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SRINAGAR: A man was found dead near the National Highway at Lamberi in the Nowshera area of Jammu and Kashmirs Rajouri district on Tuesday, officials said. The body was noticed by passersby, who informed the police, following which a police team reached the spot and took it into custody. Police said the deceased has not []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government is set to place three major reform-oriented Bills before the Legislative Assembly during the forthcoming Autumn Session, with the proposed legislation focusing on GST reforms, municipal governance and Ease of Doing Business (EoDB). The Assembly session is scheduled to begin on September 21 and continue until September 30, with []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to experience unsettled weather over the next three days, with rain and thundershowers forecast at scattered to many places from September 15 to 17, the Meteorological Centre Srinagar said on Tuesday. Thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds may also occur at a few places during the period, according to the []

SRINAGAR: Police in Jammu and Kashmirs Rajouri district have arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in an Over Ground Worker (OGW) network linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), officials said. The arrests were made during an investigation into a suspected terror module operating in the Pir Panjal region, police said. The accused have been identified as []

SRINAGAR: Northern Railway will introduce temporary changes to passenger entry and exit arrangements at Jammu Tawi Railway Station from September 16 as redevelopment work continues at the station. Under the revised circulation plan, passengers will enter the station through the Platform No. 1 side, which is the old entry point. Passengers completing their journey will []

SRINAGAR: The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Kashmir has arrested two Punjab-based men and recovered 110 grams of heroin from their possession in Srinagar, officials said on Monday. The arrests followed information about the alleged transportation and possession of narcotic substances at Gangbugh in Srinagar, following which FIR No. 14/2026 was registered at Police Station ANTF []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather has convened an all-party meeting on Thursday, ahead of the 10-day autumn session scheduled to begin on September 21. The Assembly Secretariat has asked party leaders and members of the Business Advisory Committee to attend the meeting at 2 pm in the Assembly complex. According []

SRINAGAR: Cleaning of Achan, the municipal solid waste landfill in Srinagar, started after a solution was found to the citys major waste-processing challenge, Commissioner and Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department (H and UDD), Mandeep Kaur, said on Monday. She expressed hope that the development would help Srinagar secure a place among the top three []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has recorded near-normal precipitation during the current season despite significant month-to-month variations, with July witnessing 35 per cent excess rainfall and August recording around 25 per cent deficit, the Meteorological Department said. Director, Meteorological Department, Srinagar, Mukhtar Ahmad said that the overall precipitation scenario in Jammu and Kashmir remained almost near-normal []

SRINAGAR: Kashmiri singer Qazi Touqeer has emerged as one of the early talking points of Bigg Boss 20, drawing strong praise from host Salman Khan and support from fellow artistes including Arijit Singh and actor Hina Khan, according to media reports. During the first Weekend Ka Vaar episode of the reality show, Salman singled out []

SRINAGAR: Forty-five-year-old Renu Hans, a Kashmiri Pandit woman who is deaf and non-speaking, has cleared her Class 10 examination with 82 per cent, returning to education 22 years after she first appeared for the examination. Reports appeared in the media suggest that Hans secured 406 marks out of 500 in the Jammu and Kashmir Board []

SRINAGAR: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved draft Recruitment Rules for 129 Junior Scale posts across 15 departments and services of the Union Territory, paving the way for promotions of eligible government employees from feeder cadres. The proposed rules cover posts in the General Administration, Cooperative, Employment, Excise and Taxation, Consumer Affairs and []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat on Monday reviewed ongoing counter-terrorism operations in Poonch, with officials focusing on the activities and presence of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in the border district. Prabhat, accompanied by Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Tejinder Singh, is on a day-long visit to Poonch to []

SRINAGAR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir on Monday arrested two Field Supervisors of the Jammu and Kashmir Womens Development Corporation (JKWDC) for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe in connection with the release of a sanctioned Rs 3 lakh loan under the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) scheme. The arrests followed a written complaint []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has mandated that funds released under Part-I (Untied) of the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) 2026-27 be operated through the Single Nodal Agency (SNA) framework on the Public Financial Management System (PFMS). The Finance Department issued a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on September 10, outlining []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday held meetings with legislators, officials and deputations at the Civil Secretariat here, with discussions centred on constituency-level development issues and matters of public importance. Omar met Sonawari MLA Hilal Akbar Lone along with a delegation, which raised concerns related to development and public welfare in the constituency. Khansahib []

SRINAGAR: The Chief Education Officer (CEO), Anantnag, has ordered the immediate repatriation of 17 teaching officials to their original places of posting following requests from the Zonal Education Officer, Vailoo, and approval from the Directorate of School Education Kashmir. The order, directs the concerned officials to stand relieved from their present places of working forthwith []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has deputed four veterinary officers from the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir (DULB-K) to the BSF Frontier Headquarters veterinary hospital at Humhama to perform Animal Birth Control (ABC) surgeries on dogs. The deputation has been ordered under Government Order No. 186-JK(HUD) of []

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed grief over a road accident in Reasi in which two persons were killed and several others injured. The Chief Minister conveyed his condolences to the families of those who died in the accident and directed the authorities to ensure the best possible medical treatment for the injured. []

SRINAGAR: The 10-day autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, beginning on September 21, is likely to witness sharp exchanges between the government and opposition over unemployment, job outsourcing, reservations, regularisation of daily wagers and unfulfilled electoral promises. The BJP, the principal opposition party in the Assembly, has accused the Omar Abdullah-led National []

SRINAGAR: Veterinary interns of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir (SKUAST-K), who are on strike over a demand for a hike in their stipend, met Agriculture Minister Javid Ahmad Dar at the Civil Secretariat on Monday. According to the interns, Dar informed them that the earlier proposal seeking an increase in their stipend had []

SRINAGAR: An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing in the Java Sea early Sunday after contact with the vessel was lost amid bad weather, the countrys search and rescue agency said. The vessel, Virgo Transport 8, had departed from Surabaya in East Java on Saturday for Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan when communication []

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Udhampur Mingpa Sherpa has suspended two officials for alleged dereliction of duty during the ongoing digital crop survey in the district. According to an official order, the suspended officials have been identified as Man Mohan, a GRS posted in the BDO Office Ghordi, and Rattan Lal, NYC, DYSSO. The order said the []

SRINAGAR: Three filmmakers from Jammu and Kashmir have won three of the nine awards presented at the inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir (IFFJK) 2026, marking a significant recognition of the regions emerging cinematic talent. Baba Tasaduq Hussain received the Best Cinematography Award for the documentary Naqsh-e-Daur (The Story of Ghulam Nabi Dhar), []

SRINAGAR: Ahead of the upcoming autumn session of the Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather has constituted the Business Advisory Committee (BAC). According to a notification, the committee comprises legislators from different political parties and has been constituted under Rule 317 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Legislative []

SRINAGAR: Saffron replanting has gained considerable momentum across the major saffron-growing areas of Pampore as farmers have begun actively rejuvenating their fields under the Jammu and Kashmir Comprehensive Investment Plan (JKCIP). The ongoing exercise aims to revive saffron cultivation, improve crop productivity, and restore the health of fields that have seen declining yields over the []

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to experience generally dry weather over the next two days, with isolated to scattered rain or thundershowers expected during the late evening, according to the Meteorological Centre Srinagar. The weather is forecast to become more variable from September 14 to 16, when rain or thundershowers may occur at scattered []

SRINAGAR: Three people were killed and scores injured after Russian missiles and drones struck 10 regions of Ukraine, hitting residential buildings as well as civilian and critical infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, according to Al Jazeera. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a post on social media said Russia had launched an attack involving more []

SRINAGAR: National Health Mission (NHM) employees across Jammu and Kashmir continued their strike for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday affecting hospital services as they pressed the government to fulfil their long-pending demands. In Anantnag, around 700 NHM employees remained off duty, causing difficulties for patients and affecting healthcare services. The employees said they would []

SRINAGAR: A 50-year-old woman died after she fell unconscious at the railway station in north Kashmirs Baramulla district on Saturday, officials said. An official said that the woman fell unconscious at the railway station and was soon shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) Baramulla for treatment, where doctors declared her dead. She was identified as []

SRINAGAR: Power supply to several areas of Jammu and Samba districts will remain affected on September 13, 14 and 16 due to scheduled maintenance works, the Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) said. According to JPDCL, power supply to Talabtillo, Trilokpur, Bohri, Udheywala, Machelian, Marh, Gajansoo, Gho Manhasan and adjoining areas will remain affected on []

SRINAGAR: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday, with the two leaders reviewing India-Iran relations and discussing their longstanding cultural and people-to-people connections. Murmu welcomed Pezeshkian on his maiden visit to India and acknowledged Irans support during Indias BRICS presidency. The meeting also focused on the longstanding friendship between []

SRINAGAR: In a welcome step aimed at improving womens safety and mobility, e-rickshaws reserved for women have been introduced on parts of Srinagar roads, including the Batamaloo area. The initiative is aimed at providing women commuters with a dedicated and more comfortable mode of public transport, particularly for those travelling alone or during busy commuting []

SRINAGAR: Srinagar MP Agha Ruhullah Mehdi on Saturday described November 3 as the point when he would break those chains and free himself, in his clearest indication yet of a political break from the present National Conference leadership and of a possible new political course after that date. First let me free myself from []

SRINAGAR: The Ladakh State Board for Wildlife (SBWL) has rejected a sub-committee report on the proposed final boundaries of three protected areas, directing that the rights and claims of local communities be settled through public hearings within two months. The decision was taken at the 16th meeting of the newly constituted SBWL, chaired by Lieutenant []

SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations across Jammu and Kashmir as part of its investigation into a cross-border terror conspiracy involving Pakistan-based handlers of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its network of Over Ground Workers (OGWs). According to an NIA handout, the searches were carried out in Kupwara, []

SRINAGAR: A sudden hailstorm accompanied by heavy rainfall damaged standing paddy crops in several parts of Ganderbal district between Friday night and Saturday, while a severe hailstorm also struck villages in and around Kunzer and Tangmarg in north Kashmir overnight. According to local farmers, paddy fields in Malikpora, Pati Devpora, Gogjigund, Kurag and Sehpora were []

SRINAGAR: Health Minister Sakina Itoo on Saturday warned that the Jammu and Kashmir Government could be forced to take action if National Health Mission (NHM) workers continued their protest, while urging the employees to return to duty. Itoo said the government did not want to take such a step, but the continued absence of NHM []

by Zubair Lone The Tata Sumo became Kashmirs people mover, connecting students, patients, workers and families while quietly transforming mobility across the region While on a guided tour of their Skill Development Centre, I spotted a chassis sitting on the shop floor. It looked modern yet strangely retro. Something about its proportions, the ladder frame []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has fixed a maximum period of seven working days for conducting field inspections related to eight online services under the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) of the Housing and Urban Development Department. The timeline will be counted from the date an inspection is scheduled or an application is received []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has accepted the unwillingness of Dr Shaista Ganai to take up the post of Deputy Medical Superintendent at Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, and treated her recommendation for the position as not considered. The decision was issued through Government Order No. 685-JK(HME) of 2026, dated September 10, by the []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has assigned the additional charge of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Urban Development Agency, Kashmir (UDAK), to JKAS officer Raj Mohammad According to Government Order No. 190-JK(HUD) of 2026, issued by the Housing and Urban Development Department on September 10, Raj Mohammad, Director, Land Management, Srinagar Development Authority, will look []

SRINAGAR: A resident of north Kashmirs Baramulla district has alleged that he was duped of money by an agent from Rafiabad on the promise of securing him a job in Dubai. Speaking to a local news channel, Fayaz alleged that he paid Rs 1.10 lakh to the agent after being assured of employment in Dubai. []

SRINAGAR: Thirteen suspected drug peddlers were picked up for questioning during a cordon and search operation conducted at 20 locations in Waghama area of south Kashmirs Anantnag district on Saturday, police said. The operation was carried out as part of intensified action against drug peddling and was aimed at identifying and disrupting local networks allegedly []

SRINAGAR: A search operation to trace and retrieve the body of a nine-year-old boy who reportedly drowned in Madhumati Nalla in Bandipora entered its third consecutive day on Saturday, with teams continuing efforts at the site. The boy has been identified as Moomin Ahmad, a resident of Ganie Mohalla in Kuloosa, Bandipora. He reportedly drowned []

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Finance Department has entrusted Bashir Ahmad Rather, I/C Accounts Officer with the ADGP, Security, with the additional charge of the JK Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (JK4C). The assignment was made through Order No. 144-Acctts of 2026, issued by the Directorate General of Accounts and Treasuries on September 11. As per []

SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted search operations at seven locations across Kashmir as part of an ongoing investigation, officials said. An official said that the searches were carried out at two locations in Kulgam, three in Bandipora and two in Sopore. The official said the NIA teams were assisted by local []

SRINAGAR: Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hamid Karra has hit back at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over his remarks questioning whether the Congress expected people in Kashmir to go to jail over the national song, saying the issue concerned the JK government and not the public. Omar Abdullah Sahibs comment is detached from reality and []

SRINAGAR: With the promised deadline of August 2026 for commencement of Outpatient Department (OPD) services at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Awantipora having passed without the facility becoming operational, residents across Kashmir have urged the government to immediately start at least the OPD services and sought the intervention of the Union Health Minister []

SRINAGAR: Automobile retail in Jammu and Kashmir surged 42.84 per cent year-on-year in August 2026, with 21,788 vehicles sold compared to 15,253 units in August 2025, according to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) J&K. The growth was broad-based across all major automobile categories, with passenger vehicles, three-wheelers and construction equipment recording particularly strong []