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Nagrota Byelection: BJP Fields Divyani Rana to Uphold Father's Legacy

Two days after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah campaigned for NC candidate Shamim Begum, the BJP launched an aggressive campaign to secure a decisive win in the Nagrota Assembly byelection, scheduled for November 11.

8 Nov 2025 6:48 pm
Ladakhi Religious Group to Launch Crowdfunding for Leh Violence Victims

The Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) has decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign to support the families of the four persons who lost their lives in the September 24 violence. The initiative will begin after the 49th-day (Zhipchu Zhargu) memorial on November 11.

8 Nov 2025 6:43 pm
Bihar's broken engine: Anatomy of state's persistent underdevelopment

India cannot aspire to global leadership while one of its largest states remains trapped in mediocrity. Reclaiming Bihar is not merely a regional need but a national responsibility. The moral strength of a republic is measured by how it uplifts its weakest regions.

8 Nov 2025 3:01 pm
Bridging the present, building the future: India's aerospace trajectory amid new battlespace

India's aerospace-manufacturing complex will be export-competitive, design-driven and deeply embedded with private-sector innovation. India has kept pace thus far. To lead, it must now surge ahead. The engine deal is the gate it is time to walk through it.

8 Nov 2025 2:56 pm
150 Years of 'Vande Mataram': Indian Missions Around the World Commemorate the Milestone

National song Vande Mataram, by Bankimchandra Chatterji was written during the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Navami which was on November 7 in 1875. Vande Mataram first appeared in the literary journal Bangadarshan as part of his novel Anandamath. The song, invoking the Motherland as the embodiment of strength, prosperity and divinity, gave poetic expression to India's awakening spirit of unity and self-respect. It soon became an enduring symbol of devotion to the nation.

8 Nov 2025 2:50 pm
DigiLocker Upgrade: AI-Based eKYC and Global Credential Verification in the Works

DigiLocker allows citizens to access, verify, and share IDs, financial credentials and certificates securely.

8 Nov 2025 2:48 pm
Leh Violence Probe: Judicial Panel Requests Public to Submit Evidence in Any Form

After completing its preliminary assessment, the judicial panel set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to investigate the September 24 clashes in Leh has invited the public to share evidence and information related to the incident.

8 Nov 2025 11:56 am
High Court to Hear AAP MLA Mehraj Malik's Habeas Corpus Plea on November 20

The J&K and Ladakh High Court has listed for final consideration on November 20 the habeas corpus petition filed by AAP MLA Mehraj Din Malik, who is currently detained under the PSA. The petition challenges his detention, alleging it to be arbitrary and politically motivated.

8 Nov 2025 11:45 am
ED raids J&K's ex-minister Babu Singh's properties in 3-year-old terror funding case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted simultaneous searches at multiple locations across Jammu and Kashmir, including the Kathua residence of former minister Jatinder Singh, popularly known as Babu Singh, in connection with a three-year-old terror funding case.

7 Nov 2025 12:19 pm
Congress skips Omar Abdullah's Nagrota rally amid widening coalition rift in J&K

Cracks in the J&K ruling coalition surfaced on Thursday when the Congress stayed away from Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's election rally in Nagrota, organized to drum up support for National Conference candidate Shamim Begum in the Assembly byelection.

6 Nov 2025 11:56 pm
Heartbroken woman techie held for fake bomb threats to B'luru schools

According to investigators, the woman used VPN services to conceal her location and sent the emails using a virtual mobile number obtained through an app called Gate Code. Authorities also discovered that she was operating six to seven WhatsApp accounts under different identities to execute her plan.

6 Nov 2025 5:16 pm
LTTE's old routes, Dawood's money: Intelligence warns of a deadly drug pact

Intercepts suggest that members of the syndicate are in touch with former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) operatives and sympathisers both in Sri Lanka and India to help further the drug business. This comes in the wake of the D gang facing severe losses in its operations that are carried out mainly in Maharashtra, Gujarat and other northern states.

6 Nov 2025 5:14 pm
India has Constitution, not Sharia Law: Giriraj Singh on Burka issue

Speaking after casting his vote at polling booth number 43 at Middle School Barahiya Number-2, Singh emphasised that India follows its own Constitution and that religious customs cannot override identification or election procedures.

6 Nov 2025 5:13 pm
Indian equity indices end lower amid selling in broader markets

Sensex ended the session at 83,311.01, down 148.14 points or 0.18 per cent. The 30-share index started the session in green at 83,516.69 against last day's closing of 83,459.15. However, the index fell due to selling in banking, Financial Services and broader markets.

6 Nov 2025 5:11 pm
PM Modi targets Mahagathbandhan, calls 1990-2005 zero development era

In the name of governance, you were only looted. How many expressways were built in those 15 years? Zero. How many bridges over the Kosi? Zero. How many tourist circuits? Zero. How many sports complexes? Zero. How many medical colleges? Zero, PM Modi said.

6 Nov 2025 4:03 pm
President Droupadi Murmu hosts Women's ODI WC-winning Indian team at Rashtrapati Bhavan

The Indian team had arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday evening for a scheduled meeting with PM Modi, amidst tight security measures at their hotel. Celebrations of their epochal triumph continued inside the hotel, with Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav and Sneh Rana dancing to dhol beats and being cheered on by hotel staff and guests.

6 Nov 2025 3:59 pm
Anti-Corruption Bureau expose petrol pump scam in J&K; revenue officials under lens

The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has unearthed a major corruption racket involving revenue officials who allegedly facilitated the illegal construction of a petrol pump on Kahcharaie land in Budgam.

5 Nov 2025 11:38 pm
J&K intensifies crackdown on influential mining mafia; focuses on identified hotspots of illegal extractions

Amid rising political debate over the unchecked exploitation of natural resources, the J&K administration has identified Kupwara in Kashmir and Samba in the Jammu division as key centres of illegal mineral extraction.

5 Nov 2025 7:24 pm
Darbar move restored after four years: NC eyes expansion in Jammu

After four years, the J&K government has revived the centuries-old Darbar Move tradition, with CM Omar Abdullah leading the ceremonial reopening in Jammu. The NC, buoyed by the overwhelming public response, is now focusing on consolidating its political base in Jammu provincetraditionally a stronghold of the BJP and Congress.

5 Nov 2025 12:17 am
JKCA distances itself from collapsed Srinagar Cricket League; FIR filed over financial irregularities

A day after chaos and controversy forced the cancellation of the Indian Heaven Premier League (IHPL) in Srinagar, JKCA categorically denied any involvement with the privately organized event. The Association clarified that the league was not recognised by either the BCCI or the JKCA.

4 Nov 2025 7:47 am
High-stakes 'Aga vs Aga vs Aga' battle in Budgam puts NC's stronghold to test

The Budgam Assembly byelection has turned into a prestige battle for the ruling NC, which is fighting to retain one of its oldest strongholds in central Kashmir. The contest has evolved into a rare Aga vs Aga vs Aga showdown among three influential members of the Shia Aga family NC's Aga Syed Mehmood Al-Mousvi, PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi, and BJP's Aga Syed Mohsin Mousvi.

3 Nov 2025 5:20 pm
J&K LG vows relentless crackdown on terror-friendly employees despite political opposition

Amid a political storm over the termination of two government employees for alleged links with terror groups, LG Manoj Sinha reaffirmed his government's resolve to continue dismantling the terror ecosystem from within the administration. Major political partiesincluding the NC, Congress, and PDPhave condemned the move, calling it unjust and unconstitutional.

2 Nov 2025 7:14 pm
Uncertainty looms over LAHDC-Leh polls as administration hands council powers to DC

The Ladakh administration has transferred all powers of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, to Deputy Commissioner Romil Singh Donk after the five-year term of the elected body expired on Friday. The move has triggered uncertainty over the conduct of fresh elections.

2 Nov 2025 1:03 pm
Classrooms to Terror Cells: Infiltration of Terrorists in Education Department Rings Alarm Bells

The termination of two more teachers for alleged involvement in terror activities has once again exposed the alarming infiltration of anti-national elements into J&K's Education Department.

1 Nov 2025 8:47 pm
Stop Hiding Behind Statehood: J&K LG Sinha Slams Omar; CM Hits Back Over Security Failures

UT Day celebrations turn political battlefield as LG blames Omar government for fooling people, while the CM accuses the administration of neglecting J&K's safety.

1 Nov 2025 12:16 pm
J&K to officially declare 31 missing cloudburst victims dead amid exhaustive search ops

The J&K administration has begun the legal process to officially declare 31 persons missing since the September 14 Chashoti cloudburst in Kishtwar as dead. SDM Paddar, Dr. Amit Kumar, issued a 30-day public notice inviting objections before the final declaration.

31 Oct 2025 4:43 pm
LG Manoj Sinha sacks two more govt employees for terror links; 80 dismissed since 2021

In a continued drive to dismantle the terror ecosystem in J&K LG dismissed two more government employees under Article 311 of the Constitution. Both were teachers in the School Education Department, accused of promoting terrorism and secessionism among students while working for the banned LeT outfit.

30 Oct 2025 6:43 pm
Congress yet to join NC's campaign in Nagrota bypoll in J&K; decision expected soon

As the campaign for the Nagrota Assembly by-election gathers pace, Congress finds itself grappling with internal unrest and growing dissatisfaction among its cadre.

29 Oct 2025 11:39 pm
Judicial probe into Leh violence gains momentum: MHA inducts Ladakhi officer, panel to invite public evidence

The judicial panel probing the September 24 Leh violence is set to issue a formal notification inviting people from across Ladakh to submit evidence and information about the incident. The inquiry committee will allow 30 days for public submissions before examining the material in Leh from December 10.

29 Oct 2025 4:37 pm
NC MP Aga Ruhullah's supporters protest against Omar Abdullah over 'disrespectful' remarks

The simmering infighting within the ruling National Conference (NC) escalated when supporters of Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi staged a protest in Bandipora against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his disrespectful remarks.

29 Oct 2025 3:35 pm
Counter-intelligence Kashmir unmasks Pakistan's cyber trap: Two Kashmiri teens saved from terror web

In a major cyber operation, the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) has foiled a Pakistan-backed online radicalization bid and prevented two Kashmiri teenagers from being recruited into terrorism through social media accounts.

28 Oct 2025 1:33 pm
Drone-dropped heroin worth Rs 35 crore seized near Jammu border

In a major anti-narcotics success, Jammu Police and the 120 Battalion of the BSF recovered two packets of heroin weighing around 5 kg, suspected to have been dropped by a drone from across the border in the R.S. Pura sector of Jammu.

28 Oct 2025 9:00 am
NC leader Ruhullah attacks own leadership ahead of Budgam bypolls; Omar plays it cool

Amid the heated campaign for the Budgam bypolls, internal discord in the ruling National Conference has come into the open as senior leader and Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, accusing him of failing the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

27 Oct 2025 6:33 pm
Judicial probe in Leh violence to complete initial exercise in three days; public testimonies next

The judicial probe into the September 24 clashes in Leh town, which claimed four lives and left nearly 90 injured, has formally begun. According to Qureshi Tariq Mehmood, Consultant in the Law and Justice Department, the panel will carry out its preliminary exercise between October 25 and 28.

26 Oct 2025 11:07 pm
Lakhs fall for drug addiction in J&K; 'Nasha Mukt Abhiyan' in full swing

Over 3.5 lakh people engaged in awareness drives as the government shifts focus from punishment to prevention and rehabilitation.

26 Oct 2025 6:23 pm
Judicial Inquiry Begins into September 24 Leh Violence; Aggrieved Persons Invited to Testify

After the September 24 clashes that left four dead and nearly 90 injured in Leh, a judicial inquiry has commenced at the Alternate Dispute Redressal Centre, Melongthang, on Saturday.

25 Oct 2025 6:38 pm
NC Sweeps Three of Four Rajya Sabha Seats in J&K

In a dramatic outcome of the first-ever Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, the ruling National Conference (NC) won three out of four seats, while the opposition BJP managed to clinch one, defying numerical odds.

25 Oct 2025 12:23 pm
Negligence, Not Nature: Court Seeks Action Report in Vaishno Devi Tragedy That Killed 34 Pilgrims

The Judicial Magistrate First Class, Katra, has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from Reasi police on a complaint accusing officials of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) of criminal negligence in the August 26 landslide that killed 34 devotees.

25 Oct 2025 12:21 pm
RS Elections: Cross-voting exposes rift within INDIA bloc; non-BJP parties exchange accusations

A political storm erupted in J&K after the BJP pulled off a surprise victory on one of the four Rajya Sabha seats, due to cross-voting by four MLAs from the ruling coalition. PC chief Sajad Lone labelled the outcome a fixed match between the NC and BJP, while former Congress president Vikar Rasool Wani accused both parties of a secret deal.

25 Oct 2025 12:00 pm
Normalcy returns to Ladakh month after unprecedented violence; stalled dialogue resumes

A month after the September 24 violence that claimed four lives and left 90 injured, Ladakh has returned to normalcy with the Union Government announcing a judicial probe and resuming dialogue with regional groups.

24 Oct 2025 12:50 pm
After Hard-Hitting Letter to Farooq, Cong Extends Support to NC in J&K Rajya Sabha Polls

After days of internal discord and uncertainty, the Congress on Thursday announced its decision to support its coalition partner, the National Conference (NC), in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from J&K

24 Oct 2025 8:42 am
Friday's Rajya Sabha Elections in J&K: NC Poised for Sweep as BJP Pins Hopes on Fourth Seat

With MLAs of J&K set to cast their votes on Friday to elect four Rajya Sabha members, the contest for the fourth seat has become the focal point of political attention. While NC enjoys a clear numerical advantage backed by the Congress, PDP, and several Independents, the BJP remains confident of an upset win through its candidate, state president Sat Pal Sharma.

24 Oct 2025 8:41 am
Foreign terrorists pose biggest challenge in Jammu region; counter-terrorism grid strengthened

IGP Jammu zone, Bhim Sen Tuti, admitted the presence of foreign terrorists remains the biggest hurdle in eliminating terrorism on this side of the Pir Panjal. He said that the counter-terrorism and border protection grids have been strengthened to neutralize foreign terrorists operating in the upper reaches.

22 Oct 2025 2:43 pm
NC's Gurwinder Singh Oberoi richest Rajya Sabha candidate from J&K; BJP's Dar poorest

Gurwinder Singh Oberoi of the National Conference has emerged as the richest candidate among the seven contenders for the four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, elections for which are scheduled on October 24.

21 Oct 2025 7:50 pm
Congress refuses to contest Nagrota seat amid tensions in NC-Congress alliance

Amid growing unease within the ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress has decided not to contest the Nagrota by-election as a mark of protest against the National Conference's refusal to offer it a safe Rajya Sabha seat.

21 Oct 2025 5:34 pm
Agitating Ladakh Groups to resume talks with Centre after judicial probe announcement

The judicial inquiry ordered by the Union Government into the September 24 Leh violence has paved the way for the resumption of dialogue between Ladakh's agitating groups and the Centre.

20 Oct 2025 12:46 am
J&K bypolls: Congress still undecided on Nagrota seat

With just hours left for filing of nominations for the Nagrota Assembly by-election, the Congress is still undecided on its candidate, even as the NC has offered its support in this segment.

20 Oct 2025 12:44 am
Jailed AAP MLA Mehraj Malik to cast Rajya Sabha vote via postal ballot

J&K Government has informed the High Court that jailed AAP MLA Mehraj Malik will cast his vote in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections through a postal ballot. During a hearing in the High Court, the government stated that all necessary arrangements had been made to ensure the Doda legislator's participation in the October 24 polls.

18 Oct 2025 7:57 pm
Ladakh groups announce silent marches, blackout on Saturday to protest September 24 violence

Following the lifting of restrictions in Leh, Ladakh's agitating groups have announced region-wide silent peace marches and a blackout on October 18 to protest alleged excesses during the September 24 violence.

17 Oct 2025 11:18 pm
NC offers Nagrota seat to Congress to save coalition amid growing rift

Amid growing tensions between coalition partners National Conference (NC) and Congress over seat-sharing, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday announced that the NC will contest the Budgam bypoll while supporting a Congress candidate from Nagrota, subject to high command approval.

17 Oct 2025 11:15 pm