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French company to set up high yielding apple plant nursery

Srinagar: A French based company is set to establish high yielding elite Apple plant nursery based on high value genetic stock suitable to climate...

Dir Agriculture reviews preparation of ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ in fertiliser sector

Srinagar: Director Agriculture Kashmir Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi conveyed a meeting to review the preparedness for the introduction of direct benefit transfer (DBT) of...

Shootout in City hospital: Gunmen from LeT open fire to free accomplice  

Srinagar: Two policemen were killed after suspected militants opened fire at a police team inside SMHS Hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday morning. The militants, according...

CM, Omar condemn killing of cops

  JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has condemned the killing of two policemen at SMHS Hospital where they were carrying a detainee for a medical...

71 police personnel, 49 civilians killed in two years, says govt

Jammu: The government on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly (LA) that 71 civilians and 49 police personnel were killed during the past two years...

Rajiv and Benazir were ready to resolve Kashmir dispute, claims Zardari 

Lahore: Rajiv Gandhi and Benazir Bhutto were ready to resolve the Kashmir issue amicably but the Indian leader was assassinated during the election campaign,...

In Kashmir even a mammoth goes ‘missing’

Jammu: Demanding that the ‘prized’ fossil of a mammoth excavated in south Kashmir be brought back to the state and handed over to the...

India to erect barbed wire fence along Pakistan, Bangladesh borders

New Delhi: The Union government on Tuesday announced to erect barbed wire along the Pakistan and Bangladeshi borders. Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren...

Govt approves 14,460 bunkers for civilians in forward areas

New Delhi: Amid the continuing firing from Pakistan, the government has approved construction of 14,460 bunkers for the protection of the people living in...

11,566 security personnel injured in stone-pelting incidents in 3 yrs 

Jammu: As many as 11,566 security personnel were injured in 4,736 stone-pelting incidents in the Kashmir valley during the last three years, the government...

400 security personnel killed in JK, LWE-hit areas in 3 years: Govt 

New Delhi: A total of 400 security personnel were killed fighting militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and Maoists in Left Wing Extremism-hit areas in...

515 infiltration cases in JK in 2017, 75 militants killed 

New Delhi: As many as 515 infiltration cases from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir have been reported in 2017 in which 75...

Trade body calls for restoration of peace in JK 

  Srinagar: The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries, (JCCI) on Tuesday urged the state government to restore peace in the state. Addressing a presser in...

280 youth in JK joined militants during past three years, says govt 

Jammu: The government on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that 280 youth joined militancy during the past three years in the state. This was revealed...

PDP legislator seeks rehabilitation of people affected by closure of toll post  

Jammu: A legislator of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday displayed a banner in the Legislative Assembly to seek rehabilitation of the people affected...

Teenager held after crossing Kishanganga river in Keran 

Srinagar: A teenage boy was detained by police along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector on Monday evening. Official sources said that the...

Girl alleges sex racket involving influential persons  

Srinagar: A girl here has alleged that she was exploited after being pushed into flesh trade and that several influential people were part of...

JRL calls for shutdown on Feb 09, 11 

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership, (JRL) on Tuesday announced protest programme to commemorate the hanging anniversaries of Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afazl Guru. JRL comprising...

2 legislators stage walkout over rejection of private members bill

Jammu:  National Conference legislator Devender Singh Rana and Independent MLA Pawan Gupta today staged a walkout from the Assembly after the government rejected a...

Editorial: Break the shackles

Srinagar: As the state assembly is in session from almost one month a sort of inertia of sorts has overtaken the bureaucracy in Kashmir...

Traffic resumes on Kashmir highway

Srinagar: Traffic was restored on the Jammu-Srinagar highway after remaining suspended for nine hours due to landslides.  Hundreds of light motor vehicles remain stranded at...

Withdrawal of cases against first-time offenders approved: Hanjura

Jammu: Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, replying on behalf of Minister for Home, today informed the House that the government has approved...

JRL calls for shutdown on Maqbool Bhat, Afzal Guru anniversaries

  Srinagar:Joint Resistance Leadership has called for complete shutdown on February 9 and February 11, against the hanging of Muhammad Afzal Guru and Muhammad Maqbool...

Govt to create 300 posts for UMC Srinagar, AMC Jammu: Asiea

JAMMU: Minister of State for Health and Medical Education Asiea Naqash today informed Legislative Council that the government is contemplating to create 300 posts...

03  critically injured in Sopore road accident

Sopore: At least three persons were critically injured in a road accident at Putukha area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that...

Cop injured in militant attack succumbs, toll 2

Srinagar: One more cop who was injured in a shootout at SMHS hospital Srinagar today has succumbed to injuries taking the death of the...

515 infiltration cases in JK in 2017; 75 militants killed

New Delhi: As many as 515 infiltration cases from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir have been reported in 2017 in which 75...

PDP legislator seeks rehabilitation of people affected by closure of toll post in south Kashmir

Jammu: A legislator of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) today displayed a banner in the Legislative Assembly to seek rehabilitation of the people affected...

Govt committed to strengthen GoI’s initiatives: Mehbooba

  Srinagar: Government on Wednesday said the present coalition dispensation is committed to take forward the initiatives taken by the central government towards normalizing relations...

280 youth joined militancy in 3 years: CM

Srinagar:  Government on Tuesday said that 280 youth have joined militancy during last three years in Jammu and Kashmir. “Total number of 280 youths joined militancy in the...

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