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Srinagar-Leh highway to re-open today

Zojila/Jammu: The Srinagar-Leh highway will reopen for vehicular traffic on Friday after remaining closed for 15 days as the Border Roads Organisation has cleared...

Committed to equitable development of JK: LG

BARAMULLA: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday reiterated the government’s commitment for effectively implementing 73rd and 74th Amendments for empowering Panchayati Raj Institutions...

4 soldiers killed by snow avalanche in north Kashmir

Srinagar: Four soldiers were killed in two separate incidents of snow avalanches near the Line of Control in north Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. An...

261 prisoners from J&K in UP, Haryana jails

New Delhi: As many as 234 prisoners belonging to Jammu and Kashmir are currently lodged in different jails of Uttar Pradesh and 27 other...

Hurriyat behind stone pelting in Kashmir: Govt tells RS

New Delhi: Separatist organisations and activists who are part of the Hurriyat Conference have been behind stone pelting incidents in the Kashmir Valley, Union...

Congress leader urges LS speaker to lead all-party MP delegation to Kashmir

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to lead a delegation of MPs from all...

Lawyers in Jammu intensify agitation, start hunger strike

Jammu: Lawyers, who are protesting the JK government's decision to divest judicial courts of powers to register documents related to immovable properties, on Wednesday...

2 civilians killed along LoC in Poonch; 9 more injured

JAMMU: Two civilians were killed and nine others injured on Tuesday when Pakistan army heavily shelled forward posts and villages along the Line of...

Anti-India posts reason for Kashmir internet ban, says government

NEW DELHI: The ban on internet in Jammu and Kashmir has been imposed to check aggressive anti-India social media posts being pushed from Pakistan...

Infiltration attempts up since August: Govt

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday said militancy incidents have declined since the abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370,...

‘Territories under JK include PaK’

NEW DELHI: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir comprises the territories of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir immediately before the commencement...

Government shifts 116 employees of abolished Legislative Council

JAMMU: The employees of the now abolished Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council (JKLC) on Tuesday were shifted to various departments, officials said. As many as...

Ceasefire along LoC to provide cover to infiltrating militants: IG BSF

Srinagar: Ceasefire was being violated by Pakistan along the Line of Control to provide cover to militants infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir, a senior...

All appeals, complaints pending under RTI in JK to be dealt by CIC: Govt

New Delhi: All second appeals and complaints pending with the Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission under the erstwhile state’s Right to Information (RTI)...

Lt guv calls for convergence of social welfare schemes

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu on Monday called for convergence of social welfare schemes for their effective implementation. He also directed...

Attempt to set ablaze shops in Srinagar prevented

Srinagar: A fire in a Srinagar’s prominent market was narrowly averted in the dead of night, officials said on Monday, suspecting that shop owners...

JKNPP calls for shutdown in Jammu on Saturday against internet shutdown

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Monday called for a ‘Jammu bandh’ on December 7 to protest suspension of mobile...

Jammu lawyers’ strike completes a month

Jammu: The lawyers, who are on an indefinite strike for the last one month against the government decision to divest the judicial courts of...

SC to hear pleas against polygamy, nikah halala after winter break

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear after the winter break the pleas challenging practices of polygamy and 'nikah halala' among...

Night temperatures across JK plummet

Jammu: Night temperature across the Jammu and Kashmir plummeted below the season’s average on Sunday. Srinagar and other places in Kashmir also recorded sub-zero temperature,...

Japan hopeful of peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue

New Delhi: Japan on Sunday said it looked at the situation in Kashmir “very carefully” and hoped that a peaceful resolution to the issue...

LoC, IB ‘very sensitive’ after J&K bifurcation: BSF Chief

New Delhi: The government’s decision to bifurcate the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir has rendered the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir and...

Ladakh gets ‘LA’ registration tag for vehicles

New Delhi: A new registration tag ‘LA’ has been assigned for vehicles to be registered in Ladakh, the government has said. A gazette notification by...

India Ist country to make entire Haj process digital: Naqvi

Jeddah/New Delhi: India has become the first country to make the entire process for pilgrims going on Haj completely digital, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar...

Sunday market witnesses huge rush

Srinagar: The weekly flea market here witnessed a huge rush of people and few shops at some places in the city stretched their business...

Need to build trust, address problems facing JK tourism sector: Experts

NEW DELHI: There is a need to build trust and ensure that problems of the Jammu and Kashmir tourism sector, which is on "ventilator",...

Singh seeks public cooperation in implementing ‘people friendly’ central laws

Jammu: The “prophets of doom” predicting “volcanos” in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 have “fallen silent” and the government of...

Abrogation of Art 370 will have adverse impact: Salman Khurshid

New Delhi: The purpose behind the introduction of Article 370 in the Constitution was to integrate Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the...

Internet shutdown continues in Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: Internet services across all platforms continued to remain suspended in Kashmir since August 5 even as there was considerable improvement in the situation,...

Cross-LoC firing in Poonch

Jammu: The Pakistan army on Saturday targeted forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, violating the...

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