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In a first for the UT, two limestone blocks in Anantnag district of Jammu & Kashmir — Koot–Kapran and Wantrag — were auctioned through the Ministry of Mines (announced 2 October 2026).
On 30 September 2026 security forces killed senior Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Musa alias Asif Fauji at Gurwatkalan, Khansahib (Budgam district, J&K), in an operation that was part of 'Operation Sheruwali' started in May 2026.
Armed Forces Medical Services surgeons carried out 220 sight-restoring surgeries at the 10th Mega Eye Surgical Camp under Operation Drishti at Tangdhar, Kupwara (J&K), on 24 and 25 September 2026.
On 20 September 2026, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the new Office-cum-Court Complex of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Jammu Bench, at Bahu Plaza, Jammu.
On 19 September 2026, the Law Ministry notified that the President, after consulting the Chief Justice of India, appointed 14 judicial officers as Judges or Additional Judges of the Delhi, J&K and Ladakh, Jharkhand and Karnataka High Courts.
In the 136th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 26 July 2026, PM Narendra Modi highlighted Kashmir's Vagu mat, Tripura's Chongpreng instrument, record Khadi sales of nearly ₹8,000 crore and Kerala's 'Aksharakanduk' Sanskrit-football project.
APEDA flagged off the first export shipment of premium Areko cherries and Scentrose plums from Shopian and Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, to Singapore on 16 July 2026.
