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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 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,...

Briefing January 25-31, 2026

DODA A government assistant professor in Doda was suspended, and a high-level inquiry was ordered after a 19-year-old college student allegedly died by suicide following...

Briefing January 18-24, 2026

JAMMU The Jammu and Kashmir Government has blacklisted M/s Trinity Reinsurance Brokers Ltd for two years, barring it from all government tenders with immediate effect,...

Briefing January 11-17, 2026

R S PORA The historic Railway Station at Ranbir Singh Pura, Jammu’s first rail gateway, is undergoing conservation and heritage-led redevelopment to preserve its pre-Partition...

Briefing January 4-10, 2026

JAMMU A controversy erupted in Jammu and Kashmir after a Kashmiri cricketer was seen wearing a helmet bearing the Palestinian flag during a private cricket...