Kashmir shuts down to protest diesel price hike
Srinagar: Most shops business establishments and educational institutions were closed in Srinagar and other towns in the Kashmir Valley Friday as traders called for a strike against the cap on...
View ArticleShinde visits LoC, reviews security in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde visited a BSF post on the Line of Control (LoC) the de facto border that divides India and Pakistan in Kashmir and chaired a meeting of unified...
View ArticleShinde discusses measures for zero infiltration into Kashmir
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde at a unified headquarters meeting here Saturday discussed measures to strengthen the fencing on the Line of Control (LoC) to ensure zero...
View ArticlePolice foil J&K employees' march in Srinagar
Srinagar: Police foiled the march of over 500 Jammu and Kashmir government employees towards the civil secretariat here Monday and arrested some of their leaders. The employees were demanding...
View ArticlePakistani forces kill two in Kashmir
Srinagar: Pakistani troops Tuesday opened fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir killing two civilians the Indian military said.The Pakistanis violated a ceasefire along the LoC...
View ArticleGeelani protests road laying for Amarnath Yatra
Srinagar: Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani Thursday protested what he said was construction of a metalled road through north Kashmir forests for pilgrims to the Amarnath cave shrine. This was in...
View ArticleOne killed, two injured in Srinagar firing
Srinagar: One man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting incident here Friday evening police said.Farooq Ahmad from south Kashmir's Tral town was killed and two others were injured in the...
View ArticleHoteliers fear trains to Katra could hit business in Jammu
Jammu: Hoteliers fear that the flow of tourists here would decline since the authorities have neglected the development of the city. Also from next year pilgrims to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine will be...
View ArticleSix dead in Kashmir road mishap
Jammu: Six people including two children were killed in an accident when an overloaded vehicle in which they were travelling with eight others fell into a gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar highway Saturday...
View ArticleGunfight in Sopore
Srinagar: A gunfight between the security forces and the separatist guerrillas started in north Kashmir's Sopore town Sunday morning police said.Guerrillas had fired upon the security forces Saturday...
View ArticleAccession Day celebrated in Jammu
Jammu: Jammu-based political parties and religious and social organisations Friday celebrated the 65th anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir's accession with India by unfurling the national flag at the...
View ArticlePeaceful Eid-ul-Azha in Kashmir
Srinagar: Thousands of Muslims offered Eid-ul-Azha prayers amid peace across the Kashmir Valley Saturday.Large Eid congregations were witnessed at the Hazratbal shrine Jamia Masjid Janab Sahab Soura in...
View ArticleIndian Army's new role: teaching Jammu's tribal kids
Jammu: The Indian Army has donned a new role in Jammu and Kashmir with the border state enjoying a period of relative peace. It had adopted a project to educate the children of Gujjars and Bakerwals...
View ArticleJ&K's Panthers Party gets new chief after 30 years
Jammu: Panthers Party which was launched in Jammu and Kashmir as a regional party in 1982 got a new chairman Monday after having been led by Bhim Singh since its formation.Party spokesman Jagdev Singh...
View ArticleGeelani is guilty of contempt of court, says VHP
Jammu: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Thursday sought action against separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani accusing him of contempt of court for remarks he made on a Supreme Court order.Taking...
View ArticleOmar Abdullah surrenders extra LPG connections
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah confirmed Saturday he had surrendered two of the three LPG connections in his name."As promised two of the three LPG connections surrendered...
View ArticleNo deadline for lifting AFSPA: Omar
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said he wanted a phased withdrawal of a legislation that gives sweeping powers to armed forces but would not fix a deadline."There is no...
View ArticleEmployees begin two-day pen down strike in Kashmir
Srinagar: workers. Dozens of striking employees presented a memorandum of demands to the district magistrate in Srinagar. The state government maintains that enhancement in the retirement age of the...
View ArticleNHRC approached for security of J&K panchayat members
Jammu: seeking directions for the Jammu and Kashmir government for providing security to panchayat members (elected village heads) in wake of militants' threat to them. Raman Sharma, who is also a...
View ArticleJ&K landmine blast: Porter loses leg
Jammu: as he stepped on a landmine Saturday, an official said. The porter was identified as Shakeel Ahmad who was working with Bihar Regiment on the LoC near Poonch. The incident took place at Cheetah...
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