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Monday, May 18, 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

Bandipore

BANDIPORE: It has been eight months now that the police, despite clear leads available, has not recovered Bibi Jan, the mother of four children. Her husband Mohammad Shafi has maintained throughout that she was grazing her cattle in her Chatti Bnadi belt when two Ikhwanis kidnapped her.

Newsmakers

Kashmir is a conflict zone and one should not think that militancy is overState Police Chief Kuldeep Khuda to reportersTRANSFERRED: Creating history, authorities shifted...

The ‘Alien’ SURVIVES

Appearing calm outside but was raffling beneath. It erupted again after the nearly nine months of calm in Kashmir valley - stone pelting. The...

Newsmakers

LEH: HDFC bank inaugurated its branch in Leh, the happening tourist place at an altitude of 10500 ft. The bank, that was inaugurated...

Profit SCRIPTS

Last week, J&K’s lone listed company did not only reveal its profits. It also elevated a lot its officials. While 11 Senior Executives were...

Newsmakers

FAKED: A dozen people, including 4 cops, were injured in clashes between police and aspirants at a ‘fake’ recruitment rally held at BSF headquarters...

Reporting PAIN

Half widows are one of the seriously suffering lot of the population in Kashmir. They have their husbands missing in custody and nobody is...

The Kulgam CRISIS

A 30-year-old married woman, RuqayaBano, from Gujjardara, Manzgamalleged she was kidnapped and gang rapped in KheranbalBehak by soldiers. She was going for ablutions when...

Newsmakers

DETECTED: CBI unearthed Rs 14-crore fraud in the SBI. The accused had arbitrarily changed the land use of the patches at Chowadi, Jammu and...

Newsmakers

FILED: Police filed 400-page charge sheet against six persons - Nissar Ahmad Khan, Javed Ahmad Munshi, Abdul Ghani Dar, Abdul Majid Dar, Riyaz Ahmad...

Dam REACTS

Nowhere in sight is the once gateway of Doda – the Pul Doda. Connecting tourist hubs on the historic highway for decades, the town...

An Impressive STRUGGLER

Sarpanching KASHMIR It may or may not suit people but the elected and powerless panchs and sarpanchs continue to create news. In Poonch, for instance,...

Newsmakers

JOINED: A former Army officer, Brig (Retired) K S Jaswal joined the ruling National Conference at a function organised at NC headquarters in Srinagar....

In Denial MODE

This is what the throne demands. When his distant relative Abdul Majid Matoo, a retired university teacher, gathered a good crowd in Beerwa, a...

Newsmakers

LAUNCHED: The Chenab Valley Power Projects Ltd is taking up three power projects in Kishtwar with a combined generation of 2120 MW at an...