Mehbooba Mufti of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) hit out at the Jammu and Kashmir government saying Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had failed the sarpanchs of the valley. "This government has failed. Unfortunately, this government has not given any power to the sarpanchs," she said. Two sarpanchs have been killed in the past fortnight in the state by alleged terrorists, leading to mass resignation by village heads in protest. ...
11:00 AM, Sep 29, 2012
The ongoing sarpanch protests in Jammu and Kashmir threatens to turn into a face-off between Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah after the former said on Thursday that the local body leaders must be granted more autonomy. Rahul made the statement at a meeting with a delegation of sarpanches from the valley in Delhi. The sarpanches have demanded gun licenses to protect themselves in the wake ...
02:16 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Two days after suspected militants killed the deputy sarpanch of Nowpora, Mohammad Shafi Teli, local government representatives like 70-year-old Abdul Ahad Lone are living in fear for their lives. Fifty of them in northern Kashmir have placed advertisements in local newspapers announcing their resignantions. The morale among the Panchayat members is very low. If measures are not taken quickly, the fear could affect the municipal polls slated in December. ...
03:59 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Mehrajuddin Dand, an alleged conspirator in the IC-814 hijack, was arrested on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
02:36 PM, Sep 13, 2012
The alleged mastermind of the 26/11 terror attacks Hafiz Saeed has hit out at India once again saying that dialogue should be suspended till the Kashmir issue is resolved. ...
09:17 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Many areas in Samba, Jammu, were waterlogged on Thursday due to the flash floods. ...
09:23 AM, Aug 23, 2012
With militant presence suspected in Kashmir, roads were barricated in Srinagar and security was tightened at all sensitive areas. ...
12:39 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday released shocking CCTV footage which suggested militants used teenaged boys to lob grenades at security forces in public places. ...
10:32 AM, Aug 06, 2012
For the second time in two days, half of India plunged into darkness after the Northern and the Eastern Grids collapsed. ...
05:31 PM, Jul 31, 2012
The administration is struggling to deal with the power crisis brought on by the failure of the Northern Grid. The fault reportedly happened near Agra affecting seven states. ...
10:33 AM, Jul 30, 2012
Maharashtra Police on Tuesday recovered bones from missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan's farmhouse in Igatpuri. ...
09:32 AM, Jul 11, 2012
The Mumbai Police now have in their custody Parvaiz Tak who claimed that Laila and her family were killed in Mumbai. ...
03:31 PM, Jul 07, 2012
Investigators believe the prime motive for the murder was property that Lalia's mother got on divorcing Laila's father Nadir Patel. ...
11:56 PM, Jul 05, 2012
The Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks ended on Thursday with Pakistan stating that it was not involved in any terror act in India. ...
10:11 PM, Jul 05, 2012
The Jamaat-e-Islami has issued a dress code advisory for tourists in Jammu and Kashmir - no short or tight clothes. ...
03:11 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Does the Kashmir interlocutors' report make proposals that could turn around India's troubled state? ...
09:51 PM, May 29, 2012
J&K Chief Minister on Monday promised that there would be progress on Armed Forces Special Powers Act. ...
12:50 PM, May 07, 2012
This week, we bring stories of people and organisations that reach out to bring joy to those who need it the most. ...
05:15 PM, May 05, 2012
Farooq Abdullah is on the backfoot in the JKCA scam after CNN-IBN accessed a bank letter that exposed his claim that he had no knowledge of what was happening. ...
10:45 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Jammu and Kashmir Home Minister Nasir Aslam Wani said police will question senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. ...
07:01 PM, Mar 02, 2012
