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Ladakh group withdraws call for boycotting polls in Leh

New Delhi: An influential organisation of Ladakh on Sunday withdrew its call for a boycott of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council polls in...

Quad countries discuss common approach to 5G technology

New Delhi: The US, India, Japan and Australia are exploring to evolve a common approach on 5G telecom technology, expanding their strategic cooperation under...

Season’s first snowfall in Gulmarg, light rain in valley

Srinagar: The hills around the famous tourist resort Gulmarg witnessed the first snowfall of the season on Saturday while parts of Kashmir valley received...

Gulmarg Gondola to start from today on weekends

SRINAGAR: The authorities will resume operation of Gulmarg Gondola Section-I on weekends from Sunday. The government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to resume the...

Modi criticises UN’s response to Covid

United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday raised questions on the response of the United Nations to the Covid-19 pandemic, and assured the...

20 more die of Covid, 1217 fresh cases

Srinagar: Twenty more deaths were recorded on Saturday evening due to Covid-19 during past 24 hours, while 1217 fresh cases were detected, taking the...

Indian diplomat walks out as Imran mentions Kashmir in UNGA

United Nations: The First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Mijito Vinito, walked out of the general assembly hall when Pakistan Prime...

Two top officers in JK suspended

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday suspended two top officials including Special Secretary to the Government, Industries and Commerce Department, Muhammad Mujib-ur-Rehman...

CAG flags deficiencies in JKPDD

Jammu: The CAG’s performance audit of power purchase agreements and electric revenue collection for 2012-13 to 2016-17 have brought out deficiencies in Jammu and...

CAG pulls up JKPCC for poor performance

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) Limited came up for sharp criticism from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) for its...

India rejects China’s push to start disengagement from Pangong Tso: sources

New Delhi: At the recent military talks, the Chinese PLA pushed for starting the disengagement process from the southern bank of Pangong lake but...

Time to exert more pressure on supporters of militants: DGP

Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir Police and all security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have sacrificed a number of officers and jawans in achieving peace,...

Militant associate held in Kupwara: police

Srinagar: A militant associate linked to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district has been arrested by troops, with arms and ammunition recovered...

Shopian fake encounter: BJP seeks compensation for families

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP on Saturday urged Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to immediately provide compensation to the families of...

Medium-intensity earthquake in J&K

Srinagar: A medium-intensity earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, but there were no reports of any damage or loss of life, officials said. The...

DNA of youths killed in Shopian ‘encounter’ matches with Rajouri families: J&K Police

Srinagar: The J&K Police on Friday said that DNA samples of the three alleged militants killed in Shopian district on July 18 by the...

Who planted ‘incriminating material’? Omar asks

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday questioned the official version that arms and ammunition were recovered from the Shopian...

House blasted to rubble, 2 militants killed, 4 youths injured in explosion at encounter site

Mobile internet not suspended just as it wasn't in Tral on Thursday Anantnag: Two militants, one local and the other a Pakistani, according to police...

21 patients fall victim to Covid, 1218 fresh cases

Srinagar: Twenty-one more deaths were recorded due to Covid-19 during past 24 hours, taking the toll of victims to 1105, whereas 1218 fresh cases...

Govt has brought home 4,99,812 stranded JK residents

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has so far brought home 4,99,812 JK residents stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID...

Rain forecast in Kashmir for weekend

Srinagar: The meteorological department on Friday predicted low to moderate rainfall in parts of Kashmir valley along with the possibility of snow in upper...

‘Unprecedented’ situation: Jaishankar on standoff with China

New Delhi: India and China are going through an "unprecedented" situation, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, referring to the prolonged border...

Necessary to ensure stability on ground: MEA

New Delhi: With another round of talks on the border standoff with China likely soon, India on Thursday said it is necessary to ensure...

Apples blighted by scab, this year’s harvest breaks growers’ heart

Shopian: The apple harvesting season has arrived in Kashmir, not to cheer but to anguish, as much of the fruit has been affected by...

Thousands visit Advocate Qadri’s house at Tangmarg

Baramulla: Thousands of people including relatives, friends, lawyers, journalists, activists and civil society figures from across Kashmir on Friday visited Sheikhpora village in Tangmarg...

JK Police forms SIT to probe killing

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday said it has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the killing of advocate Babar...

Advocate who feared for his safety shot dead at home in Srinagar

Srinagar: Advocate Babar Qadri, 40, was shot dead from point-blank range at his residence in Hawal area of Srinagar on Thursday evening by unidentified...

Militant, who had joined a month back, killed in Tral

Was given a chance to lay down arms, paid no heed: police Anantnag: A local militant, who had joined the ranks of Al-Badr a month...

CRPF officer killed in militant attack in Budgam

Srinagar: A CRPF officer was killed in an attack by militants in Budgam district on Thursday, police said. Militants shot at and injured the Assistant...

Rs 49 crore used up in ruining Shopian-Bijbehara road, now ‘no funds left’

Shopian: Three years after work started on widening the Shopian-Bijbehara road, officials now say there are no funds to complete the widening or macadamisation...

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