Beef ban: J & K Additional Advocate General shifted
Sep 15, 2015, at 03:46 pm
Srinagar, Sept 15 (IBNS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has shifted additional advocate general Vishal Sharma from the state home department for his alleged failure to defend government on beef ban case in the high court,reports said.
Grenade lobbed at Kashmir railway track, 2 injured
Sep 08, 2015, at 12:16 am
Srinagar, Sept 7 (IBNS): Two Railway police personnel were injured as militants lobbed a grenade towards railway track close to Malangpora area of Awantipora town in south Kashmir on Monday.
Young Kashmiri entrepreneur develops J&K's first-ever high-density apple orchard
Sep 06, 2015, at 11:34 pm
Jammu, Sept 6 (IBNS) : The militancy-infested state of Jammu and Kashmir may not be able to provide jobs to over five lakh unemployed youths in the state, but in no way it is a dampener for those young entrepreneurs who want to make it big in their respective careers.
Militant, Armyman killed in Kashmir encounter
Sep 02, 2015, at 11:33 pm
Srinagar, Sept 2 (IBNS): A soldier and a militant have been killed in a eleven-hour-long gunfight in Ladoora village of Rafiabad area of Northern Kashmir on Wednesday.
Aug 30, 2015, at 12:03 am
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IBNS) The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath concluded on Sunday, on Shravan Purnima, amid chanting of religious hymns in the spiritual ambience of south Kashmir Himalayas.
J&K: Security forces capture Pakistani militant
Aug 27, 2015, at 11:04 pm
Srinagar,Aug 27 (IBNS) The security forces have captured alive a suspected Pakistani militant while three others were killed in a fierce gun battle in north Kashmir's Rafiabad town, police said on Thursday.
Aug 16, 2015, at 01:07 am
Srinagar, Aug 15 (IBNS): Firing by Pakistan soldiers in the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district has left at least three people dead on Saturday, reports said.
I-Day: Mobile phone, internet services snapped across Kashmir
Aug 15, 2015, at 11:54 pm
Srinagar, Aug 15 (IBNS) Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Saturday jammed mobile phone and internet services in the Valley for a period in an attempt to ensure an incident free Independence Day celebrations.
Kashmir shuts down on Independence Day
Aug 15, 2015, at 08:00 pm
Srinagar, Aug 15 (IBNS) A separatist-led strike has paralysed life in Kashmir region on India's Independence Day, police said, as security has been beefed up across Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
J&K: Fresh encounter in Pulwama, 1 militant killed
Aug 07, 2015, at 12:17 am
Srinagar, Aug 6 (IBNS) A fierce gun battle has started between security forces and militants in South Kashmir' Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police sources said on Thursday.
One killed, five injured in Kashmir grenade attack
Jul 25, 2015, at 10:35 pm
Srinagar, Jul 25 (IBNS) One person was killed and five others, including a CRPF jawan, were injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants in Anantnag district of south Kashmir.
J&K: Grenade attacks hit Srinagar
Jul 24, 2015, at 09:29 pm
Srinagar, July 24 (IBNS): A third grenade attack rocked Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city on Friday, reports said.
Rajnath, Parrikar and Sushma to meet over Pakistan's ceasefire violations
Jul 16, 2015, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi, Jul 16 (IBNS) The government has called a high-level meeting on Thursday to discuss repeated ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) by Pakistan.
Piyush Goyal reviews Jammu and Kashmir's power sector in Srinagar
Jun 15, 2015, at 06:59 pm
Srinagar, June 15 (IBNS):,Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal took a review meeting of the power sector of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), in the presence of Dy. Chief Minister, J&K, Nirmal Singh, Finance Minister, J&K, Haseeb A. Drabu, Sajjad Gani Lone, Minister for S&T & Animal Husbandry , J&K and MoS (Power), Mohammad Ashraf Mir at Sher-E-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), at Srinagar on Monday.
People cannot be pushed to Stone Age: Sayeed
Jun 03, 2015, at 01:18 am
Srinagar, June 2 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Tuesday said "people cannot be pushed into Stone Age" while referring to disruption of cellular services following attacks on telecom centres.
Four sentenced to death in 8-year-old Kupwara gang-rape and murder of minor
Apr 24, 2015, at 09:50 pm
Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, Apr 24 (IBNS) All four convicts in the rape and murder of a minor in Kupwara have been sentenced to death by a local court in Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmir on flood alert, people asked to move to safety
Mar 30, 2015, at 05:05 pm
Srinagar, Mar 30 (IBNS): The Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Monday declared flood in the Kashmir Valley, asking people living close to the banks of the Jhelum River to exercise extreme caution and move to safer places.
Our stand on Article 370 is unchanged :RSS
Mar 13, 2015, at 11:10 pm
Nagpur, Mar 13(IBNS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Friday said its stand on Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir remains unchanged and the organisation will not compromise on it.
President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir
Jan 09, 2015, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS) President's rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday after President Pranab Mukherjee gave assent to the state's Governor's recommendation as Omar Abdullah stepped down as caretaker Chief Minister.
Jammu and Kashmir: Frantic Thrust
Dec 09, 2014, at 09:06 pm
With major terrorist attacks intended to disrupt the electoral process in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), India accused Pakistan of "mainstreaming terrorism", even as the first two of five phases of the State Assembly Elections conducted on November 25 and November 30, 2014, registered record turn-outs of 71.28 and 72.1 per cents, respectively. Evidently, the anxiety within the establishment at Islamabad has been pushed to a new level, and terrorist groups operating in J&K, directly under the aegis of Pakistan's external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), unleashed a series of attacks just two days after the first round of polls.
Braving cold, voters line up to exercise franchise in J&K (UPDATE)
Nov 25, 2014, at 05:12 pm
Srinagar, Nov 25 (IBNS): Amid tight security blanket, voting for the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections began in 15 constituencies spread across seven districts on Tuesday.
PM appreciates student's effort to collect money for JK flood victims
Oct 28, 2014, at 05:42 pm
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appreciated a Kuwait-based Indian student for collecting more than Rs 2 lakh for flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir.
At least 5 killed, 25 injured by Pak troops in Jammu
Oct 06, 2014, at 03:59 pm
Arnia, Oct 6 (IBNS): At least five people were killed and 25 injured in heavy firing by Pakistani troops along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir after midnight on Sunday, reports said.
Sep 06, 2014, at 03:59 pm
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IBNS): Over 100 people died in rain-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the region that is witnessing its worst flood in nearly six decades, reports said.
Life crippled in Jammu by shutdown
Jul 19, 2014, at 10:46 pm
Jammu, July 19 (IBNS) Normal life in Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir was crippled on Saturday by a shutdown to protest against Friday’s clashes in Baltal base camp of the Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra.
J&K: Grenade thrown at police headquarters
Jun 11, 2014, at 09:12 pm
Srinagar, June 11 (IBNS) Unknown gunmen threw a rifle grenade at the Jammu and Kashmir Police headquarters late Tuesday night which exploded on the premises of the high security zone.
J&K: Molesters chop off minor's ear
Jun 06, 2014, at 04:56 pm
Srinagar, June 6 (IBNS): At least five youths allegedly chopped off a minor girl's ear after they failed to molest her at Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, said reports on Friday.
Encounter rages in Jammu and Kashmir
May 19, 2014, at 09:09 pm
Srinagar, May 19 (IBNS) An encounter is currently underway between militants and security personnel at Budgam district in Jammu and Kashmir, said reports on Monday.
Sluggish voting in Jammu and Kashmir
Apr 24, 2014, at 05:42 pm
Srinagar, Apr 24 (IBNS) Amid separatist sponsored strike, recent militant strikes and massive deployments reported from the four districts making up South Kashmir Lok Sabha constituency, poling had a modest start on Thursday.