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Friday, July 3, 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

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...

Newsmakers

PLANNED: The government is taking up a Rs 1.55 crore ropeway project in Kishtwar district to connect the remote but highly productive areas of...

Bridging Without ROADS

Bani belt of Jammu is in crisis these days. Owing to massive rains, nearly 3000 meters of vital 65-kms Basholi-Bani road was washed away...

Newsmakers

INAUGRATED: Part of its Civic Action Programme, the police threw open its Youth Club in Nowhata, the heart of Srinagar’s old city. Insisting that...

The Healthy INFORMERS

Strife has led to the rise of a huge breed of whistle-blowers in Kashmir. Barring the anti-corruption whistle-blowers almost every other informer is making...

Newsmakers

REGISTERED: Police have booked London based broadcaster Nayeema Ahmad Mehjoor for spreading disaffection by posting an update on Facebook- “Why did police kill this...

Paris CONNECTION

A Writ petition filed in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court by a leading business house against a middle rung government officer has blown...

Newsmakers

RECOVERED: After 10 days the corpse of Biscoe student Shakir Bhat was fished out by a bus driver and his conductor near Hassan yaar...

Sent Back HOME

The government stopped writer and civil liberty activist Gautum Navlakha from entering Srinagar last week. He was served an order issued by the Deputy...

The ANNIVERSARIES

Moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was not allowed to lay a foundation stone for a martyrs’ memorial and lead a rally to commemorate...