JAMMU AND KASHMIR

The body of a terrorist who died of cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment at the Military Hospital in Rajouri was handed over to Pakistan on Monday. Tabarak Hussain was caught by security forces while he was trying to cross the Line of Control a few days back. Hussain was injured in the firing before being […]

Ending all speculations former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday announced that he will form a new party and will fight for the restoration of the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Jammu and Kashmir high court in a petition related to backdoor appointments of relatives of judges and other judicial staff in courts. Jammu and Kashmir People’s Forum, an NGO, had filed the petition through advocate Raj Kishor Chaudhary. In its petition, the NGO has prayed […]

With nine back-to-back tremors jolting Jammu and Kashmir this week, experts and geologists are extremely rattled. Are these tremors a harbinger for the worst that is to come soon? Seismologists have sounded a warning and said that in the wake of the recent quakes, precautionary measures should be put in place urgently. On Saturday, two […]

Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the party's primary membership and his stinging no holds barred letter to Congress' interim president, Sonia Gandhi, have posed difficult questions to the party leadership.

At least six former MLAs, some of them ministers in erstwhile state government, resigned from the grand old party on Friday following Ghulam Nabi Azad’s decision to quit. While five of them tendered a joint resignation, former cabinet minister RS Chib submitted it separately. But all of them have done it in support of Azad, […]

Union Home minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a review meeting on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. He appreciated the efforts of the security agencies and administration of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the successful conduct of the Amarnath Yatra. The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, the […]

Amid rising attempts to infiltrate the Line of Control, the Indian Army gunned down three heavily armed terrorists in the Uri Sector of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir. The Army said it foiled an infiltration attempt by Pakistani terrorists in forward areas of Uri Sector on August 25, culminating in the killing of three […]

National Conference on Wednesday hinted that it will not contest Assembly elections jointly with the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an alliance of several parties which came together with the claim to fight for the restoration of J&K’s special status. “The provincial committee members (of the National Conference) unanimously resolved that JKNC should prepare […]

A court in Jammu on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against Rubaiya Sayeed after she failed to appear for her cross-examination by Yasin Malik, whom she had identified as her abductor during the last hearing of the case. Advocate Monika Kohli, the special public prosecutor for CBI, said that Rubaiya Sayeed did not appear in […]