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Topic: Srinagar

‘Used his fist & feet to hit me’—SpiceJet staffer beat up by violent passenger recalls incident

Mudasir Ahmad, who was assaulted by an Army officer at Srinagar airport, recalled the incident saying the passenger used his baggage to hit him. Ahmad suffered a spinal fracture after the assault.

Army officer booked for ‘murderous assault’ on 4 SpiceJet staff over baggage at Srinagar airport

The officer allegedly kicked, punched and hit staff with a queue stand after refusing to pay excess baggage fees, leaving one with a spinal fracture & others with jaw injuries.

How Op Mahadev unfolded: A day-by-day account of how the net closed in on Pahalgam terrorists

Hunt began day after Pahalgam attack, culminating in the killing on 28 July. Amit Shah Tuesday asserted in Parliament that it was these 3 terrorists who killed 26 in a targeted attack on 22 April.

Operation Mahadev: 3 terrorists with suspected links to Pahalgam attack killed in J&K

Security forces, acting on an intelligence input, launched operation in Mulnar area of Harwan Monday morning. Two rounds of gunshots heard as security forces carried out searches.

‘Song & dance’ at Guru Tegh Bahadur martyrdom event latest flashpoint in Punjab govt, SGPC tussle

Row over viral video of audience dancing to folk songs at ‘solemn’ musical event organised by Punjab govt in Srinagar. SGPC takes offence, Akal Takht summons organisers.

Does Kashmir’s history begin and end with Islam? First excavation to explore the unknown

The dig in Zehampora, Baramulla is being led by a small army of archaeologists from the Department of Central Asian Studies at Kashmir University — where archaeology was introduced as a formal discipline only in 2017.

AK-47s, Quran verses, lovers’ names —the tattoos Kashmiris are rushing to remove

Separated by a Srinagar graveyard, Basit Bashir and Ahmed Hassan are at opposite ends of the push and pull between tradition and rebellion in Kashmir. One makes tattoos, the other removes them.

Srinagar’s first Kashmiri Pandit Deputy Commissioner Akshay Labroo cleared UPSC on first try

Labroo’s appointment is deeply symbolic for a community that was forced to flee the Valley in the 1990s. 'It feels like we’ve come back home,' said Kashmiri Pandit Rakesh Bhat.

J&K will be given the status of a state by PM Modi, says CM Omar Abdullah

Omar Abdullah was with PM at event to flag off new Vande Bharat trains from Katra railway station connecting Jammu division with Kashmir.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?