell of fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rain and thunderstorms over the next several days, with the Meteorological Centre Srinagar forecasting continued wet weather across both divisions. According to the weather bulletin issued by the Meteorological Centre, Srinagar, on Tuesday, fairly widespread to widespread []

Drawn by better returns, people living on water-scarce hillsides in Jammu and Kashmir are replacing labour-intensive maize with the relatively low-maintenance lavender. The shift has taken root, but with annual production still around 3,000 litres and turnover barely Rs 10 crore, it may be too early to call it the purple revolution as officials claim []

SRINAGAR: A woman was killed while her son sustained injuries after the scooty they were travelling on skidded off the road in Amerbugh area of Imam Sahib in south Kashmirs Shopian district on Tuesday. An official said the woman was riding pillion on the scooty being driven by her son when the vehicle skidded off []

SRINAGAR: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet against a Budgam resident for allegedly attempting to influence an ongoing Crime Branch investigation by transferring money into the bank account of an investigating officer. The chargesheet was filed before the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, in FIR No. 28/2026 []

SRINAGAR: A Five Central Reserve Police Force personnel were injured after a Crpf vehicle collided with a truck near Levdura area of Qazigund on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Tuesday morning. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that the injured personnel were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. The injured have been []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday called for regular interfaith dialogue and greater participation of youth and communities in initiatives aimed at strengthening social harmony, saying dialogue was key to building trust and peace. Addressing the *Mulaqat* programme organised by the Save Youth Save Future Foundation in Pulwama, Sinha said people belonging to different []

SRINAGAR: The Sopore Police District on Monday ordered a reshuffle of officers, transferring and posting seven police personnel to different police stations and police posts with immediate effect. According to an order issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Sopore, Inspector Ayaz Rasool Geelani has been transferred from DPL Sopore and posted as SHO Police []

SRINAGAR : With the first International Film Festival of J&K (IFFJK) scheduled to be held from September 7 to 10, the administration has begun working on tourism, sightseeing and hospitality arrangements for national and international guests attending the festival. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg on Monday chaired a meeting to review preparations for the festival, []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) MLA from Zadibal and chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq on Monday hit out at the BJP over its protest against the Omar Abdullah-led government, saying the party should first explain the continued delay in restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Sadiq said the BJP had every democratic right to []

SRINAGAR : The Jammu and Kashmir Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Backward Classes Development Corporation has decided to intensify recovery of long-pending loans and introduce an online system for loan recovery and disbursement of welfare schemes. The decision was taken at the 46th meeting of the Corporations Board of Directors, chaired by Minister for Social []

SRINAGAR: The Pulwama district police have ordered a reshuffle of four Station House Officers (SHOs) and shifted two probationary Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySPs) for practical training. According to an order issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Pulwama, on August 17, probationary DySPs Mohd Waseem and Fizza Hamid have been moved from their []

SRINAGAR : Srinagar Lok Sabha member Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Monday said he has made up his mind to resign from Parliament in the coming months, but indicated that an intervention by National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah could lead him to reconsider the decision if the party accepts a set of political proposals. []

SRINAGAR: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to initiate land acquisition proceedings and pay compensation and rental dues for nearly eight decades of use of land that was taken over in 1953 for a police station in Kangan, Ganderbal, without any formal acquisition. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a chargesheet against 10 persons, including seven officers of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), in connection with alleged illegal and unauthorised construction in Ward No. 28 of Batamaloo near Tiny Hearts School, Tengpora. The chargesheet in FIR No. 06/2023 registered at Police Station ACB Srinagar []

SRINAGAR: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday reviewed the steps being taken by the National Testing Agency (NTA) to reform its examination system and directed strict compliance with established protocols and an overhaul of its confidential operations architecture. Pradhan held a meeting with the Secretary, Department of Higher Education, NTA Director General and other []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir-born IAS officer Arjun Gupta, a 2024-batch officer of the AGMUT cadre, has been posted as Joint Commissioner (Industries) in Delhi with immediate effect. Gupta, who hails from Trikuta Nagar in Jammu and has roots in Ramkot village of Kathua, secured All India Rank 32 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) []

SRINAGAR: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Sub-Inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, posted at Police Station Janipur in Jammu, in an alleged bribery case. The CBI registered a case on August 16 based on a complaint alleging that the accused officer had demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has returned a petition filed by the Union of India seeking substitution of an arbitrator in a dispute with M/s PNSC Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., holding prima facie that the seat of arbitration had been fixed at Delhi and that the dispute must therefore be taken before []

SRINAGAR: A woman died while her husband was injured after the scooty they were travelling on was hit by an Alto car near Hiranagar Morh in Kathua district on Monday, officials said. Quoting an official, the news agency KNO reported that the accident occurred near a petrol pump at Hiranagar Morh when an Alto car []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has informed the High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC) that 6,737 Rohingyas and 46 Bangladeshi nationals are residing across 10 districts of the Jammu region, while 919 Rohingyas and 458 Bangladeshis have been identified across districts of the Kashmir Valley. The data was presented to four members of the []

SRINAGAR: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has operationalised the much-awaited 2.79-km Sungal Tunnel on the Jammu-Poonch road, providing a safer and faster link towards Rajouri, Poonch, Nowshera and other areas of the Pir Panjal region. Constructed through the Kalidhar Range at an estimated cost of Rs 600 crore, the two-lane tunnel bypasses a difficult and []

SRINAGAR : A 30-year-old man was injured in a bear attack in Sarhandi Colony of Khonmoh on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday, officials said. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the man was attacked by the bear in the colony and suffered injuries. He was shifted to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar for []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has set aside a Family Court order granting custody of two minor children to their father and directed that the children continue to remain in the custody of their mother, holding that their welfare would be better served by remaining in Kashmir. Justice Sanjay Dhar, in []

SRINAGAR: Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was disrupted on Monday after a landslide struck the Darmathal-Dewal stretch in the Udhampur-Chenani sector, with the Srinagar-bound upper tube among the worst-affected sections. The landslide brought mud, boulders and debris onto the highway, forcing authorities to restrict and regulate traffic as clearance operations were launched. The National []

SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday described herself as a dimaagi Naxal after Union Minister Kiren Rijiju listed supporters of Article 370 among those he said could be termed dimaagi Naxals. Reacting to Rijijus post on X, Mehbooba said, I support Article 370. Im a dimaagi Naxal. []

SRINAGAR: The annual Shri Budha Amarnath Ji Yatra began from Jammu on Monday as Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch of devotees from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas amid tight security arrangements. Sinha extended his greetings to the pilgrims and wished them a safe and spiritually fulfilling journey to the revered shrine in []

SRINAGAR : Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said the Shri Baba Budha Amarnath Ji Yatra is a sacred journey of devotion, discipline and unity, urging devotees to follow the path of dharma and truth in their daily lives. Addressing the inaugural function of the annual pilgrimage, Sinha said the yatra was not merely a []

SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq will deliver a sermon at the revered shrine of Hazrat Khawaja Naqshband Sahib (RA) at Khawaja Bazar, Nowhatta, on Monday on the occasion of Khawaja Digar. The Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar said the sermon will be delivered on 3rd Rabi al-Awwal, corresponding to August 17, in accordance []

SRINAGAR: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will re-conduct the UGC-NET June 2026 examination for English, Commerce and Sociology after an expert committee found multiple factual, typographical, translation and other errors in the question papers. The UGC-NET June 2026 examination was conducted from June 22 to 30 across 87 subjects for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), eligibility []

SRINAGAR: The self-enumeration phase of Census 2027 will begin on Monday in the snow-bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir and across the Union Territory of Ladakh, officials said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference in Leh, Director Census Operations for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Amit Sharma, said self-enumeration in the snow-bound areas of J&K []

SRINAGAR: A man was injured after being attacked by a bear in Shiv Dakri area of Khonmoh on the outskirts of Srinagar on Sunday, officials said. An official said that the man sustained injuries in the attack and was shifted to a hospital by his family members for treatment. The injured was identified as Ajaz []

SRINAGAR : A 26-year-old youth died in a road accident in Thajiwara area of Achabal in south Kashmirs Anantnag district on Sunday. Officials identified the deceased as Owais Ahmad Shah, son of Mohammad Yaseen Shah, a resident of Shirpora, Anantnag. Officials said the injured youth was shifted to Government Medical College, Anantnag, where doctors declared []

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo has directed departments to accelerate the formulation and execution of projects under the Rs 1,579.09-crore disaster recovery package approved for Jammu and Kashmir, stressing that reconstructed infrastructure must be made resilient to future disasters. Dulloo issued the directions while reviewing the implementation of the Recovery and Reconstruction (R&R) Plan-2025 and []

SRINAGAR: Two persons died while two others are in critical condition after an Eco vehicle met with an accident at Kandi Morha in Kotranka subdivision of Rajouri district on Sunday. Officials said the accident occurred when the vehicle, bearing registration number JK11D 7667, was travelling from Kandi towards Mohra. Six persons were injured in the []

SRINAGAR : A Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched in Jophar area of Ramnagar in Udhampur district on Sunday following reports of suspicious movement in the area. Sources said the operation was initiated after inputs were received regarding the movement of some individuals in the area. Following the information, joint teams cordoned off the []

SRINAGAR: Ukraine launched one of its largest aerial offensives against Russia since the beginning of the war, sending hundreds of drones towards several Russian regions and Moscow overnight, killing at least six people and damaging homes, railway infrastructure and a major warehouse. Russias Defence Ministry said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed **822 Ukrainian []

SRINAGAR: Former West Bengal Assembly deputy speaker and veteran Trinamool Congress leader Ashis Banerjee was found hanging inside a TMC party office near his residence in Hattala Para area of Rampurhat in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, police said. Banerjee, 74, had represented the Rampurhat Assembly constituency for nearly 25 years before losing the seat []

SRINAGAR: Residents of Karkroo Mohalla in Nambla area of Uri in north Kashmirs Baramulla district have raised concerns over the quality of drinking water after dead rats were allegedly found inside a water storage tank and supply pipelines serving around 25 to 30 households. The incident has sparked concern among residents, who questioned the hygiene []

SRINAGAR: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination, opening the window for candidates to raise objections against the answers. Candidates can submit challenges online from August 16 to August 18 up to 11:59 pm. A processing fee of Rs 200 will be []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to experience fairly widespread light to moderate rain and thunderstorms over the next 24 hours, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting another spell of wet weather across the Union Territory during the coming days. According to the weather forecast issued by the Meteorological Centre, Srinagar, at 11 am []

SRINAGAR: Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma on Saturday criticised Chief Minister Omar Abdullahs Independence Day speech, terming it irresponsible and alleging that it could create an atmosphere of confusion in Kashmir. Sharma said the Independence Day platform should have been used to highlight national unity, pay tribute to soldiers []

by Dr Iqra Shafi Across Asia, Gen Z is reshaping political activism through digital mobilisation, issue-based movements and demands for accountability, opportunity, transparency and institutional reform From the streets of New Delhi to Kathmandu and Jakarta, we are witnessing a striking pattern emerge. The faces leading contemporary protests are not seasoned activists or veteran politicians []

Kashmirs drug crackdown shows impressive numbers, but lasting change demands community ownership and supply-chain reform. The Narcotics Control Roadmap 2026-29 marks a serious escalation in Jammu and Kashmirs fight against narcotics, and the figures justify the seriousness. NDPS cases have quadrupled, arrests have tripled, and property attachments have risen nearly nineteen-fold in a single year. []