Yearly Archives: 2026
New Delhi, Feb 1: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced setting up of one girls’ hostel in every district of the country. There are over 700 districts in the country. She also proposed a loan-linked capital subsidy support scheme for veterinary colleges, hospitals, and diagnostics laboratories. The minister also announced upgrading […]
New Delhi, February 1: Gold prices witnessed a sharp crash of around 20 per cent over the last two days, as extreme volatility gripped the commodity markets, according to data from the Multi-Commodity Exchange. Gold prices continued their decline on Sunday, the budget day, with 24-carat gold on the MCX falling to Rs 1,36,185 […]
Sopore, January 31, 2026:Sopore Police today accorded a warm farewell to two officers—SI Mohammad Ashraf and SI Riyaz Ahmad—on their superannuation, marking the culmination of decades of dedicated and unblemished service to the Jammu and Kashmir Police. SI Mohammad Ashraf retired after completing 37 years, while SI Riyaz Ahmad retired after 33 years of […]
Kangan, Jan 31, KNT: Two brothers fell into a power canal in the Theon Kangan area of Ganderbal district on Saturday, resulting in one being rescued while search operations continue for the other. According to official sources, Mumtaz Ahmed Tedwa and Tanveer Ahmed Tedwa, sons of Muhammad Shafi Tedwa and inhabitants of Theon Kangan, fell […]
Ganderbal, Jan 31 (KNC): Two women were injured after a car met with an accident near Zero Point Manigam in Ganderbal district on Saturday. An official told news agency Kashmir News Corner (KNC) that a Grand i10 car bearing registration number JK16C-1665 was on its way from Kangan towards Ganderbal when the driver lost […]
Jodhpur, Jan 31: Activist and scientist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been lodged in the Jodhpur Central Jail since September 27, 2025, was taken to AIIMS Jodhpur for medical examination early Saturday morning, officials said. He spent approximately an hour and a half in the hospital’s gastroenterology department before being escorted back to prison. According […]
Kishtwar, Jan 31 (KNC): An encounter between security forces and terrorists is underway in the Dolgam area of Kishtwar district on Saturday morning. In a post on X, White Knight Corps of Indian army, as per news agency Kashmir News Corner — KNC, said that contact with terrorists was re-established in the early hours […]
Srinagar, Jan 30 (KNC): A woman working as a domestic help was found dead at a residence in Mehboob Colony, Hawal area of Srinagar on Friday. Officials told news agency Kashmir News Corner (KNC) that the deceased, identified as Rinku Orao (47), wife of Jagannath Orao and a resident of West Bengal, had been […]
Srinagar: PDP MLA Waheed Ur Rehman Parra has moved a notice in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to introduce a private member’s bill seeking dignity, reconciliation and trauma healing for people affected by decades of violence and instability in the Union Territory. The bill, titled the “Jammu and Kashmir Reconciliation, Trauma Healing and Dignity Bill, […]
Rules Out Separate Statehood for Jammu, Says J&K is One, Will Remain One Srinagar: Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) general secretary Ashok Koul on Friday condemned the assault on a minor Kashmiri shawl seller in Uttarakhand as “unfortunate and wrong”, asserting that every citizen has the right to travel and do business anywhere in the country. […]