Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking return of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's body to his family. In tune with the state government, leader of opposition party - People's Democratic Party - Mufti Sayeed has also sent a letter to the Prime Minister saying the act could "retrieve trust" of the people. ...
08:23 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Altogether 17 panchs and sarpanchs have tendered their resignation in Jammu and Kashmir till last month, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said as per information received from the state government, till January 31, following the recent killing of a sarpanch and injury of a female panch in Sopore, 17 panchs and sarpanchs have tendered their resignation. ...
03:53 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Two days after a sarpanch was shot dead in the Kashmir Valley, the state government has now said that it could have been the result of political rivalry. ...
03:23 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Yet another sarpanch was shot dead in Baramulla on Sunday evening. He is the 5th sarpanch to be murdered by the militants. ...
10:48 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Suspected militants on Sunday night gunned down a sarpanch affiliated to ruling National Conference in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Javed Ahmed Wani was shot at and critically injured by the suspected militants inside his house in Kreeri area of Baramulla at around 7.40 pm, they said. Wani was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to injuries. No militant outfit immediately claimed responsibility for the...
09:20 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened for vehicular traffic today after remaining closed for two days due to continuous snowfall which also brought in a fresh spell of cold wave conditions across Kashmir valley. "The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened for vehicular traffic today and vehicles were allowed to come from Jammu towards Srinagar," a spokesman of the traffic department said. ...
02:21 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Thousands of Pashmina goats may have perished in recent heavy snowfall around the nomadic areas of Changthang on the Sino-Indian frontier of the Ladakh region, officials said on Friday. ...
12:50 PM, Feb 24, 2013
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the second day on Saturday even as fresh snowfall across Kashmir prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning in higher reaches of the Valley. ...
10:12 AM, Feb 23, 2013
Himachal Pradesh produced a fine allround performance to hand over Jammu and Kashmir a 73-run defeat in a North Zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. ...
06:02 PM, Feb 19, 2013
The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Tuesday demanded that the government should set up a committee to decide whether the body of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru should be handed over to his family or not. "I have written to President (Pranab Mukherjee) and asked for formation of a three-member committee comprising the Law Minister, the Attorney General and one independent senior advocate (to decide whether Afzal's...
05:52 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Protests broke out in south Kashmir's Kulgam area on Monday following death of a woman due to heart attack during a raid by security forces, police sources said. ...
04:57 PM, Feb 18, 2013
The government is unlikely to hand over slain Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's body to his family in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources in the Home Ministry say they are not considering handing over the body to his family as this may lead to security issues in the valley. ...
02:23 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Amid clamour for Afzal Guru's body to be returned to his family, new details has emerged of the Parliament attack convict's last moments in the jail. CNN-IBN has accessed the final letter which Afzal wrote to his family minutes before he was executed. ...
07:30 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru had no remorse at the time of execution and he had asked his family not to mourn his death and respect the "stature" he has achieved. "My request to the family is not to regret (mourn) my end but they should respect this stature," Afzal said in the eight-line letter written shortly before his execution. ...
12:17 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Sunday said he would move a resolution in the coming session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for handing over of the mortal remains of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru to his family. ...
06:39 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Punjab's bowlers made up for poor performance by the team's batsman to beat Jammu and Kashmir by 49 runs in a North Zone leg encounter of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. ...
06:18 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Curfew may have been lifted in Kashmir but the state's tourism industry is still counting its losses, which could be as much as Rs 100 crore a day. ...
04:59 PM, Feb 17, 2013
A week after the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, many Kashmiris believe that the denial of a final meeting between Afzal and his family will have a lasting impact on an entire generation. ...
06:56 AM, Feb 16, 2013
Indian troops have killed the Pakistani soldier who had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir to attack an Indian post, Army said on Friday. ...
12:21 PM, Feb 15, 2013
In a fresh ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops tonight fired at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, but there was no casualty on the Indian side. Pakistani troopers resorted to small and medium weapon firing in Balnoi forward area along the LoC at 20.05 pm, PRO Defence SN Acharya told PTI in Jammu. ...
11:50 PM, Feb 14, 2013
