A delegation of 48 newly-elected sarpanches of panchayats from Jammu and Kashmir called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and sought his assistance for the development of the state. Led by chairman Shafiq Mir of All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), ...More
The state administrative council (SAC), headed by Governor Satya Pal Malik, has approved a Bill to promote and regulate the growth and development in Jammu and Srinagar, officials said Wednesday. The landmark Metropolitan Regional Development Authorities Bill-2018 aims to se...More
President's rule will come into force in Jammu and Kashmir from midnight Wednesday after expiry of six months of Governor's rule, an official order said Wednesday. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the proclamation paving the way for imposition of central rule in the state w...More
An anti-corruption court in Pakistan on Wednesday said it will deliver judgment on December 24 in two remaining corruption cases against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Judge Muhammad Arshad Malik of Islamabad-based accountability court reserved judgment after completion...More
Social media giant Facebook has been sharing its users' personal data, including private messages and contact information for users' friends, with some of the world's largest technology companies like Microsoft, Amazon, far beyond what it has publicly admitted, according to ...More
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday extended full support to the demand of people of Kargil for a full-fledged University in the district and said that the Governor administration by functioning without taking public sentiment into consideration or assessment of requ...More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat on December 21 and 22 to take part in an annual conference of state police chiefs and to address BJP women's wing workers, officials said Wednesday. The all-India conference of Directors General/ Inspectors G...More
Calling for an end to Governor and the President’s Rule, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said there should be elections in the state so that people can choose their representatives who can work for their welfare. Talking to reporters aft...More
Journalists faced growing dangers of being targeted for killing for their work in 2018 even as the risks from war and conflict declined, a media watchdog said Wednesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists said 34 of the 53 journalists killed on duty this year around the wo...More
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Basharat Bukhari on Wednesday said that his decision to join National Conference (NC) was “a mark of respect” for Mehbooba Mufti as he was no longer able to match the level of her thinking. Talking to reporters aft...More
A complete shutdown is being observed in parts of Uri tehsil in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district against the murder of a 25-year-old fitness trainer. Reports said that a complete shutdown is being observed in Chandanwari, Boniyar and Arubua areas of Uri against the m...More
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders Syed Basharat Bukhari and Peer Muhammad Hussain Wednesday joined the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC). On Tuesday they was expelled by PDP for “anti-party activities”. Both the leaders joined NC in presence ...More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Government of India is working on further simplification of Goods and Services Tax, GST. Addressing a function in Mumbai Tuesday, Modi said, his government wants to ensure that 99 per cent items are brought under 18 percent or lower ...More
Traffic on Srinagar-Jammu Highway, connecting Kashmir valley with Jammu, was partially restored on Wednesday and only stranded vehicles were allowed to move. Historic Mughal road and Leh-Srinagar National Highway, connecting Ladakh with Kashmir, remained closed for the past ...More
Train service has resumed on Badgam-Srinagar to Banihal in Jammu region via south Kashmir after remaining suspended for four days due to security reasons following death of seven civilians in clashes with security forces on Saturday in Pulwama. All trains will run in the Kas...More
The Centre is learnt to have recommended imposition ofPresident'sruleinJammuandKashmirafter the expiry of six-months of Governor'sruleon December 19. The decision has been taken afterJammuandKashmirGovernorSatya Pal Maliksent a report to the central government recommending i...More
An alleged notorious drugpeddlerwas arrested along with 50 grams ofheroinworth Rs five lakh in Jammu, police said Wednesday. Rayees Ahmad Shah, a resident of Brawari village of Kupwara, was noticed walking suspiciously by a police party engaged in vehicle checking at Digiana...More
Pakistan's renownedsocial activistAsmaJahangir was posthumously honoured by the UN with a prestigious human rights award. Jahangir, anoutspoken criticof Pakistan's powerful military establishment, fought against religious extremism and for the rights of oppressed minorities ...More
A shutdown is being observed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district for fifth consecutive day on Wednesday against civilian and militant killings. All shops, business establishments are closed, while public transport is also off roads in the town. The shutdown call was gi...More
Water bodies froze in Ladakh region on Wednesday as an intense cold wave continued across the region. The Meteorological department forecast that the cold wave conditions would continue for another week. Kargil district was coldest place in the state at minus 14.9 degrees C...More
A 32-year-old man who was abducted by unknown persons from Brath Kallan area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district last week was released Wednesday morning. Reports said that Tariq Ahmad Ganie son of Ghulam Mohammad Ganie of Bomai, reached his home today morn...More
Seventeen-year-old Rasikh Salaam Dar of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district has been bought by Mumbai Indians at the IPL auction in Jaipur. "17-year-old prodigy from Jammu and Kashmir, Rasikh Dar, will be a part of our squad,"Mumbai Indians tweeted. Dar, a right arm quick,...More
A shutdown is being observed in south Kashmir’s Shopian town for second day on Wednesday against killing of four militants in a gunfight with government forces.
All shops and business establishments were shut, while traffic was also off the roads in the town.
On Tuesday four locals militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen were killed in a gunfight with government forces at Nadigam village of the district.
A delegation of 48 newly-elected sarpanches of panchayats from Jammu and Kashmir called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and sought his assistance for the development of the state. Led by chairman Shafiq Mir of All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), ...More
The state administrative council (SAC), headed by Governor Satya Pal Malik, has approved a Bill to promote and regulate the growth and development in Jammu and Srinagar, officials said Wednesday. The landmark Metropolitan Regional Development Authorities Bill-2018 aims to se...More
President's rule will come into force in Jammu and Kashmir from midnight Wednesday after expiry of six months of Governor's rule, an official order said Wednesday. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the proclamation paving the way for imposition of central rule in the state w...More
An anti-corruption court in Pakistan on Wednesday said it will deliver judgment on December 24 in two remaining corruption cases against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Judge Muhammad Arshad Malik of Islamabad-based accountability court reserved judgment after completion...More
Social media giant Facebook has been sharing its users' personal data, including private messages and contact information for users' friends, with some of the world's largest technology companies like Microsoft, Amazon, far beyond what it has publicly admitted, according to ...More
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday extended full support to the demand of people of Kargil for a full-fledged University in the district and said that the Governor administration by functioning without taking public sentiment into consideration or assessment of requ...More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat on December 21 and 22 to take part in an annual conference of state police chiefs and to address BJP women's wing workers, officials said Wednesday. The all-India conference of Directors General/ Inspectors G...More
Calling for an end to Governor and the President’s Rule, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said there should be elections in the state so that people can choose their representatives who can work for their welfare. Talking to reporters aft...More
Journalists faced growing dangers of being targeted for killing for their work in 2018 even as the risks from war and conflict declined, a media watchdog said Wednesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists said 34 of the 53 journalists killed on duty this year around the wo...More
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Basharat Bukhari on Wednesday said that his decision to join National Conference (NC) was “a mark of respect” for Mehbooba Mufti as he was no longer able to match the level of her thinking. Talking to reporters aft...More
A complete shutdown is being observed in parts of Uri tehsil in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district against the murder of a 25-year-old fitness trainer. Reports said that a complete shutdown is being observed in Chandanwari, Boniyar and Arubua areas of Uri against the m...More
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders Syed Basharat Bukhari and Peer Muhammad Hussain Wednesday joined the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC). On Tuesday they was expelled by PDP for “anti-party activities”. Both the leaders joined NC in presence ...More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Government of India is working on further simplification of Goods and Services Tax, GST. Addressing a function in Mumbai Tuesday, Modi said, his government wants to ensure that 99 per cent items are brought under 18 percent or lower ...More
Traffic on Srinagar-Jammu Highway, connecting Kashmir valley with Jammu, was partially restored on Wednesday and only stranded vehicles were allowed to move. Historic Mughal road and Leh-Srinagar National Highway, connecting Ladakh with Kashmir, remained closed for the past ...More
Train service has resumed on Badgam-Srinagar to Banihal in Jammu region via south Kashmir after remaining suspended for four days due to security reasons following death of seven civilians in clashes with security forces on Saturday in Pulwama. All trains will run in the Kas...More
The Centre is learnt to have recommended imposition ofPresident'sruleinJammuandKashmirafter the expiry of six-months of Governor'sruleon December 19. The decision has been taken afterJammuandKashmirGovernorSatya Pal Maliksent a report to the central government recommending i...More
An alleged notorious drugpeddlerwas arrested along with 50 grams ofheroinworth Rs five lakh in Jammu, police said Wednesday. Rayees Ahmad Shah, a resident of Brawari village of Kupwara, was noticed walking suspiciously by a police party engaged in vehicle checking at Digiana...More
Pakistan's renownedsocial activistAsmaJahangir was posthumously honoured by the UN with a prestigious human rights award. Jahangir, anoutspoken criticof Pakistan's powerful military establishment, fought against religious extremism and for the rights of oppressed minorities ...More
A shutdown is being observed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district for fifth consecutive day on Wednesday against civilian and militant killings. All shops, business establishments are closed, while public transport is also off roads in the town. The shutdown call was gi...More
Water bodies froze in Ladakh region on Wednesday as an intense cold wave continued across the region. The Meteorological department forecast that the cold wave conditions would continue for another week. Kargil district was coldest place in the state at minus 14.9 degrees C...More
A 32-year-old man who was abducted by unknown persons from Brath Kallan area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district last week was released Wednesday morning. Reports said that Tariq Ahmad Ganie son of Ghulam Mohammad Ganie of Bomai, reached his home today morn...More
Seventeen-year-old Rasikh Salaam Dar of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district has been bought by Mumbai Indians at the IPL auction in Jaipur. "17-year-old prodigy from Jammu and Kashmir, Rasikh Dar, will be a part of our squad,"Mumbai Indians tweeted. Dar, a right arm quick,...More
