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Jailed Bar prez Mian Qayoom battling heart ailment in Agra hospital

SRINAGAR: Incarcerated Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association president Mian Qayoom has been admitted to a hospital at Agra after his health deteriorated...

‘False narratives being peddled against India’

London: False narratives and propaganda are being spread against India by mutating forms of terrorism to create disharmony, threaten peace and prevent progress in...

Welfare schemes for poor girls: HC gives specific directions

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Wednesday expressed satisfaction at the government’s implementation of schemes meant for poor girls, and closed a petition regarding...

KU schedules semester exams without any class work held

Srinagar: After unprecedented delay due to the lockdown in Kashmir that began on August 5, the University of Kashmir has finally scheduled the 1st...

Quake jolts JK

Jammu: A low intensity earthquake, measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale, struck Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the meteorological department said. Sonam Lotus, director of...

Rains, snow shut Srinagar-Jammu highway

SRINAGAR: Rains and a fresh spell of snow in Kashmir on Tuesday resulted in closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway and briefly affected flight operations at...

DC Ramban orders removal of bottlenecks for highway widening

RAMBAN: District Development Commissioner, Nazim Zai Khan convened a meeting with officers, representatives of NHAI and construction agencies working on four laning project of...

500 websites among social media to be blocked permanently in Valley

SRINAGAR: About 500 websites including social media platforms have been identified to be blocked permanently in the Valley before restoring broadband internet services. According to...

Denial of internet to news media deliberate: KPC

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Press Club (KPC) on Tuesday expressed frustration at the continuing internet blockade for media organisations and journalists in Kashmir. At a meeting...

Dysp’s arrest prompts CRPF to carry out checks on over 3 lakh soldiers

GURGAON: The CRPF has carried out a mega audit of its over three lakh personnel to check for any possible "subversive" elements in the...

No dumping of waste at source of Jhelum in Verinag: High Court

SRINAGAR: Closing down a litigation related to the issue, the J&K High Court on Tuesday directed authorities to ensure that no encroachment or dumping...

Some political parties nurtured problems in Kashmir for 70 years: Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government brought in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act to correct “historical” injustices and recalled the...

Situation along LoC, Kashmir under control: Lt Gen Saini

NEW DELHI: The new Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen S K Saini on Tuesday said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir along...

Work on Tral mini-secretariat resumes after series of stop-starts

TRAL: Construction of a new mini-secretariat building in Tral, Pulwama district, has recently resumed after a string of hold-ups that have hobbled the project...

Top Army commander visits police headquarters in Jammu

JAMMU: Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh visited the police headquarters here on Tuesday and complimented the force for maintaining peace and working...

Weather dept predicts snowfall, rains in Valley, Jammu and Ladakh

SRINAGAR: All parts of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh are expected to receive snow and rainfall from Tuesday evening which may cause lead to closure...

Anti-CAA resolutions in assemblies ‘constitutional blunder’: Rajnath

Mangaluru: Taking on opposition parties, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday asked them not to make the “constitutional blunder” of passing resolutions against the...

Militant killed in Bijebehara shootout

Anantnag: A militant was killed and an army soldier was injured in a brief exchange of shootout at Arwini area of Bijebehara in south...

Erasure of ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’ sparks row

Srinagar: The National Conference on Monday took strong exception to the dropping of words ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’, an epithet used for the party founder Sheikh Abdullah,...

‘Troubled’ to see Omar’s picture sporting grey beard

Chennai: DMK President M K Stalin on Monday said he was deeply troubled to see a photograph of National Conference leader Omar Abdullah in...

Health dept wakes up after death of 10 children in Udhampur, posts paediatrician

Srinagar: Finally, the health department has posted a paediatrician at Sub-district Hospital Ramnagar in Jammu’s Udhampur after 10 children lost their lives due to...

Fate of KU’s Archaeology dept in limbo

Srinagar: Kashmir University is likely going to suspend admission to master’s programme in Archaeology this year again because of acute shortage of subject-specific teachers...

LG congratulates Padma awardees

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu has congratulated Muzaffar Hussain Baig (Padma Bhushan) , Shiv Datt Nirmohi (Padma Shri) and Javed Ahmad Tak (Padma...

17 injured in bus-truck collision in Jammu

Jammu: A speeding bus collided with a truck on the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring seventeen people, officials said. The...

R-Day celebrations at Jammu amid tight security 

JAMMU: Amid tight security arrangements, the 71st Republic Day was celebrated across the Jammu region on Sunday with Lt Governor G C Murmu unfurling...

Steps afoot to usher a new era of progress, prosperity: Advisor Khan in R-Day message

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu,Farooq Khan, on Sunday unfurled the tricolor at SK stadium here and took salute at the march...

Weathermen predict fresh snow spell from Tuesday

Srinagar: The weathermen here have predicted a spell of snow in Jammu and Kashmir from Tuesday, with heavy snow expected in hilly areas. According to...

European Parliament to debate on anti-CAA resolution

London: The European Parliament is set to debate and vote on a resolution tabled by some of its members against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act,...

Eminent Indian personalities to issue open statement against CAA

Mumbai: Over 300 eminent personalities from the creative and scholarly community of India, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, filmmaker Mira Nair, vocalist TM Krishna, author...

Amid shutdown, situation remains peaceful across Valley

Srinagar: Situation remained peaceful across Kashmir on Sunday amid complete shutdown and suspension of mobile connectivity. While shops and other business establishments remained closed across...

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