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Grenade hurled at govt forces in Pulwama

Pulwama: Militants on Friday made an abortive bid to target a joint police and CRPF post by hurling grenade at Kakapora area of Pulwama...

China hindering patrolling by troops along LAC: India

New Delhi: India on Thursday said Chinese military was hindering normal patrolling by its troops along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh and...

Research at KU poised for a great leap forward: New Dean of Research

Srinagar: Newly appointed Dean of Research at Kashmir University (KU) Prof Shakil Romshoo has claimed that research work at the varsity is poised for a...

2 deaths, 59 new cases in Kashmir as Covid spreads

Srinagar: Kashmir reported two Covid-19 deaths on Thursday taking the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 20. Dr M Saleem Khan, nodal officer for...

Shopian’s Covid active cases reduce to 11 from 109

Shopian: Shopian has seen no fresh case for last five days giving respite to administration as well as frontline workers combating Covid-19. The south Kashmir...

Guidelines issued for domestic flight operations from May 25

New Delhi: A day after announcing the resumption of domestic commercial passenger flights from May 25, the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday issued detailed...

Policeman killed, another injured in militant attack in Pulwama

Anantnag: A policeman was killed and another seriously wounded on Thursday afternoon in a militant attack in Prichoo village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama. The slain...

KPC demands end to harassment of journalists

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Press Club on Thursday expresses its concern that the summoning of journalists in Kashmir by police has not stopped. In the latest...

KWJA condemns summons to journo

Srinagar: Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) condemned the continued harassment and intimidation of journalists in Kashmir. In the latest instance, Srinagar-based journalist and editor of...

HC asks govt to respond on Gowhar Geelani’s plea to quash FIR

Srinagar: The J&K High Court has issued notice and directed the government to file objections after a fresh plea was filed by journalist and...

GoI, state govts owe huge dues of advertisement money to media industry, INS tells SC

New Delhi: The Government of India (GoI) and state governments’ advertising arms owe between Rs 1,500 crore and Rs 1,800 crore to various media...

Govt appoints B R Sharma as PSC Chairman

JAMMU: The government on Thursday appointed former IAS Officer B R Sharma as Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission. An order issued said, Lieutenant...

Shops on wheels become saviours in Covid lockdown

Shopian: Thanks to small load carrier vehicles and auto rickshaws, people in rural areas here have not faced scarcity of essential commodities in the...

Three freshly recruited militants arrested in Kupwara

Kupwara: Police on Thursday said that three youth who recently joined militant ranks in Kupwara were arrested along with arms and ammunition. Police said that...

Medical intern among 59 test positive in Kashmir

Srinagar: Kashmir reported two Covid-19 deaths on Thursday taking the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 20. Dr M Saleem Khan, nodal officer for...

Srinagar woman who died at CD Hospital tests Covid positive

Srinagar: A 80-year-old woman from Usmania Colony, Bemina who died at CD Hospital late Wednesday evening was found Covid-19 positive posthumously, officials said on...

Two BSF soldiers killed, rifles snatched in militant attack in Ganderbal

Srinagar: Two Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers were killed when militants attacked them in Srinagar outskirts on Wednesday. In the afternoon, bike-borne militants fired on...

Northern army commander briefs LG on security situation along LoC

Jammu: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lt Gen Y K Joshi on Wednesday briefed Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu on the...

Shrines, mosques silent on Shab-e-Qadr for first time in living memory

Srinagar: The revered night of Shab-e-Qadr has gone uncelebrated in Kashmir’s shrines and mosques for the first time in living memory due to the...

Anantnag woman dies of Covid-19, death toll reaches 18

Two pregnant women among 73 test positive in J&K Srinagar: Kashmir witnessed one more Covid-19 related death after a 40-year-old woman from Anantnag district died...

Restrictions eased in lockdown to facilitate public movement, economic activity: Chief Secy

JAMMU: “Though restrictions under lockdown 4.0 have been eased to facilitate people movement and economic activity, however, we cannot afford to lower our guard...

No doctors visit COVID-19 patients at Anantnag hospital: Official report

Bijbehara: Doctors have not been visiting patients here at Covid-19 hospital of Anantnag in Bijbehara despite rosters issued by concerned authorities for doctors and...

Boy injured in house collapse at Nawa Kadal gunfight site succumbs

Srinagar: A 12-year-old boy who was injured yesterday during the house collapse at Nawa Kadal encounter site, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. Officials told...

Police summons journalist Fahad to Cyber Police Station

Srinagar: Police on Wednesday summoned The Kashmir Walla’s editor, Fahad Shah, for reportage of Nawa Kadal encounter in which two militants were killed and...

NPP protests in Jammu against domicile rules

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Wednesday torched an effigy of the BJP-led central government here to protest the new...

Cabinet nod for specified domicile criterion law for employment in J&K

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave ex post facto approval to a law on specified domicile criterion for employment in the public...

CAT bench being set up in J&K: GoI to HC

Srinagar: Immediate steps are being taken to constitute a bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Jammu and Kashmir, the Government of India (GoI)...

One semester exam held in two years, PG students at KU demand promotion through internal assessment

Srinagar: Postgraduate students of the 2018 and 2019 batches at Kashmir University (KU) have appealed to the varsity administration to promote them to next...

Two pregnant women among 70 test positive in J&K 

Co Srinagar: Kashmir witnessed one more Covid-19 related death after a 40-year-old woman from Anantnag district died at SKIMS Soura, officials said on Wednesday. With the fresh...

Junaid Sehraie killed in encounter in downtown Srinagar

Militant from Pulwama also killed, several houses damaged in Nawkadal’s Kanemazaar Srinagar: Junaid Ashraf Khan alias Junaid Sehraie, son of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehraie,...

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