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Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court says the power to identify, regulate, shift, or notify taxi stands is within the jurisdiction of state, junks cab union’s plea.

‘State has power to identify, regulate, shift taxi stands’: Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court junks cab union’s plea

December 09, 2025 5:50 pm

Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi held that the mere commercial inconvenience or apprehended loss of customers does not give locus standi.

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J&K CM nudges JKPSC to postpone state-wide CCE amid delay in age relaxation approval

December 07, 2025 9:17 am

The proposal to enhance the upper age limit for JKAS aspirants has been forwarded to Raj Bhavan (Lok Bhavan) for approval, even as the examination is scheduled to commence tomorrow. Conducting the test while such a crucial decision is still pending places aspirants at a clear disadvantage.

The banned books engage with the region’s complicated, and often tragic, history of conflict. (Source: Amazon)

HC to hear plea against J&K book forfeiture order

October 01, 2025 5:05 am

Advocates appearing for the petitioners told The Indian Express that the Chief Justice of the High Court, Justice Arun Palli, orally directed that a three-judge special bench will be set up at the earliest to hear the matter.

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These 12 tourist destinations are open again in J&K as post-Pahalgam curbs are lifted

September 27, 2025 7:21 am

Around 50 destinations were closed for tourists after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 killed. In June, 16 of them were reopened.

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Kashmir is reviving its brown trout population – one stream at a time

September 14, 2025 8:52 am

The brown trout, first introduced by the British in the 1900s, is a dying breed in Kashmir. Now, the fisheries have decided to reintroduce them for game in the Valley’s waters.

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P Chidambaram writes: A case of breach of promise

August 24, 2025 10:38 am

The ebb and flow of political and security issues ought not to deflect it from rendering justice according to law. The legal issue was crystallized before the Supreme Court. The Court refrained from deciding the issue based on a promise to the Court

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J&K govt seeks takeover of 215 ‘Jamaat-affiliated’ schools, but education minister says order modified ‘without my knowledge’

August 23, 2025 4:05 pm

A government order says the intelligence agencies found 215 schools to be ‘directly or indirectly affiliated’ with Jamaat-e-Islami. However, J&K’s Education Minister Sakina Itoo alleged that the order had been modified ‘without her knowledge’.