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WASHINGTON: Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick has declared that he would bring a bipartisan Bill to block President Donald Trumps move to lift sanctions on Russian diesel after talks with President Vladimir Putin. Fitzpatricks move has received support from outgoing Congressman Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, who has decided to co-sponsor the legislation. However, the []

FDA continues special enforcement drive across J&K 106 inspections conducted; 18 cases compounded; 20,000 fine imposed SRINAGAR: Food & Drugs Administration (FDA), J&K, continues its special inspection, enforcement and awareness drive targeting street food vendors operating in busy markets and high-footfall areas across all the districts to ensure the availability of safe, hygienic and wholesome []

PARAS Health Gurugram &IMA Jammu Chapter bring advanced cardiac interventions, complex clinical cases and emerging technologies into focus JAMMU: From next-generation leadless pacemakers designed to offer long-term performance to cutting-edge structural heart interventions, advances in cardiology took centre stage at a Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme hosted by PARAS Health Gurugram in association with []

SRINAGAR: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) in collaboration with Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI) will host the 13th Sustainable Mountain Development Summit alongside the Jammu & Kashmir Agriculture Science Congress-2026 from 12 to 14 October 2026 at its Shalimar Campus. The three-day national-level event, themed Contouring Sustainable Himalayan Landscapes for Inclusive []

SRINAGAR: The Annual Athletics Meet (Men and Women) commenced at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, with around 150 students participating in the event organised by the institutes Student Activity and Sports (SAS) Centre. The meet aims to promote physical fitness, sportsmanship and healthy competition while encouraging students to balance academic pursuits with sports []

DC calls for responsible use, leveraging tech for career development, societal good KULGAM: Information Department Kulgam, in collaboration with Government Degree College (GDC) Kulgam on Saturday organised a seminar on Social Media Ethics under the Youth Engagement/Empowerment Plan at GDC Kulgam to sensitise students about the responsible and ethical use of social media. Deputy Commissioner []

Four former CMs held; Kejriwal, Mamata released; FIR likely over assault on personnel; Wangchuk threatens hunger strike Demonstrators and security personnel during an agitation by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged electoral roll irregularities, in New Delhi, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. Credit: PTI Photo NEW DELHI: In a []

Srinagar, Oct 10: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has extended greetings to the people on the eve of Navratri, which commences tomorrow, October 11, 2026. In a message, the Lieutenant Governor said: Greetings and warm wishes to everyone on the auspicious occasion of Navratri. As the nine sacred days of prayers of Maa Durga begin, we []

NC Chief calls for respecting opposition, peaceful protest Srinagar, Oct 10: The Centres tackling of protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi is a reminder of the treatment people of Kashmir have faced over years, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said on Saturday, asserting that suppressing the voice of the opposition, and denying people []

MET forecasts rain, thunderstorms, gusty winds on Oct 13-14 Srinagar, Oct 10: Light rain lashed parts of Kashmir on Saturday, while higher reaches, including Gulmarg, witnessed fresh light snowfall as the Meteorological Centre Srinagar forecast generally dry weather across Jammu and Kashmir for most days over the coming week. According to the weather department, a []

Bring Imams across sects together to strengthen faith, reform society: Chairperson Dr Andrabi Srinagar, Oct 10: The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board, under the chairmanship of Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi, has decided to constitute a Core Committee of Muftis, Imams and Khateebs to identify and finalise common topics for Friday (Juma) sermons across shrines, Jamia []

Pattan, Oct 10: Police have solved seven cases in the Pattan and Kreeri subdivisions of north Kashmirs Baramulla district, recovering stolen property including copper utensils, electric poles, copper and gold jewellery, with investigations in one major theft case leading to Awantipora and Leh, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Baramulla Gurinder Pal Singh said on Saturday. []

Hits back at GCC over business reform concerns Urges group to back criticism with evidence Srinagar, Oct 10: The Federation of Chambers of Industries Kashmir (FCIK) has expressed deep anguish and strong resentment over the apprehensions voiced by the Group of Concerned Citizens (GCC) regarding the recently enacted Jammu and Kashmir Ease of Doing Business []

Srinagar, Oct 10: Chief Justice High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati on Saturday interacted with judicial officers in the Conference Hall of the District Court Complex, Srinagar, and later attended a felicitation programme organised by the Kashmir Advocates Association. During the interaction with judicial officers, Chief Justice emphasised []

To highlight peoples issues Srinagar, Oct 10: The BJP in Jammu and Kashmir will launch protests across districts against the government to highlight peoples issues, Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Sunil Sharma said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters here, Sharma said, The way the government is currently functioning in Jammu and Kashmir, it []

DEOGHAR (JHARKHAND):) Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan on Saturday said the vision of Viksit Bharat can become a reality only when all states, districts and villages develop together. He said Jharkhand could emerge as a powerful centre of inclusive and sustainable development with the right investment in education, healthcare, skills, technology and entrepreneurship. Prime Minister Narendra Modi []

NEW DELHI: The national capital was turned into a fortress on Saturday as police launched a sweeping crackdown, detaining CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and nearly 500 protesters, foiling their bid to reach Jantar Mantar, while the Opposition denounced the situation as worse than the Emergency. Dipke and two other CJP leaders, Saurav []

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump struck a deal with Russia for the supply of diesel to the US and global markets, weeks after the US Congress authorised him to impose steep tariffs on top purchasers of oil and gas from Moscow. Trump announced the deal on Friday after a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, []

Reasi, Oct 9: KNT: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel deployed at Salal Power Station in Jyotipuram, Reasi district, reportedly died after sustaining a gunshot injury from his service rifle on Friday. The personnel was identified as Mushtaq Ahmad, son of Muhammad Din, a resident of Maadi in Reasi district. Local sources said that []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah today offered Friday congregational prayers at the revered Aasar-e-Sharief Dargah Hazratbal in Srinagar. Along with thousands of devotees, he prayed for lasting peace and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir. He prayed for the glory of Islam, the success and well-being of Muslims, the prosperity []

SRINAGAR: Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi, Chairperson of the Jammu & Kashmir Waqf Board, has strongly condemned the alleged assault on Kashmiri youth Fahim Nazir in New Delhi, calling the incident deeply disturbing and demanding an impartial investigation. Fahim Nazir is a son of Kashmir and a son of India. The Prime Minister is the Prime []

Delegation seeks transparency in expenditure, institutional support for local platforms SRINAGAR: A high-level delegation of the Kashmir Film & Television Association (KFTA) today called on Jenab Sajjad Ghani Lone, President of the Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference, and apprised him of the concerns and grievances of the indigenous film fraternity of Jammu & Kashmir. The []

GANDERBAL: Department of Communication and Journalism (DCJ), Central University of Kashmir (CUKashmir), organised a special lecture on AI for the Newsroom: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in the Newsroom at Tulmulla Campus here, on Wednesday. The lecture was organised as part of the weekly Research Round Table meant for scholars and students to provide them with an []

GANDERBAL: The All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Poultry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), organised a training-cum-distribution programme under the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST), also known as the Tribal Sub Plan, at Diginibal, Ganderbal. The programme was attended by 40 tribal farmers, mostly women. Each beneficiary []

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to take corrective steps on the proposed closure of entry gates at Delhi Metro stations and roads surrounding the national capital on October 10, saying restrictions must take into account the difficulties faced by commuters travelling to the Delhi from the National Capital Region (NCR). []

MUMBAI: Leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) lashed out on Friday, claiming that the Centre was afraid of Gen Z and had resorted to imposing an Emergency as authorities ordered a shutdown of transport networks and transformed the national capital into a fortress ahead of a planned protest in Delhi. The crackdown comes as []

Devotees arrive from across country, pray for peace, communal harmony Budgam, Oct 09: Nearly 50,000 devotees from different parts of Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country participated in the annual Urs of revered Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Nooruddin Noorani (RA), popularly known as Sheikh-ul-Aalam, at Charar-i-Sharief in central Kashmirs Budgam district on []

Srinagar, Oct 09: In a major administrative shake-up, the Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday ordered the transfer and posting of 100 senior police officers across the Union Territory with immediate effect. According to an order issued by the Home Department, the reshuffle includes officers from both the Indian Police Service (IPS) and Jammu and []

October 09: IGP Kashmir Sujit Kumar Singh, IPS, distributed commendation certificates, appreciation letters and rewards to police personnel of District Budgam in recognition of their exemplary work and contribution towards effective policing. The event was held in the presence of DIG Central Kashmir Range Shri Rajiv Pandey, IPS. The recipients included SSP Budgam Hariprasad KK, []

Key conspirator among three more arrested Srinagar, Oct 09: A man suspected of being a key conspirator in an alleged criminal syndicate that duped people with promises of government jobs, admissions to educational institutions outside Jammu and Kashmir, and lucrative business deals is among three more persons arrested in Budgam district, police said on Friday. []

Says Act not doable, not practicable in current form Srinagar, Oct 09: A group of citizens from Jammu and Kashmir on Friday appealed to the government to revisit the recently passed amendments to the Ease of Doing Business Act. The amendments, passed in the recent autumn session of the J-K Legislative Assembly, replace permission-based control []

New Delhi, Oct 09: The GST Council, comprising Centre and state Finance Ministers, has rationalised the maximum term of imprisonment for GST offences to up to 5 years, a fine, or both, and changed the punishment from imprisonment and fine to imprisonment or a fine or both. The maximum term of imprisonment has been rationalised []

District-level engagement to begin from Bandipora Srinagar: Addressing the Friday congregation at Jama Masjid Srinagar, Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Mohammad Umar Farooq paid glowing tribute to Hazrat Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani (RA), Alamdar-e-Kashmir, recalling his enduring spiritual, moral and cultural contribution to the lives for Kashmiris for all generations to come . Mirwaiz said Sheikh-ul-Alams Shruks enriched []

Budgam: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Sujit Kumar on Friday said police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are working in close coordination with the civil administration to ensure the smooth conduct of the annual Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Nooruddin Noorani (RA) at Charar-i-Sharief in central Kashmirs Budgam district. Speaking to media persons []

Kupwara: An Assistant Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF) died after being found unconscious in north Kashmirs Kupwara district on Friday, officials said. An official said that the BSF personnel was found unconscious and unresponsive in the Doban area here in Kupwara. He was immediately shifted for medical assistance but was declared dead. The []

Journalism has its role, should not be rolled: Delhi Police on journalists covering protests NEW DELHI: (Oct 9) Journalism has its role; journalism is not to be rolled, the Delhi Police said in a post on X, with Additional DCP Manjeet Sheoran saying that some protesters come as journalists one day and participate in protests []

Ganderbal, Oct 09 (GNS): Two youth from Srinagar reportedly lost their way in the forest area of Rayil Gund in central Kashmirs Ganderbal district while out on a trekking expedition. Officials told GNS that the missing youth have been identified as Huzair and Minaan, both residents of Srinagar. The duo had reportedly called Dial []

Asks govts, telcos, financial companies to team up New Delhi, Oct 08: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a global framework to tackle cross-border cyber frauds and the growing threat of deepfakes, urging governments, technology companies, telecom operators and financial institutions to come together for a mechanism to prevent such frauds before they []

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 8: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today attended the 57th meeting of the GST Council, chaired by Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, in New Delhi. The meeting was attended by Chief Ministers and Finance Ministers from across the country, along with senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, Government []

MeT forecasts scattered rain over next two days Srinagar, Oct 08: A severe hailstorm lashed parts of Kashmir on Thursday evening damaging standing crops, orchards and disrupting normal life for some time. According to the details available with the news agencyKashmir News Observer (KNO) Bandipora District in North Kashmir was worst hit. Residents described the []

Highlights infra upgrades, impact of rail connectivity on J&Ks economy Srinagar, Oct 08: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday interacted with a delegation of media representatives from Mumbai at Lok Bhavan, Srinagar. During the interaction, the Lieutenant Governor highlighted the rapid pace of infrastructure modernization across the Union Territory over the past few years. He []

Srinagar, Oct 08: Kashmir Police Chief Sujit Kumar on Thursday felicitated Srinagar Police for busting an organised inter-state narcotics network, officials said. Eight people were arrested, and huge quantities of narcotic substances, cash, gold and other valuable assets worth crores of rupees were recovered as a team of Srinagar Police busted the network operating in []

Srinagar, Oct 08: Amid gusty winds and rain, around 15 tourists were safely rescued after their Shikara got stranded in Dal Lake in Srinagar, officials said here on Thursday. An official told said the tourists, who were enjoying their Shikara ride on Dal Lake, were safely rescued after their Shikara got stranded near Nehru Park []

Ramban, Oct 07 (GNS): One person died and eight others were injured in a tragic road accident at Senabati-Chounthan road in Ramban district on Wednesday night. Officials told GNS that a Tata Sumo met with an accident at around 9:00 PM yesterday on the SenabatiChounthan Road, resulting in injuries to eight persons and death []

Srinagar, Oct 08 (GNS): In a major step towards expanding clean fuel access, accelerating industrial growth and modernising energy infrastructure across Jammu & Kashmir, the Government has notified the Jammu & Kashmir City Gas Distribution (CGD) Policy, 2026, following its approval by the Council of Ministers. The policy provides a clear, investor-friendly and time-bound []

Ganderbal, Oct 08 (KNC): A 62-year-old retired government employee of the Floriculture Department was found hanging at his residence in the Wussan area of Ganderbal district on Thursday, in a suspected case of suicide. According to reports, the deceased, whose identity has not been disclosed, was a resident of Wussan, Ganderbal. Following the incident, []

PANAJI: (Oct 8) Veteran actor Nana Patekar, known for his versatility and powerful screen presence across films such as Salaam Bombay!, Khamoshi and Welcome, passed away at his Goa residence in the early hours of Thursday. He was 76.Patekar is suspected to have suffered a heart attack, according to sources.

Position safeguards religious freedom, personal laws SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar Tuesday welcomed Chief Minister Omar Abdullahs clear position that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will not be implemented in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the National Conference has opposed the BJPs UCC agenda from the very []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference State Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar Tuesday welcomed the Omar Abdullah governments initiative to directly seek the views of the public, traders and other stakeholders while preparing Master Plans for all towns, cities across Jammu and Kashmir, saying that the move reflects an effort to strengthen democracy at the []

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Trade Alliance (KTA) has renewed its long-pending demand for a one-time amnesty scheme for commercial electricity consumers, saying that while the Jammu and Kashmir Government had announced an amnesty for domestic consumers nearly a year ago, a similar relief for commercial consumers is still awaited. KTA President Aijaz Shahdhar, in a statement []