Emergency gave birth to epistolary jurisdiction as judiciary wanted to regain people’s trust: Justice G S Patel

KO photo by Abid Bhat Srinagar- The cold wave in Kashmir intensified as the minimum temperature across the valley stayed several degrees below the freezing point, officials said here on Tuesday. Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 3.9 degrees Celsius, which was the coldest night of this winter season, MET officials said. Shopian town in south Kashmir was the coldest recorded place in the valley as the minimum dipped to minus 6.2 degrees Celsius followed closely by Pulwama at minus 5.8 degrees Celsius Pahalgam tourist resort in Anantnag district, which serves as one of the two base camps…

Rajouri, Nov 26: Reacting to the ongoing row of admissions in the newly-started Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), Katra, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said religious discrimination in education undermines the spirit of the Constitution. “Unfortunately, now even education is being given religious colour and admission-related issues in a medical college are in front of us,” he said, addressing the Golden Jubilee celebration of Jamia Zia-ul-Uloom Group of Institutions in Poonch. Drawing a line between the constitution and the SMVDIME admission row, CM Omar said, “The people making this an issue are also teaching us the…

Srinagar, Nov 27: Jammu and Kashmir Bank has announced that the Board-of-Directors, in a meeting held on 26th November 2025, has approved raising capital aggregating up to Rs 1250 Crore to strengthen the Bank’s balance sheet and support its future growth plans. In a regulatory filing, the Bank said that the capital raise comprises Rs 750 Crore of Equity Share Capital through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) in one or more tranches and Rs 500 Crore through issuance of Non-Convertible, Redeemable, Unsecured, BASEL III-compliant Tier 2 bonds in the nature of debentures on a private placement basis, subject to applicable…