#JammuKashmirNews Archives

Mian Altaf Ahmad Flags J&K Political Uncertainty, Unemployment and Statehood Demand

September 13, 2026 Editor

Mian Altaf Ahmad Flags J&K’s Political Uncertainty, Puts Unemployment, Healthcare and Statehood Back in Focus By: News Desk | 12 September 2026 Srinagar: A senior National Conference (NC) voice has once again highlighted the growing gap between political expectations and day-to-day governance in Jammu & Kashmir, with party MP Mian Altaf Ahmad saying he is not satisfied with the prevailing political situation and describing it as uncertain. His remarks are significant not simply because they come from an opposition leader, but because Ahmad is himself a senior NC parliamentarian representing…

157 Projects Done, ₹3,532 Crore Spent: Why Srinagar Still Struggles With Waterlogging and Traffic

September 10, 2026 Editor

Srinagar Smart City Mission: 98% Projects Complete, But Has the City Become More Livable? By: News Desk | 09 September 2026 Srinagar: On paper, Srinagar has come remarkably close to completing its transformation under the Smart Cities Mission. Out of 161 sanctioned projects, 157 had been completed by March 31, 2026, representing roughly 98 per cent of the portfolio. Completed works are valued at about ₹3,532 crore, against a sanctioned project cost of ₹3,634 crore. The numbers tell a story of substantial implementation. The streets tell another. Across Srinagar, residents…

Kashmir’s Political Space Under Debate: Mirwaiz Questions Bans, Property Attachments and Exclusion

September 9, 2026 Editor

Mirwaiz Calls for Review of J&K Bans, Raises Due-Process Questions Over JeI Properties By: News Desk | 08 September 2026 As Jamaat-e-Islami faces renewed property action in Sopore and its former chief signals a legal challenge to the ban, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says lasting peace cannot be built by excluding organisations with real social influence. SRINAGAR, September 9, 2026 — A familiar question has returned to the centre of Kashmir’s political debate: can lasting peace be built while entire political and socio-religious constituencies remain outside the formal political space? Mirwaiz…

654 Vulnerable Villages, 7.22 Lakh at Risk: Why Jammu & Kashmir Must Rethink Disaster Preparedness

September 8, 2026 Editor

Jammu & Kashmir Disaster Preparedness Under Pressure: Can the Valley Stay Ahead of the Next Disaster? By: Javid Amin | 07 September 2026 From the 2014 floods to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides, Jammu & Kashmir has repeatedly been reminded that geography can turn a weather event into a humanitarian crisis. The administration has expanded forecasting, emergency operations and vulnerability mapping, but the harder question remains: can warnings, plans and infrastructure reach people quickly enough when the mountains and rivers turn dangerous? There is a peculiar contradiction at the heart…

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 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…

Farooq, Omar Abdullah Vow to Continue J&K Statehood Fight as Article 370 Anniversary Revives Political Battle

August 7, 2026 Editor

Farooq & Omar Abdullah Renew J&K Statehood Fight as Article 370 Anniversary Reopens Political Battle By News Desk | 06 Aug 2026 The National Conference has renewed its campaign for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, with party president Farooq Abdullah and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah insisting that the demand will remain on the political agenda until the Union Territory is restored to full statehood. Their renewed push came around the seventh anniversary of the August 5, 2019 constitutional changes, when Jammu and Kashmir lost its special status and…

Jammu & Kashmir Statehood Demand Reignites NC-BJP Political Battle as Constitutional Rights and Development Narratives Collide

July 17, 2026 Editor

J&K Statehood Demand Sparks Fresh NC-BJP Showdown: Constitutional Rights vs Development Narrative By: News Desk | 16 July 2026 National Conference presses for immediate restoration of statehood while BJP insists governance, stability and reforms remain the priority, setting the stage for another major political confrontation The demand for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood has once again become the defining political issue in the Union Territory, triggering a renewed confrontation between the National Conference (NC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). With political rhetoric intensifying on both sides, the…

Bulldozers, Bias and Backlash: Why Sheikh Khursheed Boycotted LG Manoj Sinha’s Anti-Drug Campaign in Kashmir

May 14, 2026 Editor

Langate MLA Sheikh Khursheed Boycotts LG Manoj Sinha’s Anti-Drug Campaign Over House Demolition Row in Kashmir By: Javid Amin | 13 May 2026 A Demolition in Langate Has Triggered a Wider Political Storm in Jammu & Kashmir The demolition of a two-storey residential house in Langate has pushed Jammu and Kashmir’s anti-drug campaign into the centre of a heated political and legal controversy. What began as part of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s aggressive “Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyaan” has now evolved into a broader debate over constitutional rights, selective enforcement, due…

Omar Abdullah Hits Back at PDP, Accuses Party of ‘Hiding Its Own Sins’ Amid Escalating Political War

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 Editor

Omar Abdullah Slams PDP Over ‘Baseless Allegations’ in Escalating NC-PDP Row By: Javid Amin | 10 May 2026 NC-PDP Political Battle Intensifies as Omar Abdullah Launches Sharp Counterattack The political confrontation between the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party has escalated sharply after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah accused the PDP of making “baseless allegations” to distract from what he described as its own political failures and contradictions. The remarks come amid growing exchanges between the two regional rivals over governance, corruption, education, and religious politics in…