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NC’s Farooq Abdullah to seek INDIA bloc, J&K parties’ support for upcoming Jantar Mantar sit-in over Statehood

NC’s Farooq Abdullah to seek INDIA bloc, J&K parties’ support for upcoming Jantar Mantar sit-in over Statehood

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Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Farooq Abdullah. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Ruling National Conference (NC) on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) said it will formally invite the members of INDIA bloc and J&K parties to join its sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar on the first day of the monsoon session of the Parliament on July 20 over Statehood and constitutional guarantees. “All constituent parties of the INDIA Bloc, along with other political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, would be formally invited to participate in the protest. It was also decided to send invitations to leaders of parties that are not part of the INDIA bloc but are also not aligned with the NDA,” said NC spokesman Imran Nabi Dar. The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by NC president Dr. Farooq Abdullah at his residence at Gupkar, Srinagar. “The meeting reviewed and finalized arrangements for the party’s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi,” said Mr. Dar. The NC said formal invitation letters will be sent to all political parties in J&K with …

Pakistani terrorist killed in Indian Army’s operation to foil infiltration bid in J&K’s Uri| India News

Pakistani terrorist killed in Indian Army’s operation to foil infiltration bid in J&K’s Uri| India News

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A Pakistani terrorist was gunned down in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, even as the army foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control. A joint operation was launched on the intervening night of March 14 and March 15. (ANI photo/ Representational) A joint operation was launched on the intervening night of March 14 and March 15 based on a specific intelligence input provided by the J&K Police regarding an infiltration attempt, the army said in a statement. “Alert troops spotted suspicious movement of a terrorist in the thicket. The ambush was readjusted and the terrorist was challenged resulting in terrorist opening indiscriminate fire,” it added. The operation took place in Buchhar in Uri sector. The army further said that “warlike stores including an AK rifle, pistols and large quantity of ammunition” were recovered during the joint operation. According to the army’s last communication, the operation was still underway as of Sunday morning. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong …

How Auqib Nabi overcame father’s fears to become Ranji Trophy champion | Cricket News

How Auqib Nabi overcame father’s fears to become Ranji Trophy champion | Cricket News

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Ghulam Nabi’s latent love for ‘Tendulkar Sir’ and ‘Captain Cool – Ganguly’ in the late 90s and early aughties might just have tilted the scales in favour of allowing his son Auqib – ‘Aqu’ – to continue in cricket. “Initially, I stopped him strictly,” he says. It helped that Ghulam’s mother and wife, Auqib’s grandmother and mother – were cricket fanatics. “My wife knows about playing styles of cricketers, whose names I’ve never even heard of!” says Ghulam, adding, “I used to be a good bowler too, but I stopped playing cricket after my marriage. Responsibilities take over.” A father of three, Ghulam works as a teacher in a government school. Even when Auqib was cleaning up Karun Nair, KL Rahul and Devdutt Padikkal on Day 3, his father was in a class at his secondary school in Shiri, 7 km down slope from Baramulla, and would watch video clips of his scalps later. “At middle school in 8th, Auqib was a zone topper at studies. I genuinely wanted all my children to go in …

From TV Scrolls to Ranji Finals: The Making of Jammu & Kashmir Cricket | Cricket News

From TV Scrolls to Ranji Finals: The Making of Jammu & Kashmir Cricket | Cricket News

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Auqib Nabi made his Ranji Trophy debut in January 2020, just before Covid struck, and the pandemic cost him two good years away from top-level action. He is one of the pace bowlers starring for Jammu and Kashmir at Hubballi this week as they chase their first Ranji title — shaped, like the rest of this team, by Irfan Pathan’s coaching in conditions no other domestic side would have experienced. Irfan Pathan arrived as coach in the 2017-18 season and stayed until the deteriorating security situation forced him to leave for his own safety in 2019. He insisted on four-to-five months of fitness and skills camps — not just ten days before the season, as had been the custom — but the squad ran into a roadblock peculiar to India’s northernmost state. Fazil Rashid, a key part of that squad, recalls those torrid times. Getting 25 probables to assemble at one spot required a gargantuan effort. “This was around the 2018-19 season, when there had been a big attack in Kashmir. Team ko nikaalne mein …

How Jammu & Kashmir went from punching bag to Ranji Trophy title contenders | Cricket News

How Jammu & Kashmir went from punching bag to Ranji Trophy title contenders | Cricket News

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Jammu & Kashmir had waited 66 long years to be in the Ranji Trophy final. Last year, they seemed on course but fell short by one run against Kerala in the quarter-final. In the semi-final this time, at 71 for four needing 55 to win at the Kalyani ground against hosts Bengal, out walked J&K’s buccaneer batsman Abdul Samad, who unleashed 27-ball 30 that had three sixes. That proved to be a game-changing knock. J&K, for long considered punching bags of the North Zone, were through to the final, a step away from the summit they had never dared to set their eyes on. Bengal were the fourth team that J&K defeated, travelling to their backyard, after Delhi and MP. In their last near-miss of a season, they had humbled Mumbai in Mumbai. Samad, known as the ‘Hot Spring of Kalakote’ (Rajouri, Pir Panjal), but having grown up in Jammu city, was the batting star with his fearless batting. “One of the cleanest strikers of the ball,” said bowling coach P Krishna Kumar. 𝙎𝘾𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙎 𝙊𝙁 …

Army Chief reviews counter-terror ops in Jammu and Kashmir, deliberates on infusion of advanced tech

Army Chief reviews counter-terror ops in Jammu and Kashmir, deliberates on infusion of advanced tech

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In this image posted on Feb. 8, 2026, Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi pins a service ribbon on an official during his visit to the Counter Insurgency Force (Rashtriya Rifles) under the White Knight Corps to review the prevailing security situation and assess operational preparedness, in Jammu and Kashmir. Photo: @adgpi/X via PTI Photo Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi has reviewed ongoing counter-terrorism operations and the prevailing security situation during a visit to forward areas here, with deliberations also focussing on the infusion of advanced technologies to further enhance operational capability, the Army said on Sunday (February 8, 2026). The Chief of Army staff attended a high-level security review meeting chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah and visited White Knight Headquarters in Jammu on Friday (February 6, 2026) before touring the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri on Saturday (February 7, 2026). “COAS visited Counter Insurgency Force (R), under the aegis of White Knight Corps to review the prevailing security situation and assess operational preparedness.” “He was briefed on ongoing counter-terrorism operations, …

After outcry over football team, regional bias row in J-K now hits youth cricket | India News

After outcry over football team, regional bias row in J-K now hits youth cricket | India News

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After the Santosh Trophy, the Under-14 boys’ cricket team for the 69th National School Games is the latest to be hit by allegations of regional bias, with accusations that the numbers were skewed against Jammu prompting the UT administration to initiate an inquiry into the team selection. The 69th National School Games for the 2025-26 season are being held at Rajasthan’s Sikar from January 19 to 23. Some parents alleged irregularities and skewed representation for Jammu in the trials, claiming that in some cases overage boys qualified for the tournament. This has prompted J&K Director General Youth Services and Sports Anuradha Gupta to constitute a five-member committee headed by Pankaj Sasan, a physical education lecturer and former national player. The panel, which will also include Mukesh Sharma, another national player, and three former domestic cricket players — Jagtar Singh, Arshad Bhat and Paramjeet Singh — will scrutinise score sheets from the inter-district matches that acted as qualifiers for the games. Of the committee members, Sasan, Sharma and Jagtar Singh are from Jammu. “The committee shall …

Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir as night temperatures dip

Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir as night temperatures dip

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Kashmiri men gather with their boats loaded with vegetables at the floating vegetable market in the interior of Dal Lake at dawn during the cold winter season. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The cold wave conditions in Kashmir intensified as the night temperatures fell at most places in the valley owing to open skies, meteorological department officials said on Sunday (November 30, 2025). A layer of fog engulfed most parts of the valley, especially areas around water bodies. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.4 degrees Celsius on Saturday (November 29) night, down from minus 3.1 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature last night was slightly above the season’s coldest night recorded in the city when mercury had plunged to minus 4.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday night. The Shopian town in south Kashmir was the coldest place in the valley on Saturday night with a minimum temperature of minus 6.6 degrees Celsius. Qazigund, the gateway town to the valley, recorded a low of minus 3.0 degrees Celsius. The mercury settled at minus 5.0 degrees Celsius …

‘Hope no Operation Sindoor happens, nothing came out of it’: Farooq Abdullah after Nowgam blast

‘Hope no Operation Sindoor happens, nothing came out of it’: Farooq Abdullah after Nowgam blast

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Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that “nothing” came out of Operation Sindoor and called for India and Pakistan to improve their relationship. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Farooq Abdullah said that nothing came out of Operation Sindoor, noting the Faridabad terror module and the Delhi blast.(ANI File) His remarks came after an accidental blast in the Nowgam police station on the outskirts of Srinagar killed at least 9 people, including police officers, on Friday night. The blast occurred while officers were sampling the explosive material seized after the “white collar” terror module was busted in Haryana’s Faridabad earlier this month. “I hope no such thing (Operation Sindoor) will happen. Nothing came out of it (Operation Sindoor). Our people died. Our borders were compromised. I hope both nations improve their relations. That is the only way. I want to repeat what Vajpayee Ji said, friends can be changed, but neighbours cannot,” Abdullah told news agency ANI, apparently referring to the terror module and the recent Delhi blast. The …

What makes J&K pacer Auqib Nabi special: Can swing the ball both ways, commendable accuracy | Cricket News

What makes J&K pacer Auqib Nabi special: Can swing the ball both ways, commendable accuracy | Cricket News

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If there was a collection of two deliveries that explained the hype that has built around Auqib Nabi, Jammu and Kashmir’s 27-year-old right-arm quick, on the domestic circuit, it came in the 63rd over of Delhi’s innings during their Ranji Trophy fixture at the Feroz Shah Kotla grounds on Saturday. After a wicket with the new ball, Nabi returned for a spell and nabbed Anuj Rawat by moving the ball out to catch the edge of the left-hander. In his next over, he shaped one at the perfect Test length, getting the ball to move away from the right-handed Hrithik Shokeen late and catching his glove. On the next one, he bowled a vicious in-swinger – getting the ball to reverse swing when it was older and softer – that crushed the front toe of debutant Manan Bhardwaj. To get the ball to move both ways so seamlessly, with commendable accuracy in length, has been his hallmark. It allowed him to take 44 wickets last season as J&K reached the quarterfinals. On the back of …