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  • Shah offers prayers at Kheer Bhawani temple in J-K

    Oct 25, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 25: Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered prayers at the revered Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The home minister visited the temple complex nestled among chinar trees in Tullamulla area of the central Kashmir district early Monday morning, the officials said. Donning a traditional Kashmiri pheran, Shah offered prayers at the temple of Mata Ragnya Devi.

  • Mehbooba slams CDS Rawat's remarks on curbs in Kashmir

    Oct 24, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 24: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday charged that repression was the Centre's only method to deal with the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Reacting to the remarks by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat warning of further curbs in Kashmir to tackle the recent violence, Mehbooba also said his statement contradicts the official narrative that all is well in the valley.

  • Civilian killed in firing incident in Shopian in JK

    Oct 24, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 24: A civilian was killed in a firing incident in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. The incident took place in the Zainapora area of Shopian in south Kashmir. The civilian has been identified as Shahid Ahmad. The circumstances of the incident are being probed, the officials said, adding further details are awaited.

  • Kashmir snowfall: Two killed in Anantnag, death toll climbs to 5

    Oct 24, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 24: Two people died while as many were rescued after they were trapped in snowfall in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday, taking the death toll due to inclement weather to five. Last night, stranded persons at Sinthan Pass in south Kashmir district were rescued, they said.

  • Inaugurating flights cosmetic steps, won't address actual problem in J-K: Mehbooba on Shah's visit

    Oct 23, 2021

    Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurating international flights and medical colleges were cosmetic steps that will not address the actual problem in Jammu and Kashmir. She said ideally the home minister's visit should have been preceded by a follow-up on assurances given to leaders of the union territory during the all-party meeting convened by the prime minister in June this year.

  • Advisor Farooq Khan for immediate assessment of loss to orchards in Valley

    Oct 23, 2021

    SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 23: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq khan, acting swiftly towards tackling emergent situation arisen due to untimely snowfall in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, deputed Director General, Horticulture, Kashmir, to South Kashmir, the worst hit part of the Valley, for personal monitoring of loss assessment there.

  • Destitute found dead in Anantnag

    Oct 22, 2021

    Srinagar: A destitute, believed to be a non-local, was found dead in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The body was found in the Janglatmandi area of the district. An unidentified DB (dead body) of a destitute surviving on alms collection was found in Anantnag town. A dead body has head injuries, a police spokesperson said through a statement. So far, no terrorist-angle has emerged, he said. A case has been registered and investigation started, the spokesperson added.

  • Mehbooba sends legal notice to Satya Pal Malik over his 'defamatory' remarks against her

    Oct 22, 2021

    Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti sent a legal notice to former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik seeking Rs 10 crore compensation for his alleged "defamatory" remarks against her. The notice comes days after Malik, who is now the governor of Meghalaya, allegedly said Mehbooba Mufti was a beneficiary of the now-abandoned Roshni scheme which aimed to grant proprietary rights to occupants of state land for charges.

  • Attempts being made from across border to disrupt peace, development process in J-K: LG

    Oct 22, 2021

    Srinagar: Attempts are being made from across the border to disrupt the peace and development process in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha said and asserted that the government will not rest till terrorism is completely wiped out. He also said that the administration is committed to preserving the communal fabric and the social harmony of Jammu and Kashmir.

  • FFRC directs J-K private schools not to charge money under refundable or deposit heads

    Oct 21, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Fee Fixation and Regulation Committee (FFRC) on Thursday directed all private schools in the union territory not to charge any money under refundable or deposit heads as it was in violation of the Supreme Court guidelines. It also directed the schools not to pressure the parents to pay the tuition fee in advance.

  • Security forces defuse IED planted by militants in Baramulla

    Oct 21, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 21: A major tragedy was averted as security forces detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. "Security forces detected an IED planted by terrorists from a passenger shed at a bus stop at Saidpora in Rafiabad area of Baramulla," they said. The officials said a bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot which took the IED to an isolated place and safely defused it.

  • BJP's policies have taken J-K back by decades: Mehbooba

    Oct 21, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 21: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged that the BJP government's policies on Jammu and Kashmir have taken the union territory "back by decades". The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister made the remarks in response to photographs and videos on social media in which security forces are seen frisking women and minors during surprise checking in Lal Chowk and other commercial areas of the city.

  • Militants using new modus operandi to kill targets: Ghulam Nabi Azad

    Oct 21, 2021

    Srinagar: Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said militants in Jammu and Kashmir have adopted a new modus operandi of killing their targets by using pistols from close range, instead of grenades and landmines. In this month so far, 11 civilians, including non-residents of Jammu and Kashmir, have been shot dead by militants in different parts of Kashmir. "There seems to be a shift in the strategy of militants...

  • Two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, soldier killed in Shopian encounter

    Oct 20, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 20: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants and a soldier died in an encounter in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. Two other security personnel also received injuries in the encounter, they said. According to officials, one of the ultras killed was involved in the murder of a carpenter from Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur recently.

  • Meghalaya Guv Malik's claim about me being Roshni Act beneficiary false: Mehbooba

    Oct 20, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 20: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asked Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik to withdraw his purported comments that the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was a beneficiary of the now-abandoned Roshni scheme, failing which legal action will be taken against him. "False & unsavory utterances of Satya Pal Malik about me being a beneficiary of Roshni Act is highly mischievous.

  • Question of survival stares at migrant workers' families

    Oct 19, 2021

    Srinagar/Saharanpur, Oct 19: How to make both ends meet is a question that is haunting 28-year-old Jehangir, a small-time carpenter in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur, after his father was shot dead by terrorists last Saturday in south Kashmir, triggering an exodus of migrant laborers from the area. "Together with Abba (father), we used to run the household.

  • J&K LG condemns 'despicable terror attack' in Kulgam

    Oct 18, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 17 (PTI) Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday condemned the "despicable terror attack" in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, saying the security forces will give a befitting reply. Terrorists shot dead two workers from Bihar and injured another after barging into their accommodation in Kulgam in south Kashmir on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks on non-locals, officials said.

  • We will hunt down terrorists and their sympathisers: JK LG on civilian killings

    Oct 17, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 17: Amid a spate of civilian killings, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday vowed to avenge every drop of their blood by hunting down terrorists and their sympathizers. Sinha said attempts are being made to disrupt the peace and socio-economic progress of Jammu and Kashmir and the individual growth of people and reiterated the commitment to the fast-paced development of the Union territory.

  • Grandson of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was terminated from government service

    Oct 17, 2021

    Srinagar: The grandson of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was terminated from government service for allegedly aiding terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The grandson, Anees-ul-Islam, who is the son of Altaf Ahmed Shah alias Altaf Fantoosh, was sacked using special provisions under Article 311 of the Constitution, they said. In 2016, he was appointed as a research officer in the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre.

  • Golgappa' vendor Arvind Kumar wanted to get his family out of poverty

    Oct 17, 2021

    Srinagar: Arvind Kumar Sah was selling golgappas' -- a type of street food -- in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city with the hope to earn enough money to improve the lives of his poverty-stricken family back home in Bihar. However, that dream of the 30-year-old was snapped in a jiffy by his assassin who showered bullets at him near his handcart outside a park in the Eidgah area of the city.

  • Sinha condemns killing of two non-locals by militants in J-K

    Oct 17, 2021

    Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha condemned the killing of two non-locals by militants and said the perpetrators will be punished soon. The union territory administration announced the immediate release of ex-gratia for the next of kin of the deceased. "I strongly condemn the brutal killings of Arvind Kumar Sah and Sagir Ahmad by terrorists.

  • J-K killings: Senior police officer denies security lapse

    Oct 16, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 16: A senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officer on Saturday ruled out any security lapse behind the recent civilian killings in the Valley and said that it is not possible to provide security to all those who may be soft targets for terrorists.

  • NC leader Abdul Rahim Rather's son Hilal Rather joins People's Conference

    Oct 16, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 16: Hilal Rather, son of veteran National Conference leader Abdul Rahim Rather, joined the Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference on Saturday. Rather, who is out on bail in a case related to diversion of loan money taken from Jammu and Kashmir Bank, joined the People's Conference in the presence of party chairman Sajad Gani Lone.

  • Centre committed to providing all possible support to make J-K power surplus: Singh

    Oct 16, 2021

    Srinagar: The Centre is committed to providing all possible support to Jammu and Kashmir across generation, transmission, and distribution segments to make the Union Territory power surplus, remove all supply constraints and provide round-the-clock quality power to all citizens, said Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh. Singh is on a two-day visit to J&K, according to an official spokesperson.

  • Pak-sponsored elements making attempts to disrupt peaceful atmosphere in J-K: DGP

    Oct 16, 2021

    Srinagar: Pakistan-sponsored elements are time and again making attempts to disrupt the growing peaceful atmosphere in Jammu and Kashmir to disturb normal life, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said. He emphasized the collective measures to tackle security situations and subversive acts by terrorists and their masters across the border.

  • LeT commander Khandey trapped in Pampore encounter

    Oct 16, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 16: Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey is trapped in an encounter with security forces in the Pampore area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police official said on Saturday. Khandey is among the top militants whom the security forces are targeting since a hitlist was released by police in August this year.

  • J-K achieves 100 pc coverage of first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

    Oct 15, 2021

    Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir achieved 100 percent coverage of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines for the age group of 18 years and above, even as the Union territory recorded 93 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the infected number of persons to 3,30,834.

  • Centre committed to improve power scenario: Union minister

    Oct 15, 2021

    Srinagar: The Centre is committed to improving the power scenario in Jammu and Kashmir as the development of the Union Territory is high on the agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister R K Singh said The Union minister for power and new and renewable energy chaired a meeting on the power issues in Jammu and Kashmir here.

  • Huge quantities of contraband substances recovered in Pulwama

    Oct 14, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 14: Huge quantities of contraband substances were recovered in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. A police spokesperson said Kakapora police station received specific information that Gulzar Ahmad alias Beta and Mohammad Rafiq, both residents of Mohanviji Kakapora, have indulged in drug peddling and hoarding of huge quantities of narcotic substances in their houses.

  • 28 trade bodies condemn recent killing of civilians in J-K

    Oct 14, 2021

    Srinagar: As many as 28 trades and civil society bodies in Kashmir condemned the recent civilian killings in the valley and expressed grief over the loss of lives. The representatives of 28 Trade Associations of Kashmir and Civil Society Members on Wednesday met Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole and Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar at Tourist Reception Centre here, an official spokesman said.

  • NIA arrests 9 terror associates after multiple raids in J-K

    Oct 14, 2021

    Srinagar: The NIA has arrested nine terror associates during searches at 18 locations in Jammu and Kashmir after registration of a case over a conspiracy launch attacks in the union territory and other major cities including New Delhi, an official said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had registered the case on October 10 and initiated an investigation.

  • 16 J-K dists achieve 100percent vaccination coverage for 18plus age category

    Oct 14, 2021

    Srinagar: As many as 16 Jammu and Kashmir districts have achieved 100 percent coverage of the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine for the age group of 18 years and above, according to official figures. The union territory, meanwhile, recorded 75 fresh cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the infected number of persons to 3,30,741. In total, 99.

  • PCI team arrives in Srinagar to look into alleged harassment of journalists in J-K

    Oct 14, 2021

    Srinagar: A fact-finding committee of the Press Council of India (PCI) arrived here for a three-day visit to interact with the media fraternity of Kashmir, an official spokesperson said. The committee comprises Prakash Dubey, convener and group editor of Dainik Bhaskar, Gurbir Singh of The New Indian Express, and Suman Gupta, editor of Jan Morcha.

  • NIA arrests 4 terror associates in multiple raids in J-K

    Oct 13, 2021

    Srinagar: NIA has arrested four terror associates during searches at 16 locations in Jammu and Kashmir following registration of a case to unearth a conspiracy hatched by various terror groups to carry out attacks in the Union Territory and other major cities, including New Delhi, an official said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had registered the case on October 10 and initiated an investigation.

  • Those behind killing of minorities in J-K will not be spared: L-G Sinha

    Oct 13, 2021

    Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said those who perpetrated the recent killings of minority community members will not be spared. A delegation of the United Kashmiri Sikhs Progressive Forum (UKSPF) called on the L-G at the Raj Bhavan here, an official spokesperson said.

  • J-K govt directs Kashmiri migrant employees not to leave valley

    Oct 13, 2021

    Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government directed Kashmiri migrant employees not to leave the valley as security has been tightened for them, saying absence from duty will be dealt with as per service rules. The authorities also impressed upon officers to preferably post these migrant employees in safe and secure zones for the time being.

  • Polarisation by representative bodies could sow seeds of disharmony in Kashmir: KPs

    Oct 12, 2021

    Srinagar, Oct 12: With Kashmir still recovering from the shock of last week's minority killings by terrorists, Kashmiri Pandits living in the Valley fear that representative organizations blaming the majority community for being silent spectator and indulging in polarisation on social media could sow the seeds of communal disharmony.

  • J-K police establishes helpline number for minorities

    Oct 12, 2021

    Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police have established a distress helpline for members of minorities living in Kashmir in the wake of the recent spate of civilian killings in the Valley. "Kashmir Police established Minority distress #helpline at PCR Kashmir. In case of #emergency, one may call for #assistance on 0194-2482626," IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar tweeted.

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