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March 7, 2026, 04:34 PM - 3 min read
Suvon Sharma topped the Union Territory with an All India Rank of 148, followed by Saugandha Gupta (207), Tauseef Ahmad Ganie (245), and Ritika Bhan (456).Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have congratulated the successful candidates. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has also conveyed congratulations to candidates I J&K who have qualified the prestigious exam.
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March 6, 2026, 05:25 PM - 3 min read
In a post on social media platform X, the legislator asked why the recruitment process for Mission YUVA positions had been limited to the two institutions and called for opening the selection to universities across Jammu and Kashmir.The lawmaker further argued that if merit was the guiding principle, the recruitment process should either be opened to all universities within Jammu and Kashmir or extended to graduates of IIMs and IITs across the country.
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March 6, 2026, 04:40 PM - 4 min read
The alarming trend assumes much significance in the backdrop of the recent deaths reported in Indore where contaminated drinking water allegedly led to multiple fatalities and several hospitalisations, triggering a nationwide debate over water safety and monitoring mechanisms.
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March 3, 2026, 04:29 PM - 2 min read
The Jammu and Kashmir government, citing official data, has said that around 75,000 kanals of land have been handed over to different agencies since 2019, while more than 17 lakh kanals of state land with corresponding entries were being expunged from various records.
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March 2, 2026, 04:43 PM - 2 min read
Restrictions were already announced on Sunday, even though various bodies of Shia community have given call for localized peaceful protests. However, on Monday,Jammu and Kashmir police had to use tear gas shells to move back groups of people who had gathered to protest against the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader.
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February 24, 2026, 04:05 PM - 3 min read
According to details shared by the department, Kashmir has 797 of these vacancies, including 24 senior consultants, 253 consultants, 458 medical officers and 62 dental surgeons. The Jammu division, according to the statistics, has 288 vacant consultant posts as of February 2026.
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February 22, 2026, 05:15 PM - 3 min read
As per the list issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC), Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar and GMC Jammu have been allotted 10 and eight PG seats in Broad Specialties (BS) respectively while Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar has been granted six seats for the academic year 2025-26.
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February 18, 2026, 05:16 PM - 2 min read
Both the Pakistani nationals were arrested on Tuesday, within 20 hours of the incident, near the Ambala railway station in Haryana, while they were heading for Nepal.
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February 18, 2026, 04:24 PM - 3 min read
It was stated that the total area under Saffron cultivation in the Union Territory has remained constant at 1,116.27 hectares, but output and productivity have fluctuated.The value of Saffron production during the year stood at Rs 534.53 crore, while export earnings were pegged at Rs 486.43 crore, he said.
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February 17, 2026, 05:11 PM - 3 min read
Officials said six police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector were placed under suspension for dereliction of duty in connection with the incident.The suspensions form part of a departmental inquiry to determine how the escape transpired, why security was compromised, and whether there were lapses in duty by the deployed personnel, they added.
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February 16, 2026, 04:25 PM - 3 min read
The reshuffle has impacted six officers from the Jammu and Kashmir segment who are either already serving in Delhi or are set to move from Jammu and Kashmir to take up key assignments in the national capital.
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February 16, 2026, 03:42 PM - 3 min read
The action follows the implementation of NCTE guidelines, notified in 2020–21, which made recognition compulsory for all BEd colleges in Jammu and Kashmir to continue operations. Nearly five years after the requirement came into force, the majority of private colleges could not fulfil the prescribed criteria and have now been barred from admitting fresh students from the current academic year.
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