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Film Festival to foster cultural exchange & creative collaboration: CM
Srinagar, Aug 18 : Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today chaired a high-level meeting to review the final preparations for the inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir (IFFJK) 2026, scheduled to be held from September 7 to 10 across Srinagar and Jammu. The four-day festival, is…
Read More »Prof. Anurag Misra assumes charge as Director, NIT Srinagar
Srinagar, 19 August, 2026 : Prof. Anurag Misra today assumed charge as Director of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, succeeding Prof. Binod Kumar Kanaujia, in accordance with the orders of the Ministry of Education. Prof. Misra was welcomed by Dean R&C, along with outgoing Director Prof.…
Read More »Crime Branch files chargesheet in visa fraud case
Jammu: The Special Crime Wing (SCW) of the Crime Branch has filed a chargesheet against an accused for allegedly duping several people on the pretext of arranging foreign employment visas, an official said on Tuesday.The chargesheet was filed on Monday against Kartik Choudhary, a resident of Purana Pind in Jammu’s…
Read More »J&K Govt Reshuffles Accounts Officers In Key Departments
JAMMU, Aug 18: The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered the transfer and additional posting of two accounts officers with immediate effect in the interest of administration. According to an official order issued by the Directorate General of Accounts & Treasuries, Sunil Kumar Kotwal, In-charge Accounts Officer at the Directorate…
Read More »EOW files chargesheet against Budgam man for alleged attempt to bribe probe officer
Srinagar, Aug 18 : The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against a Budgam resident for allegedly attempting to influence an ongoing investigation by bribing the investigating officer. The chargesheet was presented before the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, against Ghulam Ahmad…
Read More »“I Support Article 370. I’m a Dimaagi Naxal,” Says Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar, Aug 17 : Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday described herself as a “dimaagi Naxal” while asserting her support for Article 370, in an apparent response to Union Minister Kiren Rijiju’s remarks on the term. Mufti, who heads the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made…
Read More »Farooq Renzushah urges J&K govt to display official signboards in Urdu, Hindi, Ladakhi
Srinagar, Aug 16 : Chairman of Kashmir Society International and president of the Aalami Urdu Conference Farooq Renzushah on Saturday urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to ensure that the names of ministers, civil secretariat officers and divisional and district offices are displayed in Urdu in Kashmir, Hindi in…
Read More »Mirwaiz placed under house arrest, barred from Khwaja Digar sermon
Srinagar, Aug 17 :Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been placed under house arrest ahead of the centuries-old Khwaja Digar gathering at the historic Khanqah-e-Naqshband Sahib shrine here, preventing him from delivering the traditional sermon and offering prayers, according to the Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid. The development came…
Read More »BJP overhauls organisation, appoints 13 vice presidents, morcha chiefs
New Delhi, Aug 17 : BJP president Nitin Nabin on Monday announced a major organisational reshuffle, appointing 13 national vice presidents and new chiefs for the party’s frontal organisations, in a move aimed at strengthening the party’s social and regional outreach ahead of the upcoming electoral battles. Among the…
Read More »&K Bank partners with HDFC Life to expand insurance offerings
Srinagar, Aug 17 : Jammu and Kashmir Bank has entered into a Corporate Agency Agreement with HDFC Life to provide its customers access to a wider range of life insurance products, the bank said on Monday. The partnership will enable J&K Bank customers to access HDFC Life’s insurance solutions…
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IMD Forecast: Dry Weather to Continue in J&K for Three Days, Rain and Thunderstorms Likely from November 10
Srinagar, November 7: Dry weather is expected to prevail across Jammu and Kashmir for …
