Youth must become job creators through innovation in agriculture: Omar

06/03/2026
JAMMU, Mar 5: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday highlighted the immense potential of agriculture and allied sectors in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the youth to transition from being job seekers to job creators by harnessing innovation and entrepreneurship in the sector. He said initiatives such as the Jammu and Kashmir Competitiveness Improvement of Agriculture and Allied Sectors Project (JKCIP) are playing a crucial role in nurturing a vibrant startup ecosystem and promoting innova...

PM Modi calls for swift end to West Asia, Ukraine conflicts

06/03/2026
NEW DELHI, Mar 5: With West Asia on the brink of a wider regional war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a "swift end" to the escalating confrontation in the region saying no issue can be resolved solely through military conflict. Modi's remarks following his wide-ranging talks with Finnish President Alexander Stubb came as the United States and Israel's war with Iran entered the sixth day with both sides launching fresh strikes, significantly heightening tensions across the ...

CJI Surya Kant suggests tech reforms for Bhutan judiciary, offers internship to students

06/03/2026
NEW DELHI, Mar 5: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Thursday batted for technology-driven reforms in the judicial system of Bhutan, and said access to justice depended critically on the optimum utilisation of technological advancements. Delivering a keynote address at the Royal University of Bhutan in Thimphu on ‘Access to Justice in the 21st Century: Technology, Legal Aid and People Centred Courts’, CJI Kant also said that he had conveyed to Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay that the Supreme ...

Kavinder Gupta appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor; RN Ravi named Bengal Governor, Hasnain Bihar Guv

06/03/2026
JAMMU, Mar 5: Former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta was on Thursday appointed as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh as part of a major reshuffle of gubernatorial positions announ-ced by President Droupadi Murmu. Gupta replaces Shiv Pratap Shukla, who has been appointed Governor of Telangana, according to a communique issued by the President's office. Earlier in the day, Gupta tendered his resignation as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, nearly eight months after ass...

HC sets aside order directing compassionate appointment, allows govt appeal

06/03/2026
SRINAGAR, Mar 5: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has set aside a single judge's order directing compassionate appointment to the son of a deceased prisons department employee, holding that the claim made after more than a decade was time barred under the applicable rules. A division bench of Justice Sindhu Sharma and Justice Shahzad Azeem allowed the Letters Patent Appeal filed by the Union Territory authorities and quashed the judgment of the writ court which had directed con...

HC quashes JMC Order, allows shopkeepers to reopen Exchange Road shops; orders probe

06/03/2026
JAMMU, Mar 5: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed an order of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) directing a fresh safety audit of a building at Exchange Road and permitted shopkeepers to reopen their establishments after a court-supervised technical report declared the premises structurally safe. Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal passed the directions while allowing a writ petition filed by Anoop Uppal and six other shopkeepers who had challenged Order No. 41 of 2025 da...

HC quashes preventive detention of Kathua man under PITNDPS Act

06/03/2026
JAMMU, Mar 5: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the preventive detention of a Kathua resident under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act, with Justice Rajesh Sekhri holding that non-consideration of a material fact and unexplained delay in deciding the detenue's representation rendered the detention order illegal. Allowing a habeas corpus petition filed by Liaqat Ali alias Liaqatu through his mother, the court ...

Farooq flays US-Israel strikes on Iran

06/03/2026
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Mar 5: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Thursday slammed the US-Israel strikes on Iran, and said no country has the right to impose its control over another nation. The National Conference president also said that it was the responsibility of the Union government to present its position on the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel. "Iran is an independent country. America attacked it; that is wrong. It is wrong to invade any other country. No count...