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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 November 23 -29, 2025

SHALIMAR Kashmir’s fragrant Mushkbudji rice, once on the verge of extinction, is now poised for international markets after drawing exceptional praise from global buyers. SKUAST-K...

Briefing November 9 – 15, 2025

Fayaz Dilbar (1957-2025) Kashmir on November 9, evening lost one of its most versatile creative minds with the passing of playwright, poet, journalist, and filmmaker Fayaz...

Briefing November 9-15, 2025

Tariq Ahmad Bhat (1970–2024) Senior Kashmiri journalist and Jammu and Kashmir Bureau Chief of The Week magazine, Tariq Ahmad Bhat, passed away in Srinagar on...

Briefing November 2-8, 2025

Lawmaker Salaries A House Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly has recommended a major revision of salaries, allowances, and pensions for sitting and...

Briefing October 26 – November 1, 2025

JAMMU The Jammu district administration has ordered the disconnection of water and power supply to a plot in Trikuta Nagar illegally occupied by Rohingya refugees,...

Briefing October 19-25, 2025

JAMMU Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, marking one year in office, announced the revival of the centuries-old biannual Darbar Move, a practice discontinued in 2021. He...

Baramulla Driver Killed in Anantnag Road Mishap

SRINAGAR: A truck driver was killed after his vehicle met with an accident in Laripora area of Pahalgam in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on...

Briefing October 12-18, 2025

Zahid Mukhtar (1956–2025) Kashmir’s literary and broadcasting world lost one of its most distinguished voices on Thursday with the passing of Zahid Mukhtar, a noted...

Briefing October 5-11, 2025

ACHABAL Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has firmly rejected any alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party to expedite Jammu and Kashmir’s Statehood, saying he would rather...

Briefing September 28 – October 4, 2025

PAHALGAM The Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested Mohammad Yousuf Katari, 26, from Kulgam in connection with the Pahalgam massacre of April 22, which killed 26...

Briefing September 21-27, 2025

POONCH Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, during a visit to Kalaban in Mendhar tehsil (Poonch), announced that five marlas of land at alternate locations will be...

Briefing September 14-20, 2025

CHITTISINGHPORA Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has ordered a fresh probe into the 2000 Chittisinghpora massacre in which 35 Sikhs were killed during...

Briefing September 7-13, 2025

BANIHAL A 21-year-old woman, Akhtera Bano of Sumber village, gave birth to a baby boy on board the Sangaldan-Baramulla train near Banihal in Ramban district...

Briefing August 31 – September 6, 2025

KASHMIR The Jammu and Kashmir Government formally took over the management of 215 schools across 10 Kashmir districts, citing their direct or indirect links with...

Briefing August 10-16, 2025

MUMBAI Bhaderwah-born actress Sadia Khateeb has returned to Kashmir to shoot for an untitled project, calling the experience “absolutely blissful and amazing.” The 27-year-old, who...