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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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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

NUMBERS

Against 2600 crore in 2009-10, J&K anticipates netting 5500 crore from commercial tax and excise this fiscal.   2222 employements in health ministry are being dubbed...

News Notes

  Library CONTROVERSY After revelations of various cases of land grabs in Kashmir Valley, another land grab issue has surfaced. This time the land has been...

Newsmakers

ACQUITTED: Mumtaz Ahmad alias Asif Commando and Manzoor Ahmad alias Furqan of Dalwa Gool were acquitted by the principal sessions judge for not having...

Briefing

HAZRATBAL It was not illegal but unprecedented it certainly was. A candidate who had applied for appointment as junior assistant as a female appeared for...

News notes

Gas PIPELINE The Gas pipeline in J&K is waiting cabinet’s approval for its implementation on its grounds. The Revenue Department in consultation with the Law...

Newsmakers

APPOINTED: The state government appointed Khalid Majeed, deputy secretary, as liaison officer, General Administration Department, for monitoring and enforcement of reservation rules in respect...

Numbers

56 soldiers including their CO Brigadier Ajay Talwar and 4 other officers stand indicted by a court of inquiry that probed a clash between...

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BARAMULLA The 2.15 minute video clip uploaded on Facebook shows two Kashmiri youth, apparently detained for stone pelting during 2010 unrest, humiliatingly stripped and beaten...

NEWSMAKERS

AWARDED: DGP ordered commendation medals and certificate to 209 officers and personnel of state police for their services in public service during the year...

News Notes

Acid ATTACK The commercial hub Lal Chowk and its adjoining areas on Friday observed a two-hour shutdown against the acid attack on a woman in...

Numbers

2012 witnessed 22 days of strike, the last one on the year end.   8% is the service tax that Katra Municipal Committee is deducting from...

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UDHAMPUR Ever since NC started using defamatory suits as a tool to force silence on its opponents, nowhere did it impact so swiftly. Last week,...

News Notes

HDFC Playing At FIFTY HFDC completed its half century in Jammu and Kashmir. The private sector second generation bank has now 50 branches and 135...

NEWSMAKERS

SHOT DEAD: Army and state police claims that they have killed Shakir Ahmed alais Chota Haafiz, a top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander at Qadara, Kishtwar. He...

Numbers

Of the 458 cases, the State Accountability Commission has decided 128 cases in one year and transferred 282 cases to the State vigilance Commission.   The...