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Army commando injured in gunfight with militants in JK

Srinagar:  An Army commando was today injured in a gunfight with militants, who managed to escape, in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, sources...

SC asks GoI to apprise it about Haj quota seats, their availability

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Government of India (GoI) to apprise it by Thursday (today) about the total allocation of...

India ranks 81st in global corruption perception index

New Delhi: India has been ranked 81st in the global corruption perception index for 2017, released by Transparency International, which named the country among...

Indian Sikh’s turban ripped outside UK parliament in ‘racist’ attack  

London: An Indian Sikh man's turban was ripped by a white man in an apparent racist attack outside the UK parliament, according to a...

Army man injured after militants attack search party in Hajin

Srinagar: An army man was injured after militants opened fire on a search party in Hajin area in north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Thursday,...

Indo-Pak armies exchange fire along LoC

  Srinagar: India and Pakistan armies on Thursday exchanged heavy fire along the  Line of Control  in north Kashmir's Uri Sector. The Pakistani troops opened unprovoked...

Gunfire continues to rattle border residents 

  Srinagar: Pakistani troops on Wednesday violated the ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector, prompting retaliatory fire from the Indian...

Pak chopper spotted near LoC in Poonch

New Delhi: A Pakistani military helicopter on Wednesday came within 300 metres of the Line of Control (LoC) in the Pakistan-Administered territory near Poonch...

‘Police aggression’ forcing youth to join militant ranks, alleges JRL   

  Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Wednesday held the state police responsible for forcing the youth to join militant ranks. The JRL said that torture,...

Left alone: Abandoned patients left to survive in hospitals 

Srinagar: The absence of rehabilitation homes in the state, particularly the Kashmir Valley is creating issues for patients who have been abandoned and have...

Residents of Tarathpora Tehsil aghast over unscheduled power cuts 

Kupwara: Inhabitants of Tarthpora Tehsil in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district are up in arms against the Power Development Department (PDD), for pushing them to...

Casual labourer injured, shifted to SKIMS 

Baramulla: A casual labourer of forest department was critically injured while performing his dutiesafter he fell down in a forest compartment and rolled down...

No law requires seeking permission for holding public events, says SHRC

Srinagar: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) in its order on banning of last year’s event on Kunan Poshpora by the police has observed...

Kamran Yusuf’s bail plea deferred

Srinagar: The final decision on the bail plea of photo journalist Kamran Yousuf which was supposed to be delivered today was deferred after the...

Er Rasheed detained on way to Kupwara

  Handwara: Authorities on Wednesday detained Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh at Handwara when he was on way...

Gulmarg receives fresh snowfall amid slight drizzle in plains  

Srinagar: With the upper reaches in Kashmir Valley including Gulmarg and other higher hilly areas witnessing a fresh snowfall, the plains including the summer...

Patients stage protest against transfer of medicos

Sopore: Scores of people including patients and residents Wednesday staged protest at Iqbal Market Sopore, demanding revocation of transfer order of three special surgeon...

Court clears cop in infamous sex scandal

Chandigarh: A Special Court of CBI has acquitted a Jammu Kashmir Police officer in infamous 2006 sex scandal case. Reports said that the court cleared...

Peer Mohalla Batagund residents protest against halting work

Anantnag: Inhabitants of Peer Mohalla Batagund Verinag staged protest against the Block Development Office (BDO) Verinag for ‘stopping the work on the road unnecessarily’. Locals...

Meet Basant Rath, ‘Singham’ of Jammu 

Jammu: Less than a fortnight into his new assignment, an IPS officer trying to manage traffic in Jammu is drawing applause and brickbats for...

LAWDA demolishes five ‘illegal structures’ around Dal Lake

Srinagar: Continuing its anti-encroachment drive, the Enforcement wing of the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) demolished five illegal structures in Gulshan Colony Dal,...

Schools in Valley to re-open on Feb 26: Dir Edu

  Srinagar: The education department on Wednesday said that the schools which remained closed for almost three months period for winter break shall reopen on...

Traffic dept issues advisory for vehicles ferrying students

Srinagar: Ahead of reopening of schools across Kashmir next week, the traffic police has issued an advisory to school authorities and transporters ferrying students. As...

37 employees suspended in Kishtwar

Jammu: Kishtwar district authorities have suspended at least 37 government employees for being absent from duty without approval, an official spokesman said Wednesday. During a...

107th SLBC Meet: Smooth Credit Flow vital for development narrative, says CS

Jammu: J&K Bank Wednesday convened 107th meeting of J&K State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) here at the conference centre of Hotel Radisson Blu, Jammu....

Keen to equip tourist spots with modern infrastructure, says Minister 

Jammu: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Choudhary Lal Singh said that Surinsar and Mansar gardens are one of the finest tourist destinations in...

Minister reviews stock and supply position in Jammu

Jammu: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Tribal Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali Wednesday convened a meeting regarding  NFSA and MMSFES to...

Minister for vibrant cooperative movement

  Jammu: Minister of State for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Cooperative, Mir Zahoor Ahmad called for collective efforts by all stakeholders to make cooperative...

Life Insurance Wing of State Funds Org decentralized

Jammu: The government has accorded sanction to decentralization of State Life Insurance Wing of J&K Funds Organization from provincial  level to District Level. “Sanction is...

JCCI demands Super Speciality Hospital

Jammu: Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries (JCCI) Wednesday demanded that the Super Speciality Hospital at Meheshpura Jammu be outsourced to some leading national...

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