Kashmir Reader

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police detained more than 700 people, including AAP leaders and members of various student organisations, at Jantar Mantar and in surrounding areas on Friday, during a protest against the CEC. Prohibitory orders were imposed and additional security personnel deployed to prevent any unauthorised gathering at the site, officials said. Political parties and []

SRINAGAR- Celebrations and speeches marked the awards ceremony followed by a gala dinner highlighting Global Tourism Excellence. World Tourism Day 2026 witnessed the recognition of outstanding achievers with the Prime Business Voice Awards. Distinguished leaders and innovators were honored for their contributions to tourism and cultural promotion. The ceremony featured inspiring speeches that emphasized the []

ANANTNAG: Anantnag Police has registered 408 cases under various provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and arrested 476 people for alleged drug trafficking and related activities during the first nine months of 2026. The police said more than 542 kilograms of contraband and 27,52,976 in cash were seized during the period. []

348 inspections conducted, 180 food samples lifted, 31 complaint cases initiated SRINAGAR: Continuing its food safety surveillance and enforcement activities, FDA, J&K conducted inspections in the last couple of days across the Union Territory to ensure compliance with the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and the regulations framed thereunder. During the enforcement drive, Food []

SRINAGAR: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar on Thursday organised a campus-wide cleanliness drive under Swachhata Hi Seva 2026, with participation from the institute administration, faculty, staff, NSS and NCC volunteers, students, security personnel and sanitation staff. The programme was attended by Director NIT Srinagar Prof. Anurag Misra, Registrar Prof. Atikur Rehman, Dean Academic []

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar were collectively destroying democracy through the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise and accused them of committing treason. Gandhi reiterated his demand that Kumar resign and become an approver, and called for []

The true purpose of education is not merely to prepare students to answer questions on an examination paper; it is to prepare them to face the difficult questions of life with courage, patience, self-control and balance. Mohammad Ayoub Education is not merely about completing a syllabus, passing examinations, or securing high marks. It is about []

Modern society has created an unusual pressure to have an opinion about everything one observes. Sheikh-ul-Alams (RA) wisdom offers another way: not every statement deserves an answer, not every accusation requires a defence, and not every disagreement requires confrontation. Sometimes silence protects dignity better than an explanation. Muneer Bhat Hazrat Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (RA), popularly []

A strange thing happens in many English classrooms. A student may study English for ten or twelve years, write pages of answers in an examination, and still hesitate when asked a very simple question in English. He may know the grammar rule for using a tense, but he may not be able to use that []

Srinagar, Oct 01: The J&K Transport Department has directed field offices to seize commercial vehicles that have attained the age of 25 years and lodge FIRs if they are found plying on roads. Transport Commissioner Vishesh Mahajan, in a post on X, urged owners of such vehicles to scrap them, citing commuter safety as a []

Srinagar: Police on Thursday said it has busted a well-established narcotics module operating from Downtown Srinagar, arresting eight persons and recovering cash, gold, banned drugs and a pistol, besides freezing bank accounts and attaching properties. The case has been registered as FIR No. 135/2026 U/S 8/21/22/29/25/27A NDPS Act, 3/4/25 Arms Act, 111 BNS at Police []

Srinagar: The J&K Transport Department has directed field offices to seize commercial vehicles that have attained the age of 25 years and lodge FIRs if they are found plying on roads. Transport Commissioner Vishesh Mahajan, in a post on X,, urged owners of such vehicles to scrap them, citing commuter safety as a concern. Request []

Srinagar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Crime Branch Kashmir, on Thursday said it has filed a chargesheet against a Pulwama resident for allegedly using a forged official letterhead and signature of the Lieutenant Governor to influence the functioning of the Anantnag District Police Administration. In a statement, a spokesperson said the EOW, Crime Branch Kashmir, []

SRINAGAR: Minister for Education, Sakeena Itoo on Thursday informed the J&K Legislative Assembly that the issue of maintaining the Pupil-Teacher Ratio is being addressed by providing additional staff to understaffed schools through rationalisation across J&K, including those in Uri constituency Replying to a question raised by MLA Uri Sajjad Shafi during Question Hour of the []

Over 100 participants competed in national-level logic & reasoning championship PAMPORE (PULWAMA): Fatima Bint Farooq emerged as the winner of Mind Maze Season II, a national-level logic and reasoning championship organised by Endeavours in collaboration with Iqbal Library, Pampore. The second season began with more than 100 participants, who competed through a rigorous, three-tier []

Accused driver arrested, vehicle seized SOPORE (BARAMULLA): Police in Sopore successfully solved a hit-and-run incident at Chak Rody Khan, Sopore, by arresting the accused driver and seizing the involved vehicle within 24 hours of the incident. The accident took place when a motorcycle with Registration No. JK09E-3415, carrying two individuals, was struck by an unidentified []

Urges political parties not to politicise academic space SRINAGAR: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-Kashmir) on Thursday said it is committed to student aspirations, career opportunities and academic excellence, even as it appealed to political parties and external stakeholders not to politicise academic space amid student concerns over recruitment and []

Srinagar, Sep 24: Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Thursday hit back at the BJP amid a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly over the governments decision to provide six free LPG cylinders annually to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families. Speaking to reporters, Choudhary questioned the BJP over the delay in the restoration []

Special prayers, Quran recitation, zikr mark annual observance at Khanyar Srinagar, Sep 24: Thousands of devotees thronged the historic Dastgeer Sahib shrine at Khanyar on Thursday as the annual Urs Mubarak of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (RA), popularly known as Ghaus-ul-Azam, was observed with religious fervour across Kashmir. The display of holy relics at []

Jammu, Sep 22: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday inaugurated a series of new facilities at the University of Jammu. The inauguration included a modern sports complex, a shooting range, high-mast lights for the cricket stadium and the Tawi Guest House complex, developed at a cost of nearly Rs. 10 Crore. These facilities, the Lieutenant []

Srinagar: Consumers in Jammu and Kashmir will have to pay an additional Rs 251 crore due to recent tariff hike, the government admitted in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question by MLA Sajad Gani Lone, the Power Development Department, said the 6.83% tariff hike, recently notified by the Joint []