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HC seeks Director Prosecution’s appearance

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has asked Director Prosecution to appear before it on next date of hearing to explain failure in ensuring...

SAC probing cases against Dy CM, others: Omar

Jammu: The State Accountability Commission is probing eight cases against some politicians including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and three of his ministerial colleagues,...

GoI trying to malign us: Hurriyat (M)

Srinagar: The Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference Thursday  termed as "misleading" the reported statement of India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs R P...

GoI approves mega football event in Kashmir this year

Jammu: The Indian government has agreed to the suggestion of Jammu and Kashmir government to host a mega football event in Kashmir during the...

JK advised to declare Kashmiri Pandits as minorities

New Delhi: A Parliamentary Committee has asked Jammu and Kashmir government to examine a demand for granting minority status to Kashmiri Pandits “in view...

Masood Azhar’s address in Muzaffarabad one-time event: Pak

Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday sought to play down a recent address by Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar calling for jihad against India, claiming it was...

Armed Forces Tribunal bench to come up in Srinagar

New Delhi: The Indian government on Thursday gave its nod for setting up of two more Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) regional benches in Jabalpur...

February 21, 1952

Acting Secretary of State’s wire  to US Mission at the UN During past week British Embassy has repeatedly pressed Dept support UK suggestion with Graham...

3,200 JK cops get out-of-turn promotions

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday said that at least 3,217 policemen have been promoted out-of- turn in the state. “3,217 officers and officials...

‘Only one KP family returned to Kashmir under GoI package’

Jammu: Government has said that only one family has so far returned to the Valley and availed benefits under the Government of India’s Package...

People from any religious background can adopt child: SC

New Delhi: Irrespective of their religious background, people are free to adopt children, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. Holding that Juvenile Justice (Care and...

Women can e-mail, post complaints to SC sexual harassment cell

New Delhi:  The committee set up in the Supreme Court to deal with instances of sexual harassment within its precincts has decided that aggrieved...

1999: Vajpayee Takes Bus to Lahore

The Indian Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, set out to Lahore by bus on February 20, 1999, inaugurating the four-times-a-week Delhi-Lahore-Delhi bus service.  The...

Pak trucker sent to Central Jail

Baramulla: A trucker from Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) who was arrested last month on charges of smuggling drugs worth Rs 100 crore into the Valley...

Kashmir issue a legacy from history, says China

Beijing: China on Tuesday said its position on Kashmir is “clear cut—the issue is a legacy issue from history,” as it brushed aside India’s...

Tourism Dept bags National Tourism Award 2012-13

Srinagar: The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India on Tuesday conferred Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Department with the National Tourism Award for 2012-13 for...

Year after Afzal Guru’s hanging, SC commutes Rajiv Gandhi’s killers’ death penalty to life

New Delhi: A year after Mohammad Afzal Guru was secretly hanged and buried in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail, the Supreme Court of India on...

1990: State Assembly Dissolved

A proclamation was issued on February 19, 1990, exactly a month after the appointment of Jagmohan as the Governor of the state, to dissolve...

Masrat Alam gets 7-day judicial remand

Srinagar: A local court here Tuesday granted seven days judicial remand to incarcerated Muslim League chairman Masrat Alam Bhat in connection with a case...

Respite from cold wave in Kashmir and Ladakh

Srinagar: There was slight respite from the intense cold conditions in Kashmir and Ladakh division even as the mercury across the region stayed below...

Single-window system launched for handling babus’ graft cases

New Delhi: A single-window clearance system has been started by the government of India to avoid inordinate delays in dealing with corruption cases related...

Govt to make graft offences non-bailable

Jammu:  The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday tabled a bill to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act 2006 in the Legislative Assembly to...

2 Judges take charge in SC, taking strength to 31

NEW DELHI: Justices Rajesh Kumar Agarwal and Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana Monday assumed charge as Supreme Court judges, taking the apex court’s strength to 31...

Incentives for GoI employees working in JK extended

New Delhi: Special concessions and incentives including departmental arrangements for stay, security and transportation to the place of work for central government employees working...

SC to wait for 6 months to review progress made by govt

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today said it will wait for six months to see the progress made by the government on the issue...

Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir

Srinagar: Cold wave has  tightened its grip over Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region where the minimum temperatures dipped several degrees below the freezing point. Srinagar,...

1938: Maqbool Bhat is Born

Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, who would later found the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was born in Kupwara on February 18, 1938. Politically conscious...

Govt approves ‘One Rank, One Pension’ for defence forces

NEW DELHI: The long-standing demand of ex-servicemen for ‘one-rank, one-pension’ was accepted by the government Monday with Finance Minister P Chidambaram making an announcement...

Over 10,000 cops to undergo skill-upgradation training

Srinagar:  Over 10,000 personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police will undergo a skill-upgradation training by the department and Delhi University to meet challenges of...

13 killed, 34 injured as mini-bus plunges into gorge

Banihal: Thirteen people were killed and 34 injured, some of them seriously, when a mini-bus in which they were travelling plunged into a gorge...

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