Twitter removes wrong Indian map showing J&K outside country after facing backlash
Jun 29, 2021, at 05:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Twitter on Monday removed a wrong map of India from its website that showed Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as a separate country following a backlash from its users.
Any move to drive wedge between Sikhs, Muslims will cause irreparable harm to J&K: Omar Abdullah
Jun 29, 2021, at 01:12 am
Srinagar/UNI: Asserting that any move to drive a wedge between Sikhs and Muslims in Kashmir will cause irreparable harm to Jammu & Kashmir, former chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday citing that the two communities have supported each other through thick and thin and withstood countless attempts to damage age-old relationship.
PM Modi chairs all party meet of Jammu Kashmir leaders
Jun 24, 2021, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The meeting between the political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun at his residence in his first outreach after the abrogation of article 370 in 2019.
Kashmir all party meet: Leaders reach PM's residence
Jun 24, 2021, at 09:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Home Minister Amit Shah and the leaders of political parties of Jammu Kashmir have reached Prime Minister's residence for the all party meeting scheduled Thursday.
Main demand at all-party meet will be restoration of pre-Aug 5, 2019 position: Mehbooba
Jun 23, 2021, at 12:51 am
Anantnag/UNI: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that restoration of pre-August 5, 2019 position to Jammu and Kashmir will be the main demand at All Party Meeting (APM) called in New Delhi on June 24, which will be presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Jun 22, 2021, at 12:51 am
Srinagar/UNI: The annual 2021-pilgrimage to the holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas has been cancelled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 21, 2021, at 06:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting on June 24 with the political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir may not discuss restoration of statehood and would be on delimitation exercise which has been already rolled out in the union territory ahead of the assembly elections, according to a media report.
PDP to take a call on Sunday on attending all party meet with PM: Report
Jun 19, 2021, at 08:03 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has said her party will hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss the Centre's invite for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with all parties of Jammu and Kashmir, said a media report.
PM Modi likely to call all-party meeting on J&K next week: Reports
Jun 19, 2021, at 05:20 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has likely called an all-party meeting on Jammu and Kashmir next week, media reports quoting sources said.
Jun 11, 2021, at 03:47 am
Jammu/UNI: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that Shahpur Kandi National Project coming up along the border between Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, and catering to district Kathua in a big way, vindicates the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960.
BJP councillor Rakesh Pandita shot dead by terrorists in J&K's Pulwama
Jun 03, 2021, at 06:02 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and municipal councillor Rakesh Pandita was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday.
Strict restrictions continue in Kashmir; no significant dip in fresh COVID-19 cases
May 23, 2021, at 09:47 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Strict restrictions continued for the fourth successive week on Sunday as there was no significant dip in the number of fresh coronavirus cases in Kashmir valley, where ‘COVID curfew’ remained imposed from April 29 to curtail the spread of the deadly infection.
1200 LPM Oxygen plant commissioned in COVID-dedicated hospital: DC Jammu
May 03, 2021, at 12:56 am
Jammu/UNI: Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Anshul Gargh on Sunday announced the successful commission of a 1200 LPM Oxygen Plant at a Covid-designated hospital in the district.
J&K: Three militants killed by security forces in Shopian encounter
Apr 11, 2021, at 03:41 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Three militants were killed by security forces in an encounter that ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the south Kashmir district of Shopian, a police spokesman said.
Supreme Court dismisses petition to stop deportation of Rohingyas from Jammu Kashmir
Apr 09, 2021, at 12:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking the release of 150 Rohingya refugees locked in a Jammu sub-jail and the stalling of deportation, said media reports.
Muttaheda Majlis-e-Ulma demands release of Mirwiaz before Holy Ramadhan
Apr 08, 2021, at 08:47 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Expressing concern over the continued house detention of Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq from August 4, 2019, the Muttaheda Majlis-e-Ulma (MMU) on Thursday demanded his immediate release before the commencement of Holy fasting month of Ramdhan.
Another CRPF jawan succumbs, toll rises to three in Srinagar attack
Mar 30, 2021, at 02:07 am
Srinagar/UNI: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan, who was critically wounded in a militant attack in Srinagar outskirts on March 26 afternoon, succumbed to his injuries.
Mehbooba Mufti denied passport over 'national security concerns'
Mar 29, 2021, at 10:24 pm
Srinagar/UNI: PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that her passport was not renewed by authorities over 'national security concerns' on the basis of a report by Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Criminal Investigative Department (CID) .
'Views different from govt not sedition': SC dismisses PIL against Farooq Abdullah
Mar 03, 2021, at 11:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking action against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah for making statements against the scrapping of Article 370.
NIA files charge sheet against Hizjbul terrorist in 2019 CRPF convoy attack case
Feb 13, 2021, at 11:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The anti-terror probe agency NIA on Saturday said that it has filed a supplementary charge sheet in a case relating to attack on the CRPF Convoy at Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir in March 2019 against Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorist Naveed Mushtaq Shah aka Naveed Babu before a Special Court in Jammu.
Lok Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Feb 13, 2021, at 11:39 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha on Saturday passed Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with Home Minister Amit Shah asserting that the Bill has nothing to do with the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir and the union territory will regain it at an 'appropriate time'.
Full dress rehearsal for Republic Day celebrations held in Srinagar, elsewhere in Kashmir
Jan 24, 2021, at 10:02 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Braving the snow and chilly weather conditions, full dress rehearsals for the Republic Day celebrations were held in Jammu Kashmir's summer capital, Srinagar, and elsewhere in the the valley on Sunday amid unprecedented security arrangements.
Mehbooba accuses minorities oppression of minorities in Jammu
Jan 23, 2021, at 07:00 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Former Chief Minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti has alleged inaction against "real" land mafia operating in the state and persecution of minorities in Jammu.
IGP Kashmir visits Hazratbal shrine, prays for peace and prosperity
Jan 17, 2021, at 09:12 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar on Sunday paid obeisance at the shrine of Asar-e-Sharief, Hazratbal, which houses the Holy Relic of Prophet Muhammad on the bank of frozen Dal Lake.
Srinagar records coldest night in 30 years at minus 8.4 degree
Jan 14, 2021, at 09:03 pm
Srinagar/UNI: World famous tourist spot Dal Lake and other water-bodies were on Thursday frozen as Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu Kashmir, recorded the coldest night in 30 years after the mercury dipped and settled at minus 8.4 degree Celsius.
Jan 10, 2021, at 02:48 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a major revelation, a former Pakistani diplomat has admitted on a television show that 300 terrorists were killed in the Balkot airstrikes by India on February 26, 2019.
Srinagar turns white again after fresh snowfall
Dec 30, 2020, at 06:44 am
Srinagar/UNI: Srinagar, the summer capital of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir, again turned white due to fresh snowfall.
Militants open fire at security forces in Srinagar
Dec 30, 2020, at 06:11 am
Srinagar/IBNS/UNI: Militants opened fire at the security forces on Tuesday after forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in the Parimpora area of capital city Srinagar.
J&K's first woman bus driver ferries passengers from Kathua to Jammu
Dec 24, 2020, at 11:14 pm
Jammu/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday got its first woman bus driver, who ferried passengers from Kathua to Jammu here in a private bus.
ED seizes Farooq Abdullah's property worth 12 cr in money laundering case
Dec 20, 2020, at 08:16 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached properties worth Rs 11.86 crore of National Conference president and former chief minister of Jammu Kashmir Farooq Abdullah in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) money laundering case, said media reports.