Jammu, Dec 25 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police S.P. Vaid said on Monday the state cadre IPS officer who made a controversial speech related to militancy in the state has been asked…
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Concerted action against militants and appointment of an interlocutor to carry forward the dialogue process were key aspects of Centre’s policy on Jammu and Kashmir in the…
Jammu, Dec 22 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra on Friday nominated Tassaduq Hussain Mufti, the brother of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, as a member of the state legislative council, an official said. A…
Jammu, Dec 22 (IANS) Pakistan Army on Friday again violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, leading to a heavy exchange of fire with Indian troops that was…
Jammu, Dec 20 (IANS) Indian Army’s Northern Command chief, Lt Gen Devraj Anbu on Wednesday visited forward areas on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, a defence statement…
By Rupesh Dutta Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 20 (IANS) The stories of 40-year-old Mohammad Younis and 33-year old Mohammer Tariq are similar. Residents of Rajouri and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir, both were advised…
Srinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) Two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight between the security forces and the militants in Kashmir’s Shopian district. The gunfight had started in Batmuran village of Shopian district on…
Jammu, Dec 18 (IANS) At least 16 bus passengers were injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Monday, police said. The accident occurred when the bus, coming from Dharmari village…
Jammu, Dec 18 (IANS) The cross Line of Control (LoC) bus service between Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rawalakot in Pakistan-administered Kashmir carried 85 passengers across the divided state, officials said. Officials at the Chakan…
By Sheikh Qayoom Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 16 (IANS) Even though permanent peace remained a distant dream for the people of beleaguered Jammu and Kashmir, 2017 was a comparatively better year for the state — security forces…
Panaji, Dec 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said she was nostalgic about the time when she would bunk college as a youngster and watched films in Srinagar. She said…
Jammu, Dec 15 (IANS) Sayeed Tasaduq Mufti, brother of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Friday resigned as coordinator of CM’s grievance cell. Tasaduq Mufti had given up his career as a Bollywood…
Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra on Wednesday summoned the session of the state’s bicameral legislature on January 2, an official statement said. Vohra has summoned the state legislative assembly and…
Jammu, Dec 12 (IANS) National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday questioned the Narendra Modi-led government’s “neutrality” towards the US decision recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “Like United Kingdom, France and other countries, New Delhi…
By Sheikh Qayoom Laharwalpora (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 10 (IANS) Bilal Ahmad Dar, 18, is ready to start his daily journey into the Wular Lake, said to be Asia’s largest fresh-water lake, early in the…
Srinagar, Dec 9 (IANS) Authorities on Saturday disallowed a seminar on human rights organised by Kashmiri separatist leaders in the house of senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani here. JKLF chief Yasin Malik, who…
Srinagar, Dec 7 (IANS) A moderate intensity earthquake occurred in Kashmir in the wee hours of Thursday. No report of casualty or damage has come from anywhere so far. “A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.4…
Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Two militants and a soldier were killed and another soldier injured in a gunfight that erupted on Monday between the security forces and militants holed up in a house in Jammu…
Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Nearly Rs 1 lakh was looted from a bank in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday by Al Qaeda Kashmir unit chief Zakir Musa and his associates, police said. Senior…
Srinagar, Dec 2 (IANS) Militants hurled a grenade at a police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday evening but it exploded without causing any damage, police said. “Militants hurled a grenade at…