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Amid shutdown, illegal sand and soil extraction goes unabated

Pulwama/Shopian: Taking advantage of shutdown, the illegal sand, soil extraction and cutting of walnut trees is going unabated in South Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian...

KEA calls for Kashmir Bandh 

Srinagar: The Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), a conglomerate of trade unions on Thursday  announced to observe April 6 (today)  as a ‘black day’ against...

Govt gears up to recover pending payments against EP, Auqaf land

Jammu: Minister for Revenue, Hajj & Auqaf and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri has directed the Evacuee Property and Auqaf Department to take serious...

Outreach: CM meets family of youth killed in Kangan

Srinagar: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday met the family of a youth, who died of wounds he suffered in a clash between protesters and...

Son abducted by militants, father escapes with bullet injuries

Srinagar: Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants abducted a man and his son from north Kashmir's Bandipora district, with the former escaping with bullet injuries, a...

Govt empowering JKBOCWWB to act as major relief provider: FM

Jammu: Minister for Finance, Education, Labour and Employment Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari Thursday chaired the maiden meeting of Jammu & Kashmir Building & Other...

Father-daughter duo injured as guns roar in Rajouri   

Jammu: A man and his daughter were injured after Pakistani troops fired mortar bombs at forward posts and targeted civilian areas along the Line...

Vehicle pollution check goes costlier

  Jammu: The Government today ordered revision of rates for issuance of Pollution Under Control Certificate for the vehicles by the Pollution Checking Centres in...

Govt bans mid-session transfer of teachers

JAMMU: Government Thursday ordered a complete ban on the mid-session transfer of teachers. The government also ordered detachment of the officers/officials of the School...

Injured Kangan youth shows signs of ‘improvement’  

Srinagar: The 20 years-old youth Muhammad Amir, hailing from Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, whose condition was said to be critical on...

For killings two blackbucks Salman Khan gets five year jail term

Jodhpur: A Jodhpur court Thursday sentenced Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail for killing two blackbucks in October 1998 but acquitted...

Police registers case against ‘unknown’ rumour-mongers

Srinagar: Police has registered a case against unidentified rumour-mongers in the Handwara area of Kupwara district for spreading fake news about the death of...

Pak approaches World Bank over Kishanganga project: Report

Islamabad: Pakistan has informed the World Bank about India's completing of the Kishanganga hydropower project during the bank's "pause" period and has urged it...

Class work in schools, colleges to remain suspended

Srinagar: The authorities have ordered the suspension of class work in all schools and colleges in Srinagar and other districts as well on Friday. The...

Two Insaas rifles gutted in fire

Jammu: Two Insaas rifles were gutted in a fire triggered in a guard post at an Army camp in Rajouri district. "An incident of sudden...

Army commander compliments troops for their recent ‘success’

Srinagar: The Northern Army Commander Lt Gen D Anbu Thursday visited the Kashmir Valley to review the prevailing security situation in the wake of...

After four-day shutdown, life limps back to ‘normal’  

Srinagar: Life returned to normal in most parts of Kashmir on Thursday, with school and colleges resuming classes, after three days of shutdown and...

South Kashmir areas shut for fifth consecutive day

Srinagar: A complete shutdown was being observed in many parts of South Kashmir against the Shopian Killings for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday. Sources...

Editorial: A bigger challenge

Srinagar: As the situation has once again reached a boiling point in Kashmir, the security apparatus is once again mulling a plan to come...

Situation in Kashmir fast improving but radicalisation is up: BJP

Jammu: The BJP today said the security situation in Kashmir was fast improving but the trend of 'radicalisation' continued to be the main challenge...

KU postpones all exams scheduled on April 6

Srinagar: In view of concerns expressed by students, all Kashmir University examinations scheduled to be held on April 6, 2018 (Friday) are postponed, a...

Educational institutions to remain closed in various districts tomorrow

Srinagar: In wake of the prevailing situation in the Valley, authorities have  decided to close all educational institutions in Srinagar, Shopian, Pulwama, Ganderbal and...

‘Educational institutions to remain closed in Baramulla tomorrow’

Srinagar: In wake of the prevailing situation in the Valley, the district administration Baramulla has decided to close all the schools and colleges in...

Lt Gen Anbu compliments troops for their recent ‘success’

Srinagar: The Northern Army Commander Lt Gen D Anbu Thursday visited the Kashmir Valley to review the prevailing security situation in the wake of...

4 staff dead in Turkish university shooting: reports

Istanbul: A university employee killed four fellow staff members in a shooting today at a university in the western Turkish city of Eskisehir, reports...

Govt orders detachment of teaching staff, bans mid-session transfer of teachers

  JAMMU: The Government today ordered, with immediate effect, detachment of the officers/officials of the School Education Department including teaching staff presently attached in other...

JRL calls for peaceful protests tomorrow

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for peaceful protests across Kashmir valley tomorrow to express solidarity with south Kashmir residents. Terming the recent killings...

Govt orders transfers, postings in administration

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday ordered transfers and postings in administration. According to a government  order Dr Shafqat Khan, awaiting orders of adjustment...

Pak court refuses to set aside govt’s ban on social welfare activities of JuD and FIF

Lahore: A Pakistani court today allowed Hafiz Saeed's two organisations Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) to work under the ambit of law but...

Hardcore criminal arrested under PSA in Jammu; sent to jail

Jammu: A hardcore criminal, involved in several cases of crime, was slapped with the Public Safety Act (PSA) and sent to the Kot Bhalwal...

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