Appealing to anti-rape protesters to maintain calm, the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said he understand the anger of the youth but there are a few who are using this anger in a negative way. ...
12:54 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Grief and anger was witnessed in a government hospital in Baramullah after two infants on ventilator support died at. Families allege the authorities failed to switch on the back up when power failed. ...
09:46 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Most parts of the Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar, on Friday received fresh snowfall, leading to closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. The snowfall began on Thursday evening. However, the snowfall has led to closure of the 294-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the only road link between Kashmir and rest of the country. It also snowed in Manali in Himachal Pradesh which is another tourist hotspot. ...
10:30 AM, Dec 14, 2012
A picture perfect Gulmarg received the season's first snowfall. It has brought the temperature down in the Kashmir valley. The hills of Gulmarg are draped in a thick blanket of snow. Hundreds of tourists have reached Gulmarg to enjoy the snow. Authorities have pressed snow dozers to keep the hills open for traffic. ...
02:04 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Diwali in Mumbai was less noisy and greener this year, thanks to the efforts of Sumaira Abdulali, an activist with NGO Aawaz Foundation, who for the last ten years has been working tirelessly to make this happen. ...
07:41 PM, Nov 24, 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
There was a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday morning as three unemployed Kashmiri youngsters entered the Assembly. The youngsters reached the well of the Assembly shouting slogans and brandishing flags. The PDP has called it a political stunt. "It's a political stunt, a manipulation by a political party or a group. It's uncalled for, we condemn the action. Any ideology should not be expressed in a ...
02:57 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday promised to build trust among the youth in Jammu and Kashmir. Rahul, along with top business leaders, interacted with students of the Kashmir University in Srinagar reassuring them of new business opportunities. The event was aimed at allaying the fears of big business houses to set up shop in Kashmir. Business tycoons Ratan Tata said that the state holds enormous potential. ...
03:02 PM, Oct 05, 2012
The students of the Kashmir University have given a thumbs-up to Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to the campus. "It was a great visit by Rahul, the industry heads were here to see the conditions for investment. They assured us they will invest and that they will place Kashmiri students in their companies so that the economy of Kashmir will flourish," said a student. The Congress General Secretary on ...
02:55 PM, Oct 05, 2012
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
