Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir had received over 1,000 applications from militants in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) but no one had yet returned through the designated routes. ...
05:59 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Hours after he made a daring escape using a VVIP helicopter, the rape accused Mohammed Pervez was arrested from Rajouri. Authorities said Pervez pretended to be an accident survivor and fled in the chopper. ...
06:44 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah lashed out at his rival Mehbooba Mufti for "playing petty politics" on women victims. Abdullah took on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mufti at a function on International Women's Day at the ruling National Conference's headquarters. ...
06:05 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hits out at the BJP calling its leadership abusive and arrogant. ...
11:57 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The doctors and paramedical staff at a government hospital in Srinagar were beaten up the the police for reportedly violating the curfew. The doctors said they were merely attending to duty. However, the police said they had violated the curfew. ...
08:08 PM, Mar 06, 2013
It was another day of chaos in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday as the Opposition PDP walked out over the Baramulla firing issue in which a 25-year-old protestor was killed. The PDP boycotted the state budget over the issue saying Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was incapable of ensuring the safety of Kashmiris. ...
01:51 PM, Mar 06, 2013
In the wake of a youth's death on Tuesday in the north Kashmir town of Baramulla after security forces opened fire, authorities imposed curfew in many areas across the Valley on Wednesday. ...
11:55 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Tension is on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir over the killing of a 25-year-old protester in Baramulla allegedly by the Army. The Army has denied it, but the police have filed an FIR against the unit in Baramulla. ...
10:16 AM, Mar 06, 2013
The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir broke down over the killing of an youth by security personnel in Baramullah. ...
10:13 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Army on Tuesday night ordered a time-bound Court of Inquiry into the firing incident in Baramulla district of Kashmir in which a youth was killed and 4 others injured. ...
06:37 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Former Uttar Pradesh minister Raja Bhaiya on Tuesday pleaded innocence in the DSP murder case and said that he was a victim of political conspiracy. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday said it would bring an adjournment motion in the state assembly on Wednesday to discuss the Baramulla firing incident. The adjournment motion would seek suspension of normal business to discuss the situation arising out of the killing of a youth in Baramulla, a PDP spokesman said here. ...
10:53 PM, Mar 05, 2013
In an interview to Rajdeep Sardesai on CNN-IBN, the Kunda MLA said that he was a victim of political conspiracy. ...
08:59 PM, Mar 05, 2013
BJP on Tuesday expressed its disagreement with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over repealing of Armed Forces Special Powers Act, saying the state should not speak against this law as it has already passed a similar legislation in its Assembly. ...
07:28 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah broke down in the Assembly on Tuesday evening after opposition PDP confronted him over the killing of a youth in Baramulla during protests earlier in the day. Baramulla witnessed protests on Tuesday over the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and the killing of a youth in Pulwama. ...
05:59 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) should be repealed from the places where Army is not required. Omar said the issue of AFSPA is not on the "backburner", and if Irom Sharmila can fast in protest against AFSPA for 12 long years why can't he just speak against it. ...
05:09 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has strongly come out in support of lifting the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). Omar, who was speaking in the state Assembly, also praised northeast activist Irom Sharmila's fight for the repeal of AFSPA. ...
04:07 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Unresolved issues between India and Pakistan have hampered the growth and economic development of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday. ...
02:06 AM, Feb 27, 2013
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
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
