Security has been beefed up across Kashmir Valley, especially in the summer capital of Srinagar, where militants recently carried out two attacks in as many weeks. ...
03:55 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The Kashmir Valley was returning towards normalcy for the last three years as terror related incidents were on a decline. Tourism and allied activities were on the upswing but following Wednesday's audacious terror attack on a CRPF camp in which five security personnel and two terrorists were killed has brought back fears of troubled times ahead. ...
03:57 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Slamming the Jammu and Kashmir government for "disarming" the police and CRPF in Kashmir valley and making them "targets" to terror attacks, Opposition parties on Thursady staged a walkout over the killing of five CRPF personnel by terrorists in Srinagar. ...
03:16 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Curfew was imposed on Tuesday night in 10 police station areas of Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure with the authorities apprehending law and order problem following the killing of a youth in firing allegedly by security forces in Baramulla district. ...
11:51 PM, Mar 05, 2013
One person was injured on February 12 as fresh protests broke out in Kashmir against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, officials said. ...
05:38 PM, Feb 12, 2013
There were no newspapers, internet or cable television in the Kashmir Valley as curfew continued uninterrupted for the fourth day on February 12 to prevent violence in the wake of Afzal Guru being executed in New Delhi's Tihar Jail. As tension continued in the Valley, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he would help arrange a visit for Afzal Guru's family to offer prayers at his grave in the jail premises....
11:30 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on February 6 reopened for one-way vehicular traffic after being closed for three days due to snowfall. The highway was reopened for traffic between Jammu and Srinagar and stranded passenger vehicles, mostly Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs), were cleared in the morning, police officials said. ...
02:03 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Rain and snowfall continue to lash north India, pulling down the mercury with the inclement weather likely to continue in the coming days. It was a chilly day for Delhiites after a spell of relatively warm weather as intermittent light rain lashed parts of the city and the maximum dropped to 19.3 degrees Celsius from 26.3 degrees on Monday. ...
08:45 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Ahead of Republic Day parades in Srinagar and elsewhere on January 26, mobile phone services were suspended across the Kashmir Valley as part of a security drill. Different service providers did not issue any alert to subscribers before suspending their services. ...
01:09 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir Valley today experienced fresh snowfall, prompting the authorities to issue a warning about an avalanche warning in areas close to the Line of Control (LoC) and suspend traffic on Srinagar-Jammu national highway. ...
06:24 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The Srinagar-Jammu highway, Kashmir Valley's only link with the country apart from air travel, would be closed on January 17. This follows the Met office forecasting moderate to heavy snow from January 16 evening to January 19. ...
01:21 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Northern Railways today made history as the first train chugged through India's longest railway tunnel through the Pir Panjal mountain range, connecting Kashmir Valley to Banihal town on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. The train on a trial run, arrived at Banihal station from Qazigund in Anantnag district of Kashmir, was witnessed by hundreds of local residents of this highway town. ...
04:23 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Authorities on Sunday issued an avalanche warning for the higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley, advising them to move about with utmost caution. "Medium danger avalanche warning is issued for people living in Keran, Tangdhar, Machil, Chowkibal, Gurez, Bannihal, Uri and Gulmarg areas," Aamir Ali, head of disaster management in the valley, said. ...
12:00 PM, Dec 16, 2012
A woman was allegedly abducted and held captive for 12 hours. She was found in an unconscious state and rescued. Police have begun investigations. The woman has undergone a medical examination to determine if she was raped. ...
09:53 AM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: The situation in Kashmir is improving, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday after winding up his two-day visit to the Valley during which he interacted with a cross-section of the population besides being briefed by Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abduallah. "I got a good impression that things are improving," he said on board the IAF aircraft on his way back from Srinagar when asked about...
03:26 PM, Sep 28, 2012
With each culture evolving its own ways of celebrations, marriage is an event of lifetime. After a break during the Holy fasting month of Ramzan, ...
02:22 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Srinagar: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan arrived here Monday to shoot in the picturesque Kashmir Valley for the first time in his over two-decade-old film career. Shah Rukh immediately left for south Kashmir's Pahalgam hill station in a chopper after his arrival at Srinagar airport Monday morning. He is here to shoot Yash Chopra's next, yet untitled, movie. Chopra and his crew have been camping in Pahalgam for the last...
03:02 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Srinagar: This year has seen a rise in militancy in the Kashmir valley with the Army reporting 100 per cent increase in infiltration from across the border. There have been six attacks on village heads and encounters near the Line of Control in the last few weeks. Once again there is a peak in militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The Army says 280-300 militants are active in the valley....
09:37 AM, Aug 04, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General Bikram Singh, who has spent a major part of his 40 years of service in Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday recalled his days in the Valley saying he has "shed his blood" there as he was wounded in a terrorist incident there. "Kashmir Valley is always in my mind. I have shed my blood as I was hit by a bullet while serving there. I...
04:34 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Srinagar: Kashmir for once is in the news for all the right reasons. While the guns in the valley are yet to be fully silenced, the last three months alone have seen half a million tourists visiting the state. For Kashmiris, this is a rare opportunity, especially with hotel, houseboat and airfare charges going up. As opposed to the five flights-a-day earlier, as many as 30 flights now fly in...
08:44 AM, Jul 06, 2012
