SOUTHERN KASHMIR

Soldier killed and three others injured in a blast in Subhanpora area

Police officials said a terrorist attack took place around 10:15 am, when an improvised explosive device (IED) blast was reported near gove...

J&K planning for arrival of six lakh Amarnath pilgrims, highest in last eight years

This would be the first Amarnath pilgrimage after the abrogation of special status of J&K and downgrading of the state into two Union Terri...

Families of three youth killed in encounter in Kashmir claim they were civilians

The relatives and neighbors of slain youth protested outside the Police Control Room here in Srinagar, where bodies of the trio were brough...

​625 ‘militant associates’ held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2020

The crackdown against OGW’s, also referred to as militant associates, in the official handouts is seen as the larger policy to scuttle mili...

DDC Elections 7th phase: Jammu and Kashmir reports 57.22% voting

In the first six phases, the voting percentages were 51.2%, 52%, 48.62%, 50.53%, 50.08% and 51.51% respectively. The DDC elections and panc...

US court terminates $100-million lawsuit against PM Modi, Amit Shah

The suit was filed on September 19, 2019, days before Modi's historic "Howdy, Modi!" event in Houston, Texas.

Pakistan trying to foment trouble in Kashmir and sending militants to disturb DDC polls: J&K police chief

Singh said the police had enough evidence and incriminating material to prove the involvement of Pakistan and expose the aim of militants t...

Voting in Kashmir at 31.61%, Jammu registers 68.8%

The Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari has demanded an inquiry into the incident and urged the administration to ensure adequate security measu...

Jammu & Kashmir: Second phase of District Development Council elections recorded 48.62% voting

The second phase of elections witnessed a slight dip compared to the first, which had recorded around 52% voting with Kashmir recording aro...

Phase 2 of DDC elections in J&K: All Kashmir booths sensitive as 43 seats go to polls today

The administration has put in place multi-tier security around each polling booth to ensure that the voters are able to come out without an...

Mercury falls below freezing point in Kashmir, heavy rains forecast for southern TN, Kerala

The national weather forecasting agency said the month of November was the coldest in Delhi in 71 years, with the mean minimum temperature ...

Cold conditions prevail in north India, heavy rainfall likely in southern states from Dec 1

In Delhi, the minimum temperature was recorded at 10.1 degrees Celsius and the maximum was 26.4 degrees Celsius. The city's air quality sli...

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti accuses Centre of pushing Gujjars and Bakerwals to the wall

On Sunday Mufti visited the upper forest region of Pahalgam in southern Kashmir, where the administration had recently demolished some resi...

J&K administration gears up to conduct elections for local bodies

Officials, privy to the development, said they have been directed to formulate a plan and coordinate with the security grid to finalise the...

Government plans to set up more secure accommodation inside southern Kashmir

Ahead of the upcoming panchayat polls, a detailed security review of political workers and sarpanchs is being undertaken, as part of which ...

CRPF to provide extra cover to Jammu and Kashmir sarpanches and political workers

A year after the abrogation of Article 370, militants have stepped up attacks on political workers affiliated to the BJP. On Monday, uniden...

BJP leader and sarpanch Sajad Ahmad Khanday shot dead in south Kashmir

This was the second such attack on a BJP member within 48 hours. On Tuesday, unidentified gunmen had fired at and seriously injured another...