Jammu | 2 hours ago
Home secretary reviews cross-LOC trade at Poonch
Jammu, May 17 - Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh Thursday visited Jammu and Kashmir's frontier Poonch district and discussed with local people issues concerning trade across the Line of Control - between Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.Meeting a delegation of traders in Poonch, 240 km northwest of Jammu, on the second day of his two-day visit to the state, Singh discussed the problems fac ... read more

Srinagar | 22 hours ago
Union home secretary in Kashmir, meets Omar
Srinagar, May 16 - Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh Thursday discussed the prevailing law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, an official statement said here.Singh arrived here Thursday afternoon on a two-day visit to Kashmir.During his stay in the Kashmir Valley, the union home secretary is likely to discuss the security arrangements for this year's annual A ... read more

Srinagar | 1 day ago
Probe ordered into Kashmiri kids' deaths
Srinagar, May 16 - Admitting that 35 children died in the last fortnight at a premier hospital here, the Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday said an inquiry had been ordered.Following media reports about the deaths at the G.P. Pant Hospital, Minister for Medical Education R.S. Chib said experts from the Srinagar Medical College would conduct the probe and submit a report in a week.The minister s ... read more

Jammu | 3 days ago
Kashmiri wrestlers invited to India-Pakistan event
Jammu, May 14 - Top wrestlers from Jammu and Kashmir will participate in an India-Pakistan event to be organised by the Pakistan Style Wrestling Association in the first week of July.Shiv Kumar Sharma, president of the Jammu and Kashmir Indian Style Wrestling Association, said the president of the Pakistani association, Tariq Mir, has invited them to participate in the event. He said: 'We in Jammu ... read more

Jammu | 4 days ago
Omar 'proud' to attend special session of Parliament Sunday
Jammu, May 12 - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is keenly looking forward to attend the special session of Parliament Sunday to mark 60th anniversary of its sitting.'Looking forward to visiting Parliament House tomorrow, after ages, to attend the 60th anniversary event,' Abdullah tweeted Saturday.'Am proud of having been a member for more than 10 of those 60 years #Parliament'.Both ... read more

Jammu | 4 days ago
Differences sharpen between Amarnath board, religious groups
Jammu, May 12 - Differences have sharpened between Hindu religious groups and Shri Amarnath Shrine Board - over the duration and commencement of this year's annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir.SASB, which manages the shrine and is headed by Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra, has decided to start the pilgrimage on June 25 to end Aug 2 -, while Hindu religious groups V ... read more

New Delhi | 4 days ago
Nyoma violence: No mutiny, only indiscipline, says army
New Delhi, May 12 - The Indian Army Saturday denied reports of a 'mutiny' in one of its artillery units in Nyoma in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region and claimed that the 'minor scuffle' among its men could only be described as 'an act of indiscipline'.In a statement issued here, the army headquarters also called some media reports as 'misinterpretation and mischievous reporting to sensationalise ... read more

Jammu | 5 days ago
BJP activists demand action in Kashmir housing scam
Jammu, May 12 - Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party activists held a protest demonstration here Saturday, demanding stern action against those found involved in the alleged multi-crore-rupee scam in the Jammu and Kashmir Cooperative Housing Corporation.Holding party flags and placards with anti-government slogans, the protesters led by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha - state president Munish Sharma de ... read more

Srinagar | 5 days ago
Six terrorists killed on Kashmir border
Srinagar, May 12 - The death toll in Thursday's gunfight on Jammu and Kashmir's border has risen to six, and Indian troops are searching the area for more bodies, an official said Saturday.The incident took place at Uri in Baramulla district along the Line of Control - that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. 'The gunfight ended Thursday but we are still carrying out searches,' a military ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
India clears $660 mn deal for artillery guns
New Delhi, May 11 - The Indian Army got a shot in the arm Friday with the defence ministry clearing its long-pending $660 million - proposal to buy 145 ultra-light howitzer guns to add teeth to its ageing inventory.This is the first time the army is buying artillery guns in 27 years, since the Bofors guns payoff scandal broke out in the late 1980s, defence ministry sources said here.The Defence Ac ... read more