SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has notified the J&K Circular Economy Policy, 2026, aimed at improving waste management, promoting resource recovery and advancing ecological sustainability across the Union Territory. The Chief Minister’s Office announced the development in a post on X, stating that the policy marks a significant step towards green growth and […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered an in-depth inquiry into the alleged misconduct of senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan towards junior woman officer Beenish Wani, JKAS, following the incident reported in the media. According to an order issued by the General Administration Department on Friday, Mandeep Kaur, IAS, Commissioner/Secretary to the […]
AWANTIPORA — Police have solved a sheep theft case in Tral within 24 hours, arresting the accused and recovering all 31 stolen sheep, officials said. According to police, Police Post Aripal, falling under Police Station Tral, received a written complaint from Ghulam Ahmad Hajam, a resident of Satoora, Aripal, on October 15, alleging that 31 […]
JAMMU — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir has registered a case against two mining officials and several private persons over alleged illegal mining, overcharging and manipulation of electronic challans, officials said. The case, registered as FIR No. 09/2026 at ACB Police Station Udhampur on October 15, names Assistant Mining Engineer Rajeev Jammu, […]
ANANTNAG — Police in Anantnag apprehended five persons and recovered charas-like substances from their possession during separate naka checking operations across the district, officials said on Friday. In the first operation, police intercepted two persons, identified as Azan Nabi and Majid Ahmad Dar, both residents of Mir Danter, during naka checking in the area. Police […]
NEW DELHI — The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognizance of a viral video allegedly showing senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan verbally abusing, humiliating and threatening junior woman officer Beenish Wani, an Assistant Director of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS), during an official review meeting. In a statement, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said he had taken up the conduct of a senior IAS officer with the Chief Secretary in the strongest possible terms after a video of an online government meeting surfaced on social media. Reacting to the circulating video, Omar said the officer’s conduct was […]
RAMBAN — District Police Ramban have arrested an absconder who had been evading arrest for nearly a decade in a narcotics-related case registered at Police Station Batote in 2015. The accused, identified as Aijaz Ahmed, son of Mohd Shabir Bhat, a resident of Churath in Kulgam district, was wanted in connection with FIR No. 68/2015 […]
JAMMU — Police have traced a missing woman and a missing girl in two separate cases in Pallanwala and Chowki Choura areas of Jammu, with both missing reports subsequently closed. In the first case, a woman from Millen Di Khui was traced by Police Post Pallanwala on October 15. Her missing report had been entered […]
GANDERBAL — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for development projects worth over ₹58 crore in Ganderbal district, aimed at improving road connectivity, educational infrastructure and market facilities. According to a post by the Chief Minister’s Office on X, the key projects include the Fatehpora–Gadoora Bridge road, Tehsil Bagh to […]