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Briefing

News nuggets about the interesting happenings in Jammu and Kashmir and the people who are in the focus of around those developments

Briefing May 17-23, 2026

KATHUA A mother in Kathua has lost both her sons within five days after a brutal assault allegedly carried out by a close friend over...

Briefing May 10-16, 2026

POONCH A year after Operation Sindoor, the scars of the India-Pakistan conflict remain deeply visible across Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in Poonch, which witnessed the...

Briefing May 3-9, 2026

KERAN The death of Raja Liaqat Ali Khan has reopened a largely forgotten chapter of Kashmir’s conflict, the displacement of Muslim families from border villages...

Briefing April 26 – May 2, 2026

JAMMU KASHMIR Jammu Railway Division has announced the transportation of 644 tonnes of cherries from Jammu and Kashmir to Mumbai, aimed at strengthening market access for perishable...

Briefing April 19-25, 2026 

SRINAGAR At an inauguration event at Kashmir Haat, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah declined to cut a ribbon resembling the Indian tricolour, choosing instead to untie...

Briefing April 12-18, 2026

KUWAIT Five persons from Poonch and Rajouri districts were killed and one critically injured in a road accident near Kuwait City on April 9. The...

Briefing April 5-April 11, 2026

GANDERBAL The killing of a 28-year-old man in an alleged encounter in Ganderbal has sparked a major controversy in Jammu and Kashmir, with serious questions...

Briefing March 29-April 4, 2026

KASHMIR An ongoing donation drive in Srinagar to support war-hit Iran has witnessed an extraordinary public response, marked by emotional contributions and symbolic gestures. In...

Briefing March 22-28, 2026

JAMMU Panun Kashmir, a fanatic group seeking a separate homeland for minority Pandits in Kashmir Valley, has expelled its chairman, Ajay Chrungoo, over a series...

Briefing March 15-21, 2026

Abdul Rashid Shah (June 1948 –March 2026) Senior Kashmiri editor Abdul Rashid Shah, founder of the Urdu daily Nidai Mashriq, passed away in Srinagar on March...

Briefing March 1-7, 2026

SRINAGAR Vice President C P Radhakrishnan addressed the 21st convocation of the University of Kashmir, emphasising democratic values, mutual respect and national integration. Recalling his...

Briefing February 22-28, 2026

JAMMU In a swift inter-state operation, Haryana’s Special Task Force (STF) rearrested two Pakistani nationals who had escaped from the juvenile observation home in RS...

Briefing February 15-21, 2026

JAMMU KASHMIR Fresh data tabled in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly points to a stark regional disparity in the distribution of reservation certificates, with Jammu...

Briefing February 8-14, 2026

DELHI For months, residents across south Kashmir lived with quiet dread as proposed railway lines through Shopian and Pahalgam threatened to cut through orchards that...

Briefing February 1-7, 2026

SRINAGAR Eminent Kashmiri scholar, poet, and linguist Prof Shafi Shauq has been awarded the Padma Shri 2026 for his outstanding contribution to education and literature,...