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Woman among six civilians wounded in grenade attack in Singhpora

Baramulla: At least six civilians including a woman and a non-local were injured in a grenade attack in Singhpora area of Pattan in north...

299 candidates in fray for 37 DDC constituencies today

JAMMU: Thirty-seven District Development Council (DDC) constituencies will witness polling in the fifth phase of ongoing polls today. Besides, polling will be conducted in...

Six more die of Covid

Srinagar: Six more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Wednesday, taking the total number of deaths related to the pandemic to 1,767 in Jammu...

73 new cases in Ladakh

Leh: One more person died due to coronavirus in Ladakh, which reported 73 fresh cases pushing the virus caseload to 8969 and fatalities to...

Expect another spell of rains, snow from Friday: MeT

Srinagar-Leh, Mughal Road remain shut Srinagar: The Meteorological Centre Srinagar (MeT) on Wednesday predicted another spell of snow and rain from Friday evening and said...

Roads in Anantnag town dug up under Atal Mission, then left as a mess

Anantnag: Many interior roads here in main town Anantnag after being dug up for sanitation purposes by the Urban Environment Engineering Department (UEED) have...

Detained again at home by authorities: Mehbooba

Srinagar:PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday claimed that authorities detained her at her Gupkar Road residence here for the third time in a fortnight. “Illegally...

Fear of losing polls forced BJP to send ministers for campaigning: Congress

Jammu: Senior Congress leader Rajni Patil on Wednesday said the fear of losing elections in Jammu and Kashmir lurks in the hearts of the...

Snowfall in Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Pahalgam

MeT forecasts mild snowfall in plains, wet weather till 13th Srinagar: Upper reaches of Kashmir received snow while rains lashed the plains for the second...

Justice Rajesh Bindal appointed as acting CJ J&K High Court

Srinagar: Justice Rajesh Bindal was on Tuesday appointed as the acting chief justice of J&K and Ladakh High Court. His appointment comes after the retirement...

63 percent polling in Panchayat polls

JAMMU: State Election Commissioner K K Sharma on Tuesday said that 63.08 percent and 59.71 percent voter turnout was recorded on Monday in the...

3 Covid deaths each in JK

Srinagar: Six more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths related to the pandemic to 1,761 in Jammu...

90-year-old woman first in the world to receive Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

LONDON: UK health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program...

Sopore Fruit Mandi shuts as part of ‘Bharat Bandh’

Baramulla: A complete shutdown was observed in the important fruit mandi at Sopore, here in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, on Tuesday to support the...

Mixed response in Jammu: Commercial transport off roads, but business establishments open

JAMMU: The ‘Bharat Bandh’ call drew mixed response in Jammu region as business establishments remained open in various parts of Jammu district, amid tightened...

Mehbooba prevented from visiting families evicted from forest land in Budgam

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Tuesday authorities prevented her from leaving her residence here as she wanted to meet the families evicted...

HC appoints ex-bureaucrat to oversee digitisation of land records in J&K

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday appointed a former Joint Secretary to the Government of India as Local Commissioner to conduct periodic checks...

Army Chief leaves for UAE, Saudi Arabia

New Delhi: Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Tuesday left on a six-day tour of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia,...

China says working with India for further de-escalation of border standoff

Beijing: China and India are working for further de-escalation of the border standoff in eastern Ladakh and both sides will have consultations to determine...

50 percent polling in DDC phase 4

31% polling in Kashmir, less than 10% in Shopian, Pulwama, Kulgam Srinagar: The fourth phase of District Development Council elections in J&K on Monday recorded...

Deserted streets in Shopian’s Kapran, turnout less than 2%

Shopian: Shopian’s Kapran area set a record low in voter turnout with only 1.95 percent polling recorded in the DDC elections held here on...

Stones thrown at DC’s vehicle

Shopian: The official vehicle of Deputy Commissioner Shopian was pelted with stones in Meminder area on Monday afternoon when the official was returning from...

Nine deaths, 280 fresh cases

Srinagar: Nine more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Monday, taking the total number of deaths related to the pandemic to 1,755 in Jammu...

Plan readied for Srinagar ahead of COVID-19 vaccine rollout

SRINAGAR: Srinagar district administration has prepared an exhaustive micro plan for COVID-19 vaccination and submitted it to the government ahead of the expected vaccine...

Moderate snow, rain in Kashmir, but weather to ‘deteriorate’

Srinagar: Higher reaches of Kashmir received moderate snowfall while plains witnessed rainfall on Monday. Director of J&K Meteorological Department, Srinagar, Sonam Lotus said that as...

Govt seeks review of scrapping of Roshni Act in High Court

Court to hear petition next week Jammu: The J&K High Court on Monday adjourned till next week the hearing on a petition filed by the...

Government’s U-turn on Roshni Scheme aimed to shield BJP-RSS beneficiaries: NC

SRINAGAR: The National Conference (NC) on Monday called the J&K government’s review petition filed in the High Court on Roshni Scheme a U-turn aimed...

Kashmir’s apple markets to shut in support of farmers

Srinagar: Kashmir fruit growers for the first time in recent years have joined hands with farmers of Indian states to extend their support to...

Three Kashmiri men among 5 arrested in Delhi

Families of Budgam men deny allegations, seek J&K police intervention New Delhi/Budgam: Three Kashmiri men among five were arrested in east Delhi’s Shakarpur area after...

Congress, NC resorting to regional divide: Jitendra Singh

Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said that the BJP is fighting the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) election in Jammu and Kashmir...

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