Anupam Kher held up at Srinagar airport
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Bollywood actor Anupam Kher was held up on Sunday morning at the Srinagar airport by Jammu and Kashmir Police when he reached there to meet the protesting students at the…
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Pakistan army resorts to unprovoked firing on LoC in Poonch district
Srinagar, April 10 (IANS) Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday in Poonch district of Jammu region. “Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing at our…
Jammu-Srinagar highway blocked over NIT protest
Jammu, April 9 (IANS) Students from four local colleges on Saturday blocked the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. Police and civil administration called the principals of the four colleges who spoke…
NIT deadlock should end as protesting students’ demands met: Deputy CM
Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh on Saturday said the NIT stalemate should end as most of the demands of the protesting students have been accepted. Representatives of protesting…
Improve government offices’ work environment for more efficiency: Mehbooba
Jammu, April 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday ordered improvement in work environment at the civil secretariat to enhance efficiency of staff in the apex administrative complex. Making her first…
Mehbooba asks women to make Kashmir best governed state
Jammu, April 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday asked the women staff in the government to help her make the state one of the best administered in the country. Three…
Magisterial inquiry ordered into NIT unrest
Srinagar, April 7 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the unrest in the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, where non-local students are boycotting classes in protest. “The…
Tension grips NIT Srinagar as students clash with police
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) Tension gripped the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar after a group of students clashed with police on Tuesday. “A group of NIT students, all of them non-locals, marched to the…
Protests as gunfight rages in Kashmir, eight injured
Srinagar, April 5 (IANS) Eight protesters were injured on Tuesday in clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district where a gunfight was on between holed-up guerrillas and the security forces, said…
Rajnath speaks to Mehbooba over students leaving NIT
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Amid reports that some students from outside Jammu and Kashmir were proposing to leave the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday spoke to…
CRPF trooper shoots himself dead
Jammu, April 5 (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) head constable, posted near the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, shot himself dead on Tuesday, police said. “A head constable…
Gunfight on in Kashmir’s Pulwama
Srinagar, April 5 (IANS) A gunfight broke out between separatist guerrillas and security forces on Tuesday evening in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district after the latter surrounded a village where some militants were hiding, police…
Army patrol fired upon, search for militants begins in Kashmir village
Srinagar, April 5 (IANS) A cordon and search operation was launched on Tuesday by the security forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after guerrillas fired at an army patrol. A senior police officer told IANS…
Congress to boycott Mehbooba’s swearing-in
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting in Srinagar on March 24, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Jammu, April 3 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday said it will boycott the swearing-in ceremony of PDP…
Normalcy restored at NIT Srinagar after Friday clashes
New Delhi/Srinagar, April 2 (IANS) Normalcy was restored a day after clashes took place between two groups of students at NIT Srinagar, the HRD Ministry said on Saturday, adding that academic activities would resume on…
Judiciary central in securing constitutional rights: Ansari
Jammu, April 2 (IANS) Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Saturday underlined the centrality of the judiciary in securing the constitutional rights of citizens. “People increasingly turn to the judiciary for solving social problems due…
Army chief visits Siachen
Jammu, April 1 (IANS) Indian army chief, Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag has visited the Siachen Glacier to interact with personnel deployed in the area and review the situation, a defence official said on Friday. In…
Mehbooba to take oath as J&K CM on April 4
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting in Srinagar on March 24, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Jammu, March 31 (IANS) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will take oath as the chief minister of Jammu…
Woman gunned down by militants in Kashmir
Srinagar, March 30 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas on Wednesday fired at a woman in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. She was taken to hospital where she died of her injuries, police said. Militants entered a house…
Woman shot at by militants in Kashmir
Srinagar, March 30 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas on Wednesday fired at a woman in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. She was taken to hospital in a critical condition with multiple bullet wounds, police said. Militants entered…