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SRINAGAR: The two-day Special Intensive Voter Enrolment Drive concluded across Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, with election officials assisting eligible citizens with voter registration, corrections to electoral records and other enrolment-related queries. Conducted on October 10 and 11, the drive was held at polling stations across the Union Territory from 9 am to 5 pm []

SRINAGAR: A woman was killed and her husband injured on Monday after a Hyundai i20 car hit their motorcycle at Furrah Bypass in the Mirbazar area of south Kashmirs Kulgam district, reports said. The accident occurred when the couple were reportedly crossing the highway on their motorcycle and the car struck them. The deceased was []

SRINAGAR: The Gulmarg Gondola cable car service will remain suspended on Monday, October 12, for scheduled maintenance and technical inspection, officials said. According to a public announcement issued by the Gondola authorities, the service will remain closed for tourists and other visitors throughout the day. The maintenance and inspection will be carried out on the []

SRINAGAR: Kashmiri singer Qazi Touqeer broke down in tears on Bigg Boss 20 after host Salman Khan confronted fellow contestant Scout OP over his treatment of the Srinagar-born performer, who had been unwell during the week. The emotional confrontation unfolded during the shows Weekend Ka Vaar episode, when Salman questioned Scouts conduct after he stopped []

SRINAGAR: Traffic will be permitted in both directions on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) on Monday, October 12, subject to favourable weather and satisfactory road conditions, the Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police said, advising motorists to avoid night travel due to the risk of landslides and shooting stones. Passenger vehicles, private cars and goods carriers []

SRINAGAR: Jammu received 185.6 mm of rainfall in three hours on Sunday, breaking its 71-year October record of 160 mm set in 1955, as flooding inundated residential areas, damaged vehicles and triggered landslides at several locations. Two people lost their lives in rain-related incidents, according to officials. A 27-year-old woman went missing in Raipur Domana []

SRINAGAR: Security forces recovered two Chinese grenades during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Seer Hamdan forest area in Mattan area of Anantnag district today evening. Officials said that a CASO was launched by Police and army Mattan in the forest area of Seer Hamdan @ Sandooz, falling under jurisdiction of Mattan. During search, []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmirs Under-19 cricket team defeated Goa by 69 runs in the Vinoo Mankad One-Day Tournament at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula on Saturday. Batting first, J&K posted 294 for nine in their allotted 50 overs before bowling Goa out for 225 in 45.3 overs to secure a convincing victory. J&Ks batting []

SRINAGAR: At least 109 bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying migrants from Djibouti to Yemen capsized overnight between Thursday and Friday, with more than 80 people surviving the disaster, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday. The survivors are all Ethiopian nationals, while the bodies recovered include 52 men, 42 women []

Kashmir has more ration card poor than Jammu, yet gets about a tenth of EWS certificates. Jammu and Kashmir must adopt a single, verified list of the poor for welfare and for jobs. A poor family should be poor everywhere. In Jammu and Kashmir, it is not. The same household can be poor enough for []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has acquitted two men convicted in a heroin case, setting aside their 10-year prison sentences after finding that material contradictions in the prosecution evidence cast reasonable doubt on the alleged recovery of narcotics and compliance with mandatory safeguards under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) []

Discoveries by two chemists explain how chemical reactions can favour one mirror-image molecule over another, a breakthrough with major importance for making medicines SRINAGAR: Henri B Kagan of Universit Paris-Sud, France, and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University of Science, Japan, have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of non-linear effects []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Sunday denied reports that ministers had been asked to resign ahead of a possible cabinet expansion, saying no such instruction had been issued. Speaking to reporters after offering prayers at Kali Mata Mandir in Bahu Fort on the first day of Navratra, Choudhary rejected claims []

SRINAGAR: A flash flood in Nepals Budhi Gandaki River swept away an estimated 35 to 40 houses in Gorkha district on Sunday, damaging bridges and hydropower infrastructure and prompting rescue and evacuation operations, The Kathmandu Post reported. The flooding affected Chumnubri and Dharche rural municipalities, inundating settlements and threatening additional homes as water levels in []

SRINAGAR: A 65-year-old man was injured in a bear attack in Khayar village of Hapatnard in the Ashmuqam area of south Kashmirs Anantnag district on Sunday. The injured man, identified as Mohd Yousuf, a resident of Khayar, was taken to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Seer Hamdan for initial treatment before being referred to Government Medical College []