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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

Newsmakers

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...

Newsmakers

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),...

Newsmakers

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...

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LAUNCHED: Kashmir Times, Jammu based newspaper launched its Srinagar edition with senior journalist Mohammad Sayeed Malik as its Consulting Editor. The launch coincided with...

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PROFITTED: In the first three months ending June, J&K Bank pocketed a net profit of Rs. 117.05 crores. Its business turnover was at Rs...

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SNUBBED: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has snubbed state Congress leaders including Ghulam Nabi Azad for questioning “visible administrative inexperience” of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah....

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PREVENTED: Government prevented PDP president and leader of the opposition in J&K legislative assembly, Mehbooba Mufti, from visiting Baramulla. Mehbooba, along with a few...

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SHORTLISTED: Basharat Peer’s Curfewed Night has been short-listed for the Vodafone-Crossword Book Award 2008 in the non-fiction category. Published by Random House, the book...

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KILLED: Senior JKLF activist Sher Khan was killed in PAK. He was abducted by unidentified persons a few days ago and his body was...

Newsmakers

VISITED: Former Chief Ministers, Dr Farooq Abdullah and Ghulam Nabi Azad, who are cabinet ministers in federal government at Delhi visited Jammu. Both were...