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NC Held Back, BJP Marched On? The Uncomfortable Questions From Srinagar’s Protest Day

September 2, 2026 Editor

NC-BJP Face-Off in Srinagar: Where Did the Power Tilt as Police Held Back One Protest and Cleared the Way for Another? By: News Desk | 02 September 2026 Srinagar: By Wednesday morning, Srinagar had begun to look less like a city preparing for a political demonstration and more like a city preparing for a controlled confrontation. Barricades appeared at strategic points. Police and security personnel were deployed around sensitive locations. Movement towards the BJP office in Jawahar Nagar was restricted as the National Conference prepared its counter-protest, while BJP workers…

J&K Bank Jobs Under Debate: Altaf Bukhari Raises Concern Over ‘Outsider’ Recruitment

September 2, 2026 Editor

J&K Bank Recruitment Row: Altaf Bukhari Opposes ‘Outsider’ Hiring Proposal

J&K Bank Recruitment Row: Altaf Bukhari Opposes Proposal to Open Jobs to Outsiders By: News Desk | 01 September 2026 Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari has raised strong objections to a reported proposal that could allow candidates from outside Jammu & Kashmir to compete for positions at J&K Bank, arguing that the move could reduce employment opportunities for local youth and alter the regional character of one of the Union Territory’s most important institutions. The recruitment question has emerged as a fresh point of political debate around Jammu & Kashmir…

‘Resign and Fight Elections on Statehood’: Sunil Sharma’s Challenge to Omar Abdullah Explained

September 2, 2026 Editor

Sunil Sharma Dares Omar Abdullah: ‘Resign and Seek Fresh Mandate on Statehood’ — What the BJP Challenge Means for J&K Politics By: Javid Amin | 01 September 2026 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s political battle over statehood has entered a sharper phase, with BJP Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma challenging Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to resign and return to the electorate if restoration of statehood is truly the central issue on which his government wants a public verdict. Sharma’s challenge came as the ruling National Conference and the BJP prepared for…

Dal Lake Filling Allegation: Why EPG Wants Satellite Mapping and Ground Verification

August 31, 2026 Editor

Dal Lake Filling Row: EPG Seeks Probe Into Alleged Reclamation Near Miskeen Bagh By: News Desk | 31 August 2026 Dal Lake Under Pressure: EPG Seeks Probe Into Alleged Filling Near Miskeen Bagh Srinagar: A fresh environmental controversy has emerged around Kashmir’s iconic Dal Lake after the Environmental Policy Group (EPG) urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to order an on-ground investigation into a video circulating on social media that allegedly shows filling or reclamation activity near the Lakes Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA) office at Miskeen Bagh. At this stage,…

Sonam Wangchuk Says CJP Leaders Are ‘No Saints’: Why His Remarks on Political Ambition Matter

August 31, 2026 Editor

Sonam Wangchuk on CJP Leaders: ‘No Saints’ and Political Ambitions Behind Student Movements By: Javid Amin | 30 August 2026 Activist says political aspirations are not inherently wrong—but insists student movements must remain neutral and free from party agendas Political ambition is often treated as a dirty word when it appears inside a protest movement. Activists are expected to be selfless. Student leaders are expected to remain idealistic. Public movements are often judged by how far they appear from electoral politics. Sonam Wangchuk has now challenged that assumption. The Ladakh-based…

Nepal’s Catastrophic Flash Floods Are a Wake-Up Call for Kashmir: The Himalayan Threat We Can No Longer Ignore

August 31, 2026 Editor

Nepal Flash Flood Disaster a Wake-Up Call for Kashmir: Why GLOF and Glacier Collapse Risks Can No Longer Be Ignored By: Javid Amin | 30 August 2026 What happened along the Nepal-Tibet border was not simply another mountain disaster. It was a warning from a rapidly changing Himalaya — and Kashmir has reason to listen carefully. The Himalayas have always been unpredictable. Landslides, avalanches, cloudbursts and flash floods are woven into the geography of the world’s youngest mountain range. But the catastrophe unfolding after the August 26 disaster along the…

J&K Police Overhaul: 14 Officers Transferred as Kashmir, Jammu Get New IGs

August 28, 2026 Editor

J&K Police Gets a Major Leadership Reset: Sujit Kumar Takes Kashmir, Tejinder Singh Gets Jammu By: News Desk | 27 Aug 2026 A significant reshuffle in the Jammu & Kashmir Police has changed the leadership of both the Kashmir and Jammu zones, while also moving key officers responsible for intelligence, security, railway policing and anti-corruption. The Jammu & Kashmir Home Department on August 27 ordered the transfer and posting of 14 police officers — 11 IPS and three JKPS officers — with immediate effect. The move is therefore broader than…

J&K Weather Turns Hot and Humid Again: Kashmir Braces for Another Spell of Heat, Humidity and Sudden Rain

August 28, 2026 Editor

J&K Weather Forecast: Hot, Humid Conditions to Continue as Kashmir Faces Rising Heat and Sudden Rain By: News Desk | 27 Aug 2026 Kashmir Is Not Getting a Break From the Heat — But Rain Could Bring a Different Kind of Risk For a region normally associated with cool mountain air, August is ending on an unusually uncomfortable note. The latest forecast from the Meteorological Centre Srinagar indicates that Jammu & Kashmir will remain generally hot and humid, with brief spells of rain and thundershowers at scattered locations. But there…

Nepal Flash Flood Disaster: 160+ Dead and Hundreds Missing After Glacier Collapse on Tibet Border

August 27, 2026 Editor

Nepal Flash Flood Disaster: 160+ Dead as Glacier Collapse Sends Wall of Water Across Himalayas By: News Desk | 27 August 2026 A catastrophic flash flood tore through Nepal’s northern Rasuwa district on August 26, sending a violent surge of water, mud, ice and rock down the Bhote Koshi corridor and into downstream communities. More than 160 people are now reported dead across Nepal and the adjoining Tibet region, while hundreds remain unaccounted for, including foreign tourists and pilgrims. The disaster has exposed a dangerous convergence of fragile Himalayan terrain,…

Iran’s Hormuz Ultimatum: What Tehran Really Wants — and Why the Strait May Be the Key to Ending the US-Iran War

August 27, 2026 Editor

Iran is not simply “closing Hormuz” — it is turning the strait into the centrepiece of the negotiations By: News Desk | 26 August 2026 The latest Iranian warning over the Strait of Hormuz deserves closer scrutiny because the headline — “Iran will keep Hormuz closed until America accepts its conditions” — only tells part of the story. The more important development is what sits underneath it. Tehran is attempting to link navigation through one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints to the implementation of a broader US-Iran understanding,…