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Policeman booked for torturing minor nephew in Anantnag

Anantnag: A policeman was arrested and booked for attempt to murder and other charges in Seer Hamdan area of Anantnag district after he confessed...

Private school charges fee without holding online classes, allege students

Srinagar: Students admitted at the MET Higher Secondary School Barzulla in Srinagar have alleged that the institution is forcing them to pay full fee...

Mehbooba’s daughter moves SC to challenge mother’s PSA detention

Srinagar: Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to modify her petition...

BJP banking on Molvis to expand footprint in Valley

Srinagar: At a time when Kashmir based political parties are still struggling to resume political activities a year after abrogation of Article 370, Bharatiya...

Month after abolishing, govt to examine Self Help Group scheme

Srinagar: More than a month after Self Help Groups (SHG) of engineers who were doing developmental works on nominal profit margins were disengaged, the...

Govt clears holding elections to vacant Sarpanch, Panch constituencies

Srinagar: The Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Wednesday approved the proposal of the Department of...

Kashmiri, Hindi, Dogri now official languages

New Delhi: Parliament passed a Bill for inclusion of Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi in the list of official languages in Jammu and Kashmir, in...

Jaish militant from Pulwama killed, soldier injured in Budgam gunfight

First floor of residential house set afire with explosives Budgam: A militant from Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammad...

Killing of woman in Srinagar encounter very unfortunate: DGP

Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Tuesday termed as very unfortunate the killing of a civilian woman during an encounter in the...

India-China border standoff: Military talks last 14 hrs, focus on defusing tensions at friction points in Ladakh

New Delhi: The sixth round of military talks between India and China that lasted 14 hours focused on ways to defuse rising tensions along...

China doubles air bases, air defence positions and heliports near LAC: Report

NEW DELHI: China has started construction of at least 13 entirely new military positions including three air bases, five permanent air defence positions and...

Normalcy can’t return if Article 370 not restored: Farooq in Parliament

New Delhi: National Conference President and Member of Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday sought the restoration of J&K’s special constitutional position which was...

People’s Movement for 6th Schedule for Ladakh calls for boycott of upcoming polls to LAHDC Leh

Leh: In a major development, the recently floated People’s Movement for Sixth schedule for Ladakh, a powerful platform representing various politicians, religious and social...

18 more die of Covid, 1235 fresh cases

Srinagar: Eighteen more deaths were recorded due to Covid-19 on Tuesday taking the toll of victims to 1042, whereas 1235 fresh cases have taken...

Non-symptomatic Covid patients to be discharged after 10 days without testing

JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam on Tuesday chaired a meeting to take stock of efforts toward mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic and...

Parliament passes amendments to essential commodities law

Removes cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities New Delhi: Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to remove...

Govt issues 18.52 lakh domicile certificates

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued over 18.52 lakh domicile certificates (DCs) against more than 21.99 lakh applications received so far, an...

Child accuses uncle of ‘torture’, mother says she did it; govt steps in for rescue

Anantnag: A little boy has triggered off a huge controversy here in Seer Hamdan area of Anantnag district by accusing his uncle, a policeman...

NIA raids several places in Baramulla

Baramulla: Sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out raids at several places in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district in connection with a...

Another shrine heist in Srinagar, burglars decamp with cash at Rehbab Sahib

Srinagar: Burglars decamped with cash at Kashmir’s revered shrine, Rehbab Sahib in Aali Kadal of Srinagar. This is the second such theft at a shrine...

5 doctors terminated in Jammu for unauthorised absence

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has terminated the services of five doctors, posted as medical officers in different health institutions, for unauthorised absence...

Weapons likely airdropped by drones seized in Jammu

Jammu: Police on Tuesday seized a cache of arms and ammunition, including two AK assault rifles and a pistol, from a village here, an...

India-China border standoff: Army commanders hold one more round of talks on disengagement of troops

New Delhi: Senior army commanders of India and China on Monday held talks on implementing a five-point agreement reached between the two countries on...

Army strengthens dominance in over 20 strategic heights, Rafales set to scan air space

New Delhi: India further bolstered its dominance in over 20 mountain heights around the friction points near the Pangong lake, government sources said. They also...

CRPF soldier injured in ongoing gunfight in Budgam

Srinagar: A CRPF personnel was injured in an encounter between militants and security forces in Budgam district on Monday, police said. The security forces launched...

Militants attack CRPF on Srinagar outskirts

Srinagar: Militants on Monday attacked CRPF soldiers in Nowgam area on Srinagar outskirts. Official sources said that militants fired upon CRPF party of 110 BN...

Grenade attack in Bijbehara

Anantnag: Suspected militants fired an Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) at a CRPF post here in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district without causing any...

Digital media is completely uncontrolled: GoI to SC

New Delhi: The print and electronic media rarely cross the line by the very nature of their composition but the digital media is completely...

Govt opens schools in Kashmir to confused teachers and fearful students

Srinagar: A negligible number of students turned up as secondary and higher secondary government schools in Kashmir reopened after nearly six months on Monday. Schools...

Highest Covid toll in a day with 23 deaths

Srinagar: Twenty-three more deaths of Covid-19 patients in the past 24 hours were reported on Monday evening, taking the total number of victims in...

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