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Thursday, July 2, 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

Winners and Losers

 The suave, articulate Sajjad Lone was a student of economics in a London college before he burst on Kashmir’s political scene after his father...

Year of Patriarch

AHMAD RIYAZ He dominated the Valley’s discourse in 2009 but at the turn of the new year the separatist patriarch Syed Ali Shah Geelani continues...

Newsmakers

TRACED: Interpol has finally confirmed to the court that Major Avtar Singh, a territorial army major responsible for the abduction and murder of lawyer...

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 TRACED: Interpol has finally confirmed to the court that Major Avtar Singh, a territorial army major responsible for the abduction and murder of lawyer...

Newsmakers

SELECTED: Prominent businessman Nazir A Dar was elected the president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce. He replaced outspoken trade leader Dr Mubeen Shah who...

Newsmakers

NOMINATED: The Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma, a project of the ColumbiaUniversity Graduate School of Journalism, has nominated Kashmir Times Delhi bureau chief...

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ARRIVED: DIG Satish Golcha arrived in Srinagar with a CBI contingent to investigate the Shopian rapes and murders. After initial reluctance the central agency...

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SURVIVED: PDP president Ms Mehbooba Mufti survived a road accident near Jajjar Kotli, 35 km from Jammu, on the Jammu Srinagar highway. She had...

The Mullick Bride

After a long wait, Mushaal Mullick wife of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik arrived to a rousing reception in Srinagar along...

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APROVED: From January 2010, J&K will have a new pension scheme (NPS) for the new recruitments. Almost similar to the Contributory Provident Fund (CPF),...

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ANNOUNCED: Special Investigation Team (SIT) that has failed to achieve a breakthrough in the twin rapes and murders in Shopian has announced an award...

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REOPENED: Sopore’s Jamia Masjid Qadeem was opened for the first time in last 18 years for Isha prayers. Since the security men occupied several...

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APPOINTED: Kashmir University appointed Nilofer Khan as its Dean Students Welfare, the first woman to hold this post. A doctorate in Home Sciences, Khan...

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VISITED: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited Leh. He drove a motor cycle from Himachal to reach Leh using the alternative road to Ladakh...

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KOPENED: Yet another road has been reopened. This time it in Budgam connecting Beerwa with Sikandrapora that was closed for over 15 years. Officials...