20 dead, over a dozen hurt in Ramban mishap
A passenger vehicle skidded off the road at Ramban on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway claiming 20 lives and injuring 13 others,...
Army, police, paramilitary brace for civic polls in J&K
DGP Dilbagh Singh has assured the candidates that despite challenging circumstances, they will be provided conducive security environment. The...
Centre enhances pay to arrest SPO resignations
Union Home Ministry on Wednesday approved hike in the salaries of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir amid...
Valley anxious, but Jammu, Ladakh excited about local body polls
There is palpable excitement in Jammu and Ladakh over the forthcoming urban local body polls, while Kashmir stays anxious, even...
J&K girls are flying high, as pilots
In the recent past, Jammu and Kashmir has been giving to the country several women professional pilots—young women who have...
Spike in violence ahead of local polls in J&K
As the administration has decided to go ahead with the local body and panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir, there...
It is BJP vs rest in civic, rural polls in J&K
Saffron party sees golden opportunity to make inroads in Kashmir Valley. Jammu and Kashmir BJP president, Ravinder Raina has...
RSS suggests path-breaking Kashmir policy
In the recent past, the state BJP and the Sangh Parivar held a series of meetings to retrospect and adopt...
J&K, Punjab ink pact FOR water sharing
The state Chief Secretaries of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir recently inked the much-delayed Shahpur Kandi dam project agreement, which...
J&K Governor acts tough on top cops
New Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has acted tough against the top brass of the state police after...
Panchayat polls uncertain as NC, PDP refuse to participate
It is a virtual show down between the state administration and the political parties in Jammu and Kashmir. While the...
Farooq Abdullah threatens to boycott general, state elections
While addressing a gathering on the occasion of 36th death anniversary of his father Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on Saturday, National...
‘Vohra removed as he was about to dissolve J&K Assembly’
Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Narendra Nath Vohra had “secretly” asked the state Law Department to look at ways...
J&K cops relocate their families as terrorists launch reprisal attacks
Nearly one dozen family members of cops have been kidnapped by terrorists. There is a new wave of fear,...
J&K players bring medal and cheers in Asian Games, cricket
Bhanu Pratab Singh of Jammu has won a bronze medal in the 18th Asian Games. Kashmir’s local sportspersons have...
Ladakh looks at juniper to replenish green cover
In a move to provide green cover to Ladakh and prevent soil erosion during flash floods common to this region,...
Ladakh climate change alarms govt, experts
The recent incident of cloudburst in Leh has set alarm bells ringing in the administration as well as among environmentalists...
J&K cops face fatal reprisals as Army hunts down terrorists
Since January, two dozen policemen in the state have been killed in terrorist attacks. The Jammu and Kashmir police...
BJP workers in Kashmir leave for safe havens after Pulwama attack
The BJP leadership has swung into action after terrorists killed its youth leader Shabir Ahmad Bhat on the eve of...
Kashmir recalls Vajpayee as a statesman determined to resolve issue
People in the Kashmir valley keenly watched on television the last journey of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The...
Tragedy revisits Kashmir’s killing-field turned tourist hotbed
A youth died and four others were injured when a live shell exploded in this erstwhile firing range of the...
Valley’s beauty haunts social media as Atif Aslam song is launched
‘O meri Laila’, a song from the upcoming film Laila Majnu, is shot in Kashmir and also features Kashmiri actor,...
Involvement of locals in terrorism worries govt
Governor N.N. Vohra recently held a series of meetings with the top security brass, including intelligence officers, to hammer out...
Cloudbursts wreak havoc in Leh villages
Dozens of vehicles were damaged and swathes of paddy fields destroyed by flash floods caused by sudden cloudbursts on Wednesday...
