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Machail Mata Yatra suspended

Srinagar: The 43-day-long Machail Mata Yatra in Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir was suspended on Saturday owing to security reasons. The Amarnath Yatra...

Centre moves 10,000 troops to Kashmir

This is in addition to 40,000 deployed  recently for Amarnath Yatra security.     Srinagar: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration, especially...

Acquittal comes 23 years late for J&K men

Srinagar: The Rajasthan High Court recently acquitted three Srinagar residents from terror charges even as they were earlier acquitted by courts in Delhi and Gujarat...

16-hour daily radio transmission keeps Amarnath pilgrims company

Srinagar: A first of its kind daily radio transmission for the 2.5 lakh pilgrims who have reached Kashmir valley to visit the holy cave...

Shah okays clusters for Pandits

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asked Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to go ahead with the resettlement of displaced Kashmiri...

Army hands minor’s body to Pakistan

Srinagar: In a humanitarian gesture, the Indian Army has handed over the body of a child to Pakistan after he had drowned in a river....

Governor sanctions new projects

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik recently held a State Administrative Council (SAC) meeting, and decided to expedite all pending projects. Funds...

Go after terror funding suspects in J&K, Amit Shah tells agencies

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has told investigative agencies to go after all those who are involved in terror funding in Jammu and...

‘Hurriyat ready for dialogue’

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday said that Hurriyat was ready for a dialogue and praised the recent statements made...

Malik to improve administration

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik is attempting to make the administration accountable and assessable. Malik asked the administrative secretaries to file...

Zojila tunnel project struggles to take off

Srinagar: The strategically important Zojila tunnel project, connecting Kashmir’s Sonmarg with the Gumri area in Ladakh’s Kargil district, is still caught in the tendering...

Interlocutor reviews internal security

Srinagar: The Centre’s Jammu and Kashmir interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma has arrived in the state, after seven months to discuss internal security and initiate dialogue...

Shah takes stock of J&K, discusses fresh proposals

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has started looking for implementing the agenda of the new BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre,...

Kashmir sees high-level meets, post EC poll hint

While National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a top-level security meet on Kashmir on Thursday, Additional Secretary Home Gyanesh Kumar accompanied by intelligence officials...

Unprecedented security cover for Amarnath Yatra

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik presided over a high level security meeting regarding the safety and security of Amarnath pilgrims ahead...

Kashmir hoping Shah will take a soft line

Srinagar: As Amit Shah takes over as the new Minister for Home Affairs, Kashmir’s mainstream political parties are hoping for a change in policy...

BJP retains 3 seats, seeks early Assembly polls

NC wins three seats, Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP wiped out.   Srinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not only retained its three Lok Sabha seats in...

Nahida Manzoor is first Kashmiri girl to scale Everest

She had created an online crowd-funding campaign to chase her dream.   Nahida Manzoor on Wednesday became the first Kashmiri woman to scale the world’s highest...

Highway curbs affect supplies

Srinagar: The frequent closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway is causing inconvenience to the general population of Jammu and Kashmir in the month of Ramzan....

Tourism industry seeks bailout

Srinagar: The once-thriving tourism industry in Kashmir is now on the verge of shutting down. Recently, stakeholders of the industry met state Governor Satya...

At 54, woman to scale denali

Srinagar:  Jammu’s Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl is all set to become the oldest Indian woman to scale the highest mountain peak in North America’s Mount Denali....

Confusion over relocating Dal dwellers

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to do away with the Rakh-e-Arth project for the rehabilitation of Dal Lake dwellers, according to...

BJP stalwarts campaign to retain Ladakh

The demand for Union Territory status is still the main issue in the Ladakh region.   Srinagar: After Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Ladakh parliamentary segment witnessed...

Assembly polls in J&K likely to get delayed

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah is eager to have Assembly elections as soon as possible in Jammu and Kashmir, as the party wants...

Kashmir raids evoke sharp reactions

Srinagar: The Income Tax (I-T) department has carried out numerous raids in the Kashmir valley, targeting traders and people linked to separatist organisations.  The...

‘Will win more than 3 seats’

SRINAGAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Ram Madhav lashed out at Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and National Conference (NC)...

Zanskar demands district status

Ladakh polls witness fresh demands from Leh, Nobra and Zanskar.   Srinagar: While the people of Leh and Nobra demand Union Territory status for Ladakh division...

Governor tries to reassert self on J&K issues

Asks state chief secretary to send him all files on sensitive matters about Kashmir.   Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik is neither happy...

Centre suspends cross LoC trade

Srinagar: The Centre has decided to suspend cross Line of Control (LoC) trade with Pakistan from both Uri and Poonch areas after it gave...

Low voter turnout in Srinagar segment

No polling held in 90 polling booths.   Srinagar: It was by and large a peaceful day in Srinagar, though afew protests and stone-pelting incidents were...

Ladakh set to witness interesting contest

Srinagar: The Ladakh Parliamentary segment is likely to witness an interesting contest because of rebellion in both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress,...

J&K governor wants ban lifted

Srinagar: The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik is reportedly not in favour of banning civilian traffic for two days in a...

Communal tension, curfew continue in Kishtwar

Srinagar: The state Governor’s administration has decided to keep Kishtwar district under strict curfew for the fourth running day on Friday, after a local...

Boycott pattern to decide fate

Srinagar: As Baramulla prepares for the first phase of polls on 11 April, it seems that the pattern of boycott will be a deciding...

BJP attempts to gain ground in Jammu

Srinagar: After public rallies by PM Narendra Modi and Party President Amit Shah, state BJP workers have started door to door campaign with much...

NC, PDP engage in verbal spat

Srinagar: The election season brings to fore new phrases, with each party engaging in a war of words that gets murkier with approaching proximity...

Women mostly stay away from J&K poll fray

Though women have been participating in political activities, when it comes to giving mandates they are being ignored.   Srinagar: Despite the fact that former Chief...

J&K awaits tourists’ footfall

Srinagar: Despite efforts by the Governor’s administration to boost tourism, there has been no visible tourist footfall in Kashmir Valley. Tourism has taken a...

Security agencies on alert

Srinagar: Police, along with security forces and intelligence agencies, are on high alert as the campaign for the six parliamentary segments has almost started....

Will Modi factor work for BJP in J&K?

Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jammu could galvanise the party supporters by his speeches and focus on national security during his campaigns. He...

Jammu produces champion in the field of mountain climbing

Shivani Charak made her mark in the women’s category at the national level.   The national rankings released by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation have declared Shivani...

NC, Congress seal pact ahead of LS polls

But it seems that Farooq Abdullah’s party has got nothing from the deal with the Congress.   Srinagar: It seems that the National Conference (NC) has...

BJP repeats candidates from two Jammu seats

Srinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party has given tickets to its two sitting MPs from Jammu region, including Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore...

BJP tries to regain ground in Ladakh

Srinagar: The recently held mega rally organised by Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) with support of all religious and trade bodies for the demand of...

HC steps in for conservation of water bodies

Srinagar: In the past one week, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court passed two directions to the state administration for the preservation of water...

Dozens of key separatist leaders arrested

Authorities should instead arrest National Conference leaders for rigging 1987 elections: Sajjad Lone   SRINAGAR: In the continued crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami and other separatist outfits, police and...

Zojila tunnel in legal tussle

SRINAGAR: Ladakh residents have finally moved the High Court seeking directions for the construction of Zojila tunnel as successive governments since 1960 promised the...

EC yet to decide on simultaneous polls in Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar: Even three days after a team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) visited Jammu and Kashmir, it has kept its decision on...

Woman killed, many injured as Pakistan continues shelling

SRINAGAR: Even as a war-like situation prevailed after Indian airstrikes destroyed key terror camps and launching pads inside Pakistan territory killing more than 350...

Jamaat, JKLF chiefs detained, 100 additional paramilitary companies sent to valley

Srinagar: The authorities launched a massive crackdown and detained dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami cadre, including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz, in Kashmir valley on Saturday....

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