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Restoration of essential services underway across Kashmir division

SRINAGAR: District administrations across the Kashmir division Friday cleared snow from major and link roads after heavy snowfall lashed Kashmir Valley, officials said. District Development...

Kashmir parts get first major snowfall of season

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Valley received its first major snowfall of the season on Wednesday leading to closure of the Mughal Road and Zojilla pass on...

5 of family killed near Qazigund

Srinagar: Five members of a family were killed and two injured when their car collided head on with a truck in Kulgam district on...

Non-local beggars disappear from city

Srinagar: With the revocation of special status and splitting of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, non-local beggars have disappeared from the city...

Kashmiri entrepreneur offers free space in Bangalore to start ups throttled by internet gag

SRINAGAR: A Kashmiri entrepreneur is offering free of cost space and internet in Bangalore to Kashmir based start ups run down by the communications...

Pak stifling women’s voices for narrow political gains: India at UNSC

United Nations: India lashed out at Pakistan for raising the issue of women’s rights in Kashmir in the UN Security Council, saying the country...

Railway services to resume in Kashmir next week

Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan Wednesday asked the Railway authorities to restore the train services in valley from next week. He passed the...

NC slams govt for changing names of prominent landmarks in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: National Conference on Wednesday slammed government for changing the names of prominent landmarks in valley, saying that at a time when the people...

Miscreants, militants resorting to fear-mongering in Kashmir: Police

SRINAGAR: Miscreants and militants are indulging in fear-mongering in Kashmir to put down any resistance to the unannounced shutdown, which has now entered its...

‘3 arrested for threatening locals in south Kashmir’

JAMMU: Three persons were arrested on Wednesday for "threatening and intimidating" locals in south Kashmir's Awantipora using posters issued by proscribed militant outfits Hizbul...

SC seeks report on plying of public transport in JK during restrictions

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the GoI and the Jammu and Kashmir administration to apprise it on Thursday how many public...

Communications shutdown for 90 days not temporary measure, SC told

New Delhi: Shutting down mobile, landline and internet services for 90 days in Jammu and Kashmir was “by no means a temporary measure” following...

Nepal objects to Kalapani’s inclusion in new Indian maps

Kathmandu: The Nepal government on Wednesday made it clear that Kalapani area situated in the country’s far-West lies within the Nepalese boundary, days after...

SC asks J&K HC Juvenile Justice Committee to examine fresh allegations of detention of minors

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the 4-member juvenile justice committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to examine afresh the allegations...

Orders for communications shutdown in J&K ‘illegal & unconstitutional’, counsel argues in SC

New Delhi: Notifications and orders shutting down mobile, landline and internet services in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of provisions of Article 370...

Home minister reviews situation in JK

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, three months after GoI abrogated special status of...

Govt defends separate department of registration

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday defended the creation of a separate department of registration, a decision which divested the judicial courts...

Cross-LoC fire rages in Poonch

Jammu: Pakistani Rangers on Tuesday targeted forward posts along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir with small arms firing, a defence...

GoI responsible if anything happens to my mother: Iltija Mufti

SRINAGAR: Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti on Tuesday said that Government of India (GoI) would be responsible “if anything happens” to...

NC asks govt to release political prisoners

Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) on Tuesday urged the government to release all political leaders being detained in Jammu and Kashmir, allow political activities...

HC dismisses plea from ANC leaders against house detention after state denies claim

Srinagar: The J&K High Court Tuesday dismissed a petition from senior Awami National Conference leader and others seeking to lift all kinds of restraints...

Architecture school to be moved to another makeshift accommodation

Srinagar: Kashmir’s lone School of Architecture, which is running from a government college in Srinagar, is set to be shifted to another makeshift accommodation,...

New MV Act: Help create awareness; Traffic dept to parents

SRINAGAR: As the new Motor Vehicle Act has come into force from September 1, traffic department hasasked parents to help in creating awareness and...

Ten shops gutted in fire at Batamaloo

SRINAGAR: Ten shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Iqbal market in Srinagar's Batamaloo area, police said on Tuesday. The fire broke...

Two held with drugs near LoC: Police

SRINAGAR: Two persons including a woman were apprehended by a joint team of police and army near LoC with six kilograms of brown sugar...

15 kgs cannabis recovered in Udhampur

JAMMU: The police have arrested two narcotic smugglers and seized 15 kilograms of cannabis in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials said on Tuesday. During...

FSSAI proposes ban on sale, ads of junk foods in school canteens

NEW DELHI: Food regulator FSSAI on Tuesday issued draft regulations proposing a ban on sale as well as advertisements of junk foods in school...

1 killed, dozens injured in grenade blast at Amira Kadal

SRINAGAR: A civilian was killed and 41 others injured in a grenade blast in the heart of Srinagar city on Monday. The grenade attack took...

Lok Adalat cannot convict accused or impose fine: HC

Srinagar: The Lok Adalat has no jurisdiction to convict an accused or impose a fine as punishment, the J&K High Court has held. Justice Sanjeev...

Amid tight security, Darbar Move offices open in Jammu

Jammu: Amid tight security arrangements, Civil Secretariat-- the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government-- and other offices reopened here on Monday after functioning for...

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