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Infiltration attempts up since August: Govt

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday said militancy incidents have declined since the abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370,...

‘Territories under JK include PaK’

NEW DELHI: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir comprises the territories of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir immediately before the commencement...

Murmu chairs maiden Administrative Council meet

JAMMU: The Administrative Council in its first meeting under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, GC Murmu reviewed the power scenario across the Union Territory...

Install complaint boxes in Panchayats: LG

JAMMU: Complaint boxes will be placed in every Panchayat in Jammu & Kashmir to enable citizens to register their complaints and grievances with the...

Govt clears insurance policy for employees

JAMMU: The government on Tuesday approved implementation of the Group Personal Accidental Insurance Policy through Oriental Insurance Company Limited for a period of three...

Government shifts 116 employees of abolished Legislative Council

JAMMU: The employees of the now abolished Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council (JKLC) on Tuesday were shifted to various departments, officials said. As many as...

Two-way traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway

SRINAGAR: Light-motor vehicles plied from both sides on Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Tuesday while trucks from Jammu to Srinagar were allowed to operate on...

Civilian traffic suspended on Sgr-Jmu highway

Banihal/Jammu: Civilian traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Monday remained suspended to carry out repair works as the road was damaged by landslides recently. Amid the...

300 passengers stranded on Kokernag road for last 22 days

Srinagar: Around 300 passengers are stranded on Kokernag-Margintop road falling in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district from the last three weeks after the road was...

Ceasefire along LoC to provide cover to infiltrating militants: IG BSF

Srinagar: Ceasefire was being violated by Pakistan along the Line of Control to provide cover to militants infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir, a senior...

All appeals, complaints pending under RTI in JK to be dealt by CIC: Govt

New Delhi: All second appeals and complaints pending with the Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission under the erstwhile state’s Right to Information (RTI)...

Lt guv calls for convergence of social welfare schemes

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu on Monday called for convergence of social welfare schemes for their effective implementation. He also directed...

Despite clearance, SSA employees wait for regularization

Srinagar: Despite approval by the Jammu and Kashmir government seven years ago, the school education department is yet to regularise over two hundred contractual...

Attempt to set ablaze shops in Srinagar prevented

Srinagar: A fire in a Srinagar’s prominent market was narrowly averted in the dead of night, officials said on Monday, suspecting that shop owners...

JKNPP calls for shutdown in Jammu on Saturday against internet shutdown

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Monday called for a ‘Jammu bandh’ on December 7 to protest suspension of mobile...

Jammu lawyers’ strike completes a month

Jammu: The lawyers, who are on an indefinite strike for the last one month against the government decision to divest the judicial courts of...

Night temperatures across JK plummet

Jammu: Night temperature across the Jammu and Kashmir plummeted below the season’s average on Sunday. Srinagar and other places in Kashmir also recorded sub-zero temperature,...

Japan hopeful of peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue

New Delhi: Japan on Sunday said it looked at the situation in Kashmir “very carefully” and hoped that a peaceful resolution to the issue...

LoC, IB ‘very sensitive’ after J&K bifurcation: BSF Chief

New Delhi: The government’s decision to bifurcate the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir has rendered the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir and...

Ladakh gets ‘LA’ registration tag for vehicles

New Delhi: A new registration tag ‘LA’ has been assigned for vehicles to be registered in Ladakh, the government has said. A gazette notification by...

Militant hideout busted in Rafiabad

BARAMULA: A two day search operation by Army and police in Rafiabad has resulted in unearthing of militant hideout that, according them had been...

India Ist country to make entire Haj process digital: Naqvi

Jeddah/New Delhi: India has become the first country to make the entire process for pilgrims going on Haj completely digital, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar...

GoI sanctions medical college for Handwara

JAMMU: The Government of India has accorded approval for establishment of a New Government Medical College attached with existing district/referral hospital Handwara in Kupwara...

Sunday market witnesses huge rush

Srinagar: The weekly flea market here witnessed a huge rush of people and few shops at some places in the city stretched their business...

Singh seeks public cooperation in implementing ‘people friendly’ central laws

Jammu: The “prophets of doom” predicting “volcanos” in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 have “fallen silent” and the government of...

Abrogation of Art 370 will have adverse impact: Salman Khurshid

New Delhi: The purpose behind the introduction of Article 370 in the Constitution was to integrate Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the...

Internet shutdown continues in Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: Internet services across all platforms continued to remain suspended in Kashmir since August 5 even as there was considerable improvement in the situation,...

Much-awaited Alesteng grid station to complete next year

SRINAGAR: People would have to brace up for another dark winter as the much awaited gird station for reducing power cuts has received another...

Cross-LoC firing in Poonch

Jammu: The Pakistan army on Saturday targeted forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, violating the...

Funds crunch hit MHRD sponsored Madrassah scheme

Srinagar: Above two dozen religious seminaries (Madrassas) in Jammu and Kashmir would not get funds from government of India sponsored scheme this fiscal because...

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