Fayaz Bukhari Srinagar, Sept 29: The Legislative Assembly today witnessed noisy scenes, uproar and heated arguments after Leader of Opposition Sunil Kumar Sharma sought removal of Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather questioning whether he exceeded his jurisdiction in allowing resolution on...
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Jammu Master Plan-2032 review has no fixed timeline Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Sept 29: With 25 cities and towns at widely different stages of Master Plan preparation, the Jammu and Kashmir Government is now racing against time to meet its target...
‘Full disclosure of changes in voters' list must’ NEW DELHI, Sept 29: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's immediate removal over alleged SIR "irregularities" and also demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation on...
‘No dissenting note given in House Committee’ Irfan Tramboo SRINAGAR, Sept 29: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today withdrew two Bills proposing higher salaries and allowances for Ministers, Ministers of State and legislators after BJP opposed the move. The decision followed...
LAB ready with replies to 9 questions *Forward movement on UT-level body expected Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Sept 29: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) team is set to visit Ladakh in first week of October to take forward the...
Minister holds Public Darbar at Tikri Avtar Bhat UDHAMPUR, Sept 29: Maintaining that Udhampur is the only town in J&K with maximum connectivity by rail, road and air, Union Minister in PMO with independent charge of Science & Technology and...
Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, Sept 29: The High Court has held that premature or compulsory retirement is neither punitive nor entails any civil consequences by way of stigma and set aside the writ court judgment whereby compulsory retirement of a Government...
‘Mother tongue foundation of modern India’ Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Sept 29: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today congratulated meritorious students at a felicitation ceremony organised by Wadies Hindi Shiksha Samiti in collaboration with Jammu Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages....
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SRINAGAR, Sep 29: A most wanted terrorist belonging to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed on Tuesday in an encounter with the Rashtriya Rifles in the higher reaches of Budgam district in central Kashmir, security officials said. While Kashmir-based Chinar Corps...
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2 hours agoNew Delhi, Sept 29: India on Tuesday, September 29, rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), calling them “unwarranted” while asserting that no external party has any...
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10 hours agoJammu, Sep 29: Four Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, including an assistant commandant, were killed after a colleague allegedly opened fire in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening, officials said. The incident took place at around...
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Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Sept 29: Brig. Anil Gupta (Retd.), CEO, J&K Cricket Association (JKCA), called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, today. He was accompanied by Vivek Khajuria, Secretary, JKCA. The JKCA officials briefed the Lieutenant Governor on the preparations for...
Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 29: Emphasising that technology must become an integral part of the justice delivery system and that the Bench and Bar must work in harmony to ensure timely and accessible justice, Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh...
Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, Sept 29: The Government today said Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Committee (JKPCC) has issued 146 closure orders and 229 legal notices after inspecting 517 stone-crushing units across the Union Territory since January 2025, with violations of...
Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Sept 29: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today chaired a meeting to review the Draft J&K Hydropower Policy 2026, calling for a focused policy framework to accelerate the harnessing of Jammu & Kashmir's vast hydropower potential, augment power...
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CHANDIGARH, Sep 29: Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria on Tuesday held a series of meetings with the President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Union ministers in New Delhi and discussed issues related to development...
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NEW DELHI, Sep 29 : Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and discussed development works and public welfare initiatives of her government in the last one-and-a-half years. Gupta assumed charge as the chief minister...
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NEW DELHI, Sep 29: Six India-flagged ships and six foreign-flagged vessels which are of Indian interest are at present in the Persian Gulf area, west of the Strait of Hormuz, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. There are...
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 29: In a major administrative move, the Jammu and Kashmir Government today ordered the promotion of 36 JKAS officers to their next higher administrative grades in the interest of the administration. As per separate orders issued...
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4 hours agoJAMMU, Sep 29: The Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department has ordered the transfers and postings of 10 officers and officials with immediate effect in the interest of administration. See Order Copy Click Here..... ...
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14 hours agoLeh/Jammu, Sept 29: The Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Department of Law and Justice, has issued an order sanctioning the ad-hoc promotion of ten Associate Law Officers to the posts of Public Law Officer, Law Officer, and District...
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15 hours agoJ&K High Court Transfers Director Judicial Academy; Registrar Vigilance Assigned Additional Charge Srinagar, Sept 29: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ordered the transfer and posting of Shri Naseer Ahmad Dar, Director, J&K Judicial Academy,...
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Srinagar, Sept 28: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved a one-time option for eligible government employees covered under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to switch over to the Defined Pension Scheme, commonly known as the Old Pension Scheme (OPS)....
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28 Sep 2026JAMMU, Sep 28: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted a three-tier Task Force structure, including a UT-level panel and two Divisional task forces for Jammu and Kashmir, to implement the Digital Agriculture Mission/AgriStack across the Union Territory. See Order...
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28 Sep 2026JAMMU, Sept 28: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has deputed three officers to attend a review meeting on the implementation of the Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) in the Union Territory in New Delhi on September 29. As per a Government...
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28 Sep 2026JAMMU, Sept 28: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has ordered the promotion of 23 officers and officials in the interest of the administration. See Order Copy Click Here..... See Order Copy Click Here..... See Order Copy...
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GUWAHATI, Sept 29: The batting firepower is undeniably India's biggest strength but an unsettled pace-bowling combination would be a concern when the hosts look to seal the three-match ODI series against the West Indies in the second game, here on...
Excelsior Sports Correspondent SRINAGAR, Sept 29: Eleven-year-old Atiqa Mir of Ganderbal has brought laurels to Jammu & Kashmir and India by winning a gold medal in karting at the Champions of the Future Academy Program in Greece. Competing in the...
Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 29: Jammu is set to host the 1st Jammu National Paragliding Accuracy Cup from October 24 to 26 at Aithem on Surinsar Road, marking a major addition to the region’s adventure sports and tourism calendar....
AICHI-NAGOYA, Sept 29: Some medals are won; some are remembered. Neeru Dhanda's gold on Tuesday belongs to the second category. The Haryana shooter kept her nerve, her aim and apparently her sense of humour intact in the rain and chill...
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The figures tabled in the Legislative Assembly are not merely statistics - they are an indictment. Kashmir's ten districts recorded more than three times the sports infrastructure expenditure of Jammu's ten districts in 2024-25, which is troubling enough. That this...
The Supreme Court's latest observations on Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Material (CSEAM) deserve far more attention than they have received. Hearing a plea on the implementation of its own September 2024 judgment, the Apex Court rightly stressed that the...
The disclosure in the Assembly that 5,753 dental surgeons remain unemployed in J&K is not merely a statistic-it is an indictment of nearly two decades of administrative apathy. That no fresh recruitment against sanctioned BDS posts has occurred since 2008...
Lt. Gen Bhopinder Singh (Retd) bhopinder593@gmail.com There is a revealing pattern in Pakistan's 'military diplomacy' when Islamic countries need experienced security leadership, they repeatedly look toward Rawalpindi General Headquarters. The latest example is Lt Gen (Retd) Nauman Mahmood, appointed this...
R S Pathania rspathaniamla@gmail.com Dear Mr. Speaker, You occupy an office that transcends party lines and everyday politics. You are not merely the Presiding Officer of this Assembly; you are its Custodian-the guardian of its Rules, its constitutional boundaries, and...
An Agriculture and Health Emergency Demands Immediate Action, Not Just Committees Anuj Kumar Verma verma.anujjk@gmail.com The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly has, at last, placed a mounting public-health and environmental emergency at the heart of political debate: the excessive, unsafe...
Sunil Sethi The political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir is undergoing a transformation whose eventual direction is still evolving. The Bharatiya Janata Party has established itself as the principal political force across large parts of the Jammu region, winning 29...
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 29: HDFC Mutual Fund today announced that it has re-opened the HDFC BSE REITs and Commercial Real Estate Index Fund post the completion of its NFO period. The fund was open for subscription from September 15...
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 29: IJM Toyota today unveiled the New Toyota Hilux at a specially designed off-road track in Birpur, Purmandal. The track was developed in collaboration with the Jammu Off-Road Authority to showcase the Hilux's true off-road capabilities....
Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 29: The Hindi Pakhwada 2026, organised by the Regional Office of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) was concluded here today, with a ceremony held in a dignified and enthusiastic atmosphere. The closing ceremony was attended...
Excelsior Correspondent Jammu, Sept 29: Three days first-aid training camp organized by the Indian Red Cross Society, for the employees of Sarveshwar Food Ltd was concluded here today. On the occasion, a lecture was delivered/ demonstrated by Dr Rita Kumari...
NEW YORK, Sep 29 : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has warned of a "major food crisis" in the coming months, in addition to the already significant fertiliser shortages the world is witnessing due to the Ukraine and Iran conflicts,...
WASHINGTON, Sep 29: The FBI has added gangster Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar to its list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and announced a reward of USD one million for information leading to his arrest. "Satinderjeet Singh is wanted for...
KATHMANDU, Sep 29 : At least 27 people have been killed in incidents triggered by heavy rainfall across Nepal over the past few days, officials said on Monday. Four people remain missing, while eight people were injured in the monsoon-induced...
ISLAMABAD, Sep 29: Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday said that Afghanistan's interim administration should move out of the "militant mindset", amid strained ties between the two countries. The relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have deteriorated in recent months,...
DHAKA, Sep 29 : Bangladesh on Tuesday said it is "positive" about progress in discussions on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's proposed visit to India as Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi met State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir here, amid...
DUBAI, Sep 29 : Iran's currency fell to a new record low on Tuesday, with traders in Tehran exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the US dollar in a stark reflection of how the war in the Middle East...
