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Srinagar: A woman died after jumping from a window of a three-storey residential house while trying to escape a fire in the Jehangir Mohalla area of Noorbagh in Srinagar on Sunday, officials said. An official said that the woman was on the third floor of her residential house when the fire broke out. He said she jumped from the window to escape the blaze and sustained serious injuries.

JAMMU: J&K Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Sunday dismissed speculations around the resignation of ministers amid talks of cabinet expansion, asserting that no minister had been asked to quit. Choudhary made the remarks while speaking to reporters after paying obeisance at Kali Mata Mandir, Bahu Fort, on the first day of Navratra.

*Woman Swept Away In Flash Flood In Jammu’s Raipur Domana, Husband Narrowly Survives; Car Washed Away* Jammu, Oct 11 (GNS): A woman was swept away in a flash flood triggered by heavy overnight rain in Raipur Domana area of Jammu district on Sunday morning, while her husband had a narrow escape. Eyewitnesses told GNS that the couple had come out after sudden rise of water behind their house.

NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, who were put under preventive arrest following their detention at the Delhi airport ahead of the Jantar Mantar protest, were released on Sunday morning after being produced before an executive magistrate. They were released on condition that they would not “breach peace” for a year, CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh said.

Legal fraternity at Sadder Court, Muminabad raises infrastructure concerns Chief Justice assures: Standards of judicial system will be raised to best levels SRINAGAR: A felicitation ceremony was held at Sadder Court, Muminabad, Batamaloo, Srinagar, to welcome Lord Chief Justice Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhatti on his first visit to the lower court.

NEW DELHI: Stringent traffic restrictions remained in force across several parts of Delhi on Sunday for a second consecutive day as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) renewed its call for protests demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. According to a Delhi Traffic Police advisory, diversions were enforced from 6 am, with traffic movement to be affected around Jantar Mantar, Connaught Place, Mandi House, Patel Chowk and several other key intersections in Lutyens’ Delhi.

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has rescheduled the timing of the OMR Based Examination for the posts of FMPHW/MMPHW in Health & Medical Education Department. As per a notice issued by JKSSB, the examination advertised vide Notification No. 07 of 2025, which was scheduled to be held at 12:00 PM today on 11.10.2026 (Sunday), has been rescheduled and shall now be conducted at 1:00 PM on the same date i.e today, due to prevailing weather conditions in Jammu District.

CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore during his visit to Chennai on Sunday. A multi-tier security blanket is in place in the city ahead of his visit. The police have introduced traffic diversions along the transit routes.

WASHINGTON: Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick has declared that he would bring a bipartisan Bill to block President Donald Trump’s move to lift sanctions on Russian diesel after talks with President Vladimir Putin. Fitzpatrick’s move has received support from outgoing Congressman Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, who has decided to co-sponsor the legislation.

PARAS Health Gurugram &IMA Jammu Chapter bring advanced cardiac interventions, complex clinical cases and emerging technologies into focus JAMMU: From next-generation leadless pacemakers designed to offer long-term performance to cutting-edge structural heart interventions, advances in cardiology took centre stage at a Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme hosted by PARAS Health Gurugram in association with the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Jammu Chapter, on Saturday.