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Frigid in Kashmir Valley; Kargil freezes at -20 deg C

Srinagar: Normal life crawled at -20 degrees Celsius in Kargil in the cold desert of Ladakh even as temperatures remained several degrees below the...

Maha bandh: 16 FIRs registered in Mumbai, over 300 detained

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police registered 16 FIRs and detained over 300 people in connection with protests by Dalit groups during the day-long bandh yesterday...

Protests in Sopore against killing of youth

Sopore: Protests erupted in Unisoo village early Thursday morning against the killing of a youth by unknown gunmen Wednesday evening in Harwan- Bomai Sopore. The...

Handwara: Hundreds attend last rites of slain Unisoo youth

HANDWARA: Hundreds of people, including women and children, gathered at Unisoo village of Handwara to attend the last rites of Arif Ahmad who was...

IG CRPF suffers cardiac arrest in Bhaderwah

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Jammu records lowest temperature of season

Srinagar: With cold wave intensifying further in Jammu and Kashmir, the winter capital Jammu Thursday recorded the coldest night of the season at 2.7...

Infiltration bid foiled in Arnia Sector, one killed

Jammu: Border Security Force on Thursday claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and killed...

Army foils infiltration bid Arnia Sector, one killed

Srinagar: Indian army on Thursday claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and killed...

Iran says Trump’s ‘absurd tweets’ have incited disruption

United Nations: Iran today charged that the US "has crossed every limit" in international relations by expressing support for Iran's anti-government protesters and said...

4 dead, 5 injured in fire in Mumbai

Mumbai: Four people, including two children died and five were seriously injured after an upper floor of a residential building in suburban Marol caught...

Sopore shuts against ‘rising theft’ incidents

Sopore: A complete shutdown was Wednesday observed in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district to protest against the failure of administration in curbing...

First-ever music academy launched in Sopore

Sopore: The first ever music academy was launched on Wednesday in Sopore town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir. The music academy - VIBRATION 314...

Munwar residents demand power supply

  Srinagar: Residents of Munwar area Wednesday blocked the movement of traffic on the busy crossing in the uptown city for nearly an hour to...

ReTs to get benefits of SRO-43 of 1994: Altaf Bukhari

  Jammu: Minister for Education Altaf Bukhari Wednesday said that the benefits of SRO-43 of 1994 will be extended to the Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers of...

Seeking regularization, NHM employees get batons

Jammu: At least 15 National Health Mission (NHM) employees Wednesday sustained injuries after police used batons against the protesting employees who tried to march...

KAS Officers Association meets CS

Jammu: The Executive body of the Kashmir Administrative Officers Association led by its President Tasaduq Mir met the Chief Secretary B.B Vyas in his...

Govt creating 90’s like situation, say legislators

Jammu: The government on Wednesday was left red faced after opposition as well as ruling party members censured it over the civilian killings by...

Assembly rocked over civilian killings, NC, Cong stage walk out

Jammu: Noisy protests and anti-government slogans disrupted the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly as the opposition Congress and National Conference staged a walkout over the...

Cold Wave: Kargil freezes at minus 20 degrees C

Srinagar: Kargil town in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir recorded its coldest night this season as mercury fell over 20 degrees below the...

Never acknowledged existence of Arunachal Pradesh: China

Beijing: China today said it had "never acknowledged" the existence of Arunachal Pradesh as it kept mum over a media report that its troops...

‘Terror funding’: NIA opposes ‘stone pelter’s’ bail plea

New Delhi: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) today opposed before a Delhi court the bail application of an alleged stone pelter, arrested from Kashmir...

JRL calls for shutdown in Sopore on Jan 06

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Wednesday called for a complete shutdown in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Jan 6 to mark the anniversary on...

ISIS, Taliban have no presence in Kashmir: Govt

Srinagar: The union government today denied that ISIS or Taliban like militant outfits are operating in the valley. In reply to a question in Raj...

2017: Police purchases 18,100 bullet-proof jackets, 550 vehicles

Jammu: Over 18,000 bullet-proof jackets and 550 vehicles were purchased by Jammu and Kashmir Police during the year 2017, JK Director General of Police...

LoC flare Up: 14,400 bunkers coming up for border dwellers

Jammu: The Centre has given sanction for construction of over 14,400 underground bunkers at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore for safety of people...

BSF jawan killed in Samba

  Jammu: A BSF jawan deployed along the India- Pakistan border in Jammu was killed today in an incident of unprovoked firing, officers of the...

Oppn MLAs disrupt assembly over discussion on human rights

Jammu: Proceedings in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and Legislative Council were stalled today as opposition leaders demanded a discussion on human rights violations...

VC-KU bereaved

Srinagar: Syed Habibullah Andrabi, father of Kashmir University Vice Chancellor Prof Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi, passed away on Wednesday morning after brief illness. Hundreds of people...

BJP MLA stages walkout from Assembly

Jammu: Ruling BJP MLA from Marh (Jammu) constituency today staged a walkout from the Assembly over the alleged disparity in fund sharing between Jammu...

Srinagar man held while moving suspiciously near Air Force station

Thane: The Thane police in Maharashtra have arrested a man hailing from Jammu and Kashmir after he was found moving in a suspicious manner near...

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