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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

Manish Malhotra

Briefing

DELHI Kashmir will be represented in South as the native art got distinct promoter. Renowned fashion designer Manish Malhotra is all set for his debut...

Numbers

By October 2012, J&K paid ?2888,61 crore as Sales Tax.   ?104.22 crore is the cost that a new legislative complex in Jammu will require.

News Notes

A Danger Not TACKLED In Kashmir, fruits might cause cancer. This revelation was made in a survey done by Kashmir’s municipal authorities five months back...

Newsmakers

AWARDED: Abu Baker, son of Abdullah of Manipur was awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on him....

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SHEERI Police is not all about teargas and marshalling. There are cops who have different ‘other lives’. An IPS officer is a poet and most...

Numbers

800 is the number of Kashmiri liver patients who die a year for want of required facilities in the state.  State Accountability Commission has 48...
Sarpanchs and Panchs of Budgam district in Central Kashmir hold a protest demonstration in Srinagar on Thursday while demanding no security cover to the Panchayat representatives. photo by bilal bahadur

News Notes

The Panch CRISIS Nightmare for Panchs and Sarpanchs in Kashmir is far from over. They are again on the path of resignation spree through paid...

NEWSMAKERS

INFILITRATED: About 40 militants have infiltrated into Kashmir this year, said Lt General Om Prakash, GOC, Chinar Corps on the sidelines of a friendly...

Numbers

State Police chief says J&K has only 250-300 militants of whom 25-30 are in Jammu region.   NHPC paid 450 crores INR as water usage charges...
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SRINAGAR With mercury tumbling, the LPG seems to be selling like life saving oxygen. New systems have created a situation that the dealers went on...

Numbers

Tunkey-Lato's 9814 residents in Leh planted 99013 willow saplings in 53 minutes to create new Guinness World Record breaking Philippines 2011 record of 64091...
JK Bank Chairman- Mushtaq Ahmed

News Notes

Banking ON T he whooping growth rate of J&K Bank is on. The premier bank of JK state has registered a thirty five percent increase in its...

NEWSMAKERS

CLAIMED:  Nasir Aslam Wani, minister of state for home claimed the culprits of the Silver Star hotel shootout have been identified. He didn’t reveal...

Briefing

ITALY Italian government is probing allegations that chopper manufacturer, Agusta Westland, paid more than Rs 350 crore to a Switzerland based consultant for a deal...

Numbers

Associated hospitals have witnessed a minimal hike from Rs. 4.40 crore in 2002-03 to Rs.5.4 crore for purchasing drugs for in-patients. Since 1990, J&K Police...