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Polluted River Stretches Fall to 296, Jammu Kashmir Among States Showing Gains

SRINAGAR: Polluted river stretches in India have fallen from 351 in 2018 to 296 in 2025, and Jammu and Kashmir is listed among the...

Attacks on Kashmiris Outside Jammu Kashmir Unacceptable: CM Omar

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said attacks on people from Kashmir in other parts of the country, including Himachal...

Jammu Kashmir Govt Directs Officials To Complete AI, Cybersecurity Courses on iGOT Karmayogi

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has instructed all departments, public sector undertakings and corporations to ensure that their employees enrol in and complete...
Kashmir's Knife Crimes

Woman Arrested for Husband’s Murder in Jammu Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A woman has been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district for allegedly killing her husband. Police officials said the body of Bittu...
"A proposed blanket tax rate of 28% on goods and services could severely hamper the booming gaming and gambling sector in India. This rate hike on Goods and Services Tax (GST) would be applicable to all types of online gaming. Currently, the GST is 18%, and an increase to 28% is believed to make it unviable for many companies to conduct business in India."

Jammu Kashmir Records 1,237 BSUP Completions as JnNURM Winds Down

SRINAGAR: A combined 1,237 houses were completed in Jammu and Srinagar under the Basic Services to the Urban Poor component of the Jawaharlal Nehru...

Supreme Court Puts 2026 UGC Equity Regulations on Hold

SRINAGAR: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, be kept in...

Jammu–Srinagar Highway Open Only for LMVs

SRINAGAR: The Jammu–Srinagar National Highway, designated as NH 44, has been opened only for light motor vehicles on Thursday, officials said. Authorities said traffic movement...

DAJGUA Covers 393 Villages in Jammu Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A national tribal development campaign launched in October 2024 now lists 393 tribal villages in Jammu and Kashmir among the 63,843 villages covered...

Jammu Kashmir Govt Allows 15 Per Cent Syllabus Concession for Summer Zone Board Exams

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday announced a 15 per cent syllabus concession for Class 10th, 11th and 12th students of the...

Court Summons Aakash Coaching Institute in Defamation Suit

SRINAGAR: The Principal District Court of Pulwama has issued summons to Aakash Coaching Institute, Rajbagh, Srinagar, in a defamation suit filed by Solace International...

Jammu Kashmir: Civil Secretariat to Hold Two-Minute Silence on Martyrs’ Day

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has directed a two-minute silence on January 30, 2026, at 11:00 am, in memory of those who sacrificed...

Lok Sabha Adjourned; FM Tables Economic Survey Ahead of Budget

SRINAGAR: The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Thursday and will reconvene on February 1 at 11:00 am. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the...

“Step Outside to Speak”: Speaker Om Birla Rebukes MPs in Parliament

SRINAGAR: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla reprimanded Members of Parliament from the Chair for engaging in prolonged conversations and advised them to step outside...

‘Raktha Kashmira’ Brings Kashmir Back to the Big Screen After 14-Year Wait

SRINAGAR: After years of delay, veteran Kannada filmmaker S V Rajendra Singh Babu’s long-pending film Raktha Kashmira is finally set for a theatrical release...

Severe Water Crisis Grips Shopian Hamlets

SRINAGAR: A severe drinking water crisis has hit multiple hamlets of South Kashmir's Shopian, forcing inhabitants, particularly women, to fetch water from sources nearly...