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SRINAGAR : A fire broke out at a helipad terminal in Katra early Sunday, damaging part of the facility used by pilgrims travelling to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. The blaze was reported around 3:15 am when the terminal was closed and no pilgrims were present inside, officials []

SRINAGAR: Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemens Houthi rebels towards Riyadh on Saturday, in what was reported as the first attempted strike on the capital since fighting involving the Iran-backed group intensified amid the wider Iran war. The Saudi-led coalition said the missile was intercepted, while residents reported hearing an []

SRINAGAR: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Jammu on Saturday organised a one-day conference on financial sector initiatives and cyber security awareness at Hotel Taj Dal View in Srinagar, with officials discussing credit delivery, digital finance and measures to combat cyber fraud. Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo attended the conference as chief guest, while RBI Deputy []

SRINAGAR: The government has made Biometric Aadhaar Authentication mandatory for domestic LPG consumers seeking subsidised refills at the regulated Retail Selling Price (RSP) from October 1, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said on Saturday. The Ministry said consumers must complete the authentication process to continue booking subsidised domestic LPG refills at the applicable []

SRINAGAR: The summer capital Srinagar is set to witness hectic political activity on Sunday, with the National Conference, Congress and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party convening separate legislature party meetings to chalk out strategy for the upcoming autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Ahead of the session, the ruling National Conference []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to experience generally dry weather till the end of September, with brief spells of rain expected at isolated places in North and Central Kashmir on September 24 and 27, the Meteorological Centre said on Saturday. A MeT official said that weak Western Disturbances are likely to affect the region []

SRINAGAR: Fruit growers in Kashmir have been advised against premature harvesting of apples, with growers representatives cautioning that picking fruit before attaining proper colour and maturity could adversely affect both quality and market demand. The advisory comes amid the ongoing apple harvesting season, when some growers have started picking varieties earlier than the usual harvesting []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday assigned the additional charge of Mission Director, DJAY (S), to JKAS officer Mridhu Slathia, who is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Housing and Urban Development Department. The order, issued by the Housing and Urban Development Department under Government Order No. 196-JK(HUD) of 2026 dated September []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday attended the concluding day of a two-day high-level conference on Financing Indias Journey towards Viksit Bharat, organised by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The conference brought together Finance Ministers and Finance Secretaries from States and Union Territories with legislatures to discuss strategies for []

SRINAGAR: The Assistant Director Tourism, Gulmarg, on Saturday said no permission had been sought or granted by his office for the proposed Tantra in Silence at Gurez event being circulated on social media. In an official clarification, the tourism department said it had no information or official communication concerning the programme referred to in a []

SRINAGAR: A proposed four-day meditation retreat in Gurez Valley has drawn objections from PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who have urged authorities to examine the programme and its proposed activities. The retreat, titled Tantra in Silence A Journey Within, is advertised for September 24 to 27 under the name Rajneesh Tantra []

SRINAGAR: Minister for Education, Social Welfare, Health and Medical Education Sakeena Itoo on Saturday laid the foundation stones for a health sub-centre and four road projects in Kulgam district, besides inaugurating an under-19 girls inter-district baseball tournament. The health sub-centre at Gandwani will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 40 lakh, while the []

SRINAGAR: Police arrested seven alleged drug peddlers in separate operations in Anantnag district and recovered 3.118 kilograms of ganja and 55 grams of charas, officials said on Saturday. According to a police spokesperson, three alleged peddlers were arrested at Hatigam crossing in the Sringufwara area. Police recovered 1.378 kilograms of ganja and 12 grams of []

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the Mata Lalleshwari Cultural and Heritage Centre at Mata Bhaderkali Asthapan in Thalwal, with the project aimed at preserving and promoting the spiritual and cultural legacy of Yogini Lalleshwari. Sanctioned under the Capex budget at an estimated cost of Rs 4.5 crore, the []

SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Moulvi Mohammad Umar Farooq has called for immediate intervention by the authorities over a proposed Tantra Silence retreat advertised for Gurez Valley, saying tourism promotion should not come at the expense of the regions religious and social sensitivities. The concern raised by @MehboobaMufti deserves immediate attention! That this kind of program is being []

SRINAGAR: A 30-year-old man from Gonipora Hayama in Kupwara district died at a hospital on Saturday after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest in Karnah. The deceased was identified as Noshad Ahmad War, son of Mohd Jamal War, a resident of War Mohalla in Gonipora Hayama. According to preliminary information, War developed sudden chest pain while []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal Chairman Amit Kumar Gupta has been assigned the additional charge of Registrar (Headquarters) at the Resident Office of the High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh in New Delhi. The High Court established the Resident Office in New Delhi through an order issued today. Gupta will continue []

SRINAGAR: Police in central Kashmirs Budgam district have apprehended an absconding accused wanted in multiple cheque-bounce cases and a cheating case registered at Police Station Magam. The accused, identified as Reyaz Ahmad Dar, son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar and resident of Attina, Beerwah, was traced to Hawal in Srinagar, police said. A team from Police []

SRINAGAR: Four persons were injured after a vehicle belonging to the 1st Battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) met with an accident near Seri Bridge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Officials said the vehicle was travelling from Srinagar towards Jammu when the accident occurred near the Seri Bridge. The injured []

SRINAGAR: A Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC), chaired by DIG SDRF/Civil Defence Kashmir Imtiyaz Hussain Mir, on Friday cleared the cases of 39 Selection Grade Constables of SDRF Kashmir for promotion to the 2nd Higher Standard Pay Scale, officials said. An official said that the DPC meeting was held at the Zonal SDRF/Civil Defence Headquarters, Kashmir, []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday attended a two-day conference on Financing Indias Journey towards Viksit Bharat, organised by the Union Ministry of Finance in New Delhi. The conference brought together State Finance Ministers and Finance Secretaries from States and Union Territories with legislatures to deliberate on financing challenges and policy priorities linked to []

SRINAGAR: Minister for Education Sakeena Itoo on Friday reviewed human resource management (HRM) matters in the School Education Department, including seniority lists, promotions, higher-post placements, regularisation, recruitment and service rules. At a meeting at the Civil Secretariat, officials informed the Minister that final seniority lists covering 21,323 PG Masters/PG Teachers across 32 disciplines had been []

SRINAGAR: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Rohit Jain has called on banks operating in Jammu and Kashmir to improve credit delivery, expand banking services to underserved sections and adopt the Unified Lending Interface (ULI) for faster loan processing. Jain made the remarks while chairing a meeting with zonal heads of major banks operating []

SRINAGAR: Rising temperatures and increasingly erratic weather are putting Jammu and Kashmirs major fruit economies under growing pressure. Apple yields in Kashmir are declining sharply, with summer warming and mango arrivals in Jammu falling substantially after recent heatwaves and hailstorms. A study, published in the International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and []

SRINAGAR: One person was killed and another seriously injured after a car skidded off the road and rolled down a gorge along the Kandi-Jamola road in Rajouri district on Friday. Officials said the vehicle went out of control before plunging off the road, resulting in the on-the-spot death of 25-year-old Mohd Arif. Another person, identified []

SRINAGAR: Police have seized 658 gold-coloured biscuits and coins from a vehicle during naka checking near Vessu on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Qazigund and detained three persons for questioning. According to a police statement, a naka party intercepted a vehicle bearing registration number MP09CS0451 near Vessu and detained its three occupants. A search of the []

SRINAGAR: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has seized 1,095 gold-coloured jewellery articles from an outlet in Jammu over suspected misuse of the BIS Hallmark/Standard Mark. The seizure was made during a search and seizure operation conducted by the BIS Jammu and Kashmir Branch Office at the jewellery outlet, the standards body said in a []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has launched a citywide safety drive to identify and assess dilapidated and structurally unsafe buildings, particularly in the Old City and other areas where large numbers of people live or gather. JMC Commissioner Devansh Yadav said ward-level teams comprising engineers and enforcement officials have been formed to inspect potentially []

SRINAGAR: Employees of the National Health Mission (NHM) on Friday called off their strike following assurances from the Jammu and Kashmir government on their long-pending demands. The decision came after a meeting between representatives of the NHM employees and the government, during which several issues raised by the employees were discussed. NHM employees said the []

SRINAGAR: A balloon bearing the inscription PIA was found lying in a field at Khara Madan in Samba district on Friday morning, police said. According to officials, local residents noticed the balloon and informed Police Station Purmandal about the finding. A police team was subsequently dispatched to the location to verify the report and establish []

SRINAGAR: The two Pakistani Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants killed during Operation Soan in Udhampur district have been identified as Saddam and Mustafa, Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Thursday. In a post on X, the police said a cache of weapons and ammunition was recovered from the slain militants following the joint operation by security forces. []

SRINAGAR: Zarka Naseer Khan, a postgraduate in Veterinary Microbiology from the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), has secured admission to a fully funded PhD programme at Jeonbuk National University in South Korea, marking another international academic opportunity for a graduate of the Kashmir-based agricultural university. Khan completed her Master of []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday reiterated his demand for restoration of statehood to the Union Territory, saying the Centre had so far provided only verbal assurances on the issue. Speaking to mediapersons in Amritsar, Abdullah said he had no indication of what Prime Minister Narendra Modi might announce on his 76th birthday, but []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat has approved the attachment of properties belonging to two militants allegedly operating from Pakistan, according to an order issued on Thursday. The properties, located in Kachama village of Kupwara district, comprise 15 kanals and seven marlas of land along with two residential houses. The properties []

SRINAGAR: At least thirteen persons, including children, were injured after a Tata Sumo met with an accident near Dharana Water Point in Mendhar area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Officials said that the vehicle bearing registration number UP16DT0695 met with an accident near Dharana, resulting in injuries to 13 passengers. All []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir National Health Mission Employees Association (JKNHMEA) has extended its ongoing protest and strike across the Union Territory by another 72 hours from September 18, citing the continued pendency of its demands and lack of a concrete, time-bound resolution. The decision was taken by the associations Joint Coordination Committee and formally []

SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh has directed all officers and officials of its Jammu wing to strictly obtain prior permission from the competent authority before appearing in competitive examinations or pursuing further studies. The direction was issued by Registrar Judicial Swati Gupta through an order dated September 16, 2026, following directions []

SRINAGAR: Security forces have arrested a suspected Over Ground Worker (OGW) near the encounter site in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir after two militants were killed in a gunfight on Thursday, officials said. The arrest was made during a cordon and search operation launched in adjoining areas following the encounter to identify and track []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has cancelled the reinstatement order of Nazir Ahmad Malik, a Gauge Reader and former in-charge Patwari in the Ziladar office at Hajin, who is facing departmental action in connection with an Anti-Corruption Bureau case, and ordered a fresh inquiry into the charges against him. The action was ordered by []

SRINAGAR: A 38-year-old newspaper vendor died after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head in the Resham Ghar area of Jammu on Thursday, with police saying they suspect it to be a case of suicide. The deceased was identified as Deepak Sharma, a resident of Resham Ghar. He was shifted by his family to Government []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has announced the schedule for the Annual Regular 2026 examinations for Classes 10, 11 and 12 in Kashmir Division, winter-zone areas of Jammu Division and the Union Territory of Ladakh. According to the date sheet, all examinations will begin at 11 am. For Class 10, []

SRINAGAR : Firing was reported in the Majalta area of Udhampur district on Wednesday evening after suspicious movement was noticed in the area. Quoting sources, the news agency KNO reported that police and other personnel opened fire as a precautionary measure after noticing the suspicious movement. Following the incident, vigilance has been intensified in the []

SRINAGAR: Manasbal Lake, one of Kashmirs important freshwater ecosystems, is facing growing ecological pressure from agricultural runoff, sewage, tourism, stone quarrying and expanding human settlements, a recent scientific review has found. According to the review published in Current World Environment states that increasing nutrient inputs from household waste, sewage and agricultural activities have contributed to []

SRINAGAR:Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday inaugurated the Rotary Satellite Club-Kashmir Valley, marking the expansion of Rotary Internationals community-service activities into the Valley. The new club has been sponsored by the Rotary Club of Dahanu under Rotary International District 3141, which covers Mumbai and comprises more than 100 member clubs. Welcoming the initiative, Omar said []

SRINAGAR: Dal Lake recorded only eight fish species during a six-month survey, with researchers flagging a significant decline in fish diversity and calling for urgent conservation measures. The study, published in the July 2026 issue of the Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR), examined the fish diversity and conservation status of the iconic []

SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir has emerged among the weaker-performing regions in foundational learning outcomes, with fewer than 45 percent of students demonstrating grade-level skills in one or more subjects, according to official documents. The documents available with the news agencyKashmir News Observer (KNO)show that Jammu and Kashmir, along with Meghalaya, Mizoram, Puducherry and Andhra []

SRINAGAR: The Chief Education Officer Rajouri has placed a teacher under suspension after a video allegedly showing him subjecting children to corporal punishment went viral on social media. As per an order issued by the Office of the Chief Education Officer, Rajouri, it states that pending enquiry into the conduct of Nisaar Ahmed, Teacher, High []

SRINAGAR: A media delegation from Kashmir on Wednesday called on Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kuniyil Kailashnathan at Lok Niwas during a press exposure tour to Chennai organised by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Srinagar. During the hour-long interaction, Kailashnathan shared his vision for the development of Puducherry and said he envisaged transforming the Union Territory into []

SRINAGAR: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), J&K, in coordination with Jammu Police, has seized and subsequently destroyed around 600 kg of paneer worth approximately Rs 1.50 lakh during an enforcement operation in Jammu. Acting on specific information, the Food Safety Team, Jammu, intercepted a passenger sleeper bus arriving from Punjab and found around 20 []

SRINAGAR : The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has quashed the preventive detention of a Shopian man under the Public Safety Act, holding that vague allegations of association with terrorists or being an OGW, coupled with failure to provide relied-upon material, deprived him of a meaningful opportunity to challenge his []