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Air raid blackout exercises announced in parts of Kashmir Valley
April 23, 2026 12:18 am
The mock drills will be conducted all of this week by J&K's Civil Defence for ‘emergency preparedness and safety training’.
58 Jamaat-e-Islami-linked private schools taken over by J&K govt
April 19, 2026 3:57 am
An official said the government has taken over the management of 58 private schools affiliated with the Falah-e-Aam Trust. While officials have not named the schools taken over, sources said most are in north Kashmir.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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’.
At Srinagar medical college, a patient's death, a scuffle and a probe
July 27, 2025 7:50 am
According to a government order, the inquiry will also assess the “immediate precursors to the said incident, as well as the developments that ensued after the incident.”
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