Jammu-Srinagar NH remains closed on Saturday too
Jan 07, 2017, at 07:23 pm
Srinagar, Jan 7 (IBNS): Vehicular traffic along Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the second consecutive day on Saturday following heavy snowfall and landslides, according to media reports.
J&K: Hours after his release, police re-arrest separatist leader Masrat Aalam
Dec 30, 2016, at 02:50 am
Jammu, Dec 29 (IBNS): Masrat Alam, senior separatist leader and close associate of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was released from Kathua jail on Thursday and later re-arrested as he has numerous PSA cases against him.
I was offered J&K CM's post thrice by BJP: Ex-PDP leader
Dec 21, 2016, at 04:05 am
Srinagar, Dec 20 (IBNS): Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday lambasted those who alleged him of quitting PDP because he was not rehabilitated as minister and declared that he was thrice offered the Chief Minister's post in the past two years.
Rural empowerment is key for state development: Mehbooba Mufti
Dec 17, 2016, at 04:50 am
Srinagar, Dec 16 (IBNS): Terming village as a basic parameter of gauging the prosperity of a State, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that rural empowerment is key to the development of Jammu & Kashmir.
Srinagar receives snowfall, rains breaking dry spell after 5 months
Dec 11, 2016, at 07:42 pm
Srinagar, Dec 11 (IBNS): The higher reaches of Kashmir received light snowfall while rains in the plains broke the over five month long dry spell in the Valley on Sunday.
J&K: LeT militant nabbed in Sopore
Nov 25, 2016, at 04:59 pm
Sopore, Nov 25 (IBNS): One local LeT militant has been apprehended during a joint search operation conducted by the Army and police in Sopore town of North Kashmir.
J&K: Pakistani commandos behead Indian soldier, kill 2 other personnel
Nov 23, 2016, at 03:44 am
Jammu, Nov 22 (IBNS): In a repeat act by Pakistani commandos three weeks ago, an Indian soldier in Kashmir was beheaded and two others were killed close to the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Machhal sector on Tuesday.
Mobile internet service on postpaid phones restored in Kashmir after 133 days
Nov 19, 2016, at 04:08 am
Srinagar, Nov 18 (IBNS): After remaining suspended for 133 days, mobile internet services on postpaid phones were restored across Kashmir on Friday.
J&K: Indian soldier killed in Pakistan firing
Nov 06, 2016, at 04:56 pm
Poonch, Nov 6 (IBNS): In a fresh ceasefire violations from Pakistan, a soldier was killed in Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district early on Sunday.
J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire again, jawan killed
Nov 06, 2016, at 04:21 pm
Poonch, Nov 6 (IBNS): Pakistani Rangers violated the ceasefire again on Sunday early morning with heavy shelling and firing at Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district leaving a jawan killed, media reports said.
J&K: Six civilians killed in fresh border firing by Pak troops
Nov 01, 2016, at 08:50 pm
Jammu, Nov 1 (IBNS): Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling killing six civilians, including two minor children, on Tuesday in Samba district and Balakote area of Mendhar in Poonch district, official said.
Oct 24, 2016, at 09:33 pm
On October 23, 2016, the Pakistan Rangers violated the November 2003 cease-fire agreement (CFA), carrying out a sniper attack at an Indian post in the R. S. Pura sector of Jammu District in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), injuring a Border Security Force (BSF) constable. The constable succumbed to his injuries later in the night.
Pakistan violates ceasefire again, targets Indian posts in Nowshera town
Oct 16, 2016, at 06:14 pm
Srinagar, Oct 16 (IBNS): Pakistan troopers on Sunday violated the ceasefire again by targetting four Indian posts at Nowshera town in Jammu and Kashmir.
Suspicious men spotted in Pathankot, search op underway
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:20 am
New Delhi, Sept 27 (IBNS): The security forces on Tuesday launched a heightened search operation in Pathankot after villagers from nearby area spotted "suspicious men" along the Punjab-Himachal Pradesh border, media reports said.
J&K: Human rights defender Khurram Parvez released from jail and detained again
Sep 21, 2016, at 05:04 am
Srinagar, Sept 20 (IBNS): Prominent human rights defender and head of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) Khurram Parvez was on Tuesday released
After Uri, terrorists attack police post in J&K's Handwara
Sep 20, 2016, at 05:01 am
Srinagar, Sept 19 (IBNS): In yet another terror strike, militants on Monday attacked a police post in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara district, media reports said.
J&K: The Tragedy of Complacence
Sep 19, 2016, at 09:47 pm
In the worst ever attack in terms of fatalities of Army personnel since terrorism began in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in 1988, at least 17 Army personnel were killed and another 19 were injured when terrorists stormed the administrative base of one of the units of the Indian Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri town of Baramulla District at around 5:30 am IST on September 18, 2016. Four terrorists involved in the attack were also killed.
Assam CM condemns dastardly terror attack in J&K
Sep 19, 2016, at 01:37 am
Guwahati, Sept 18 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Sarbanada Sonowal on Sunday strongly condemned the dastardly terror attack on Army by militants in Uri in Jammu & Kashmir on Sunday.
J&K: 17 soldiers martyred in Uri army base camp attack, all terrorists eliminated
Sep 18, 2016, at 07:03 pm
Uri, J&K,Sept 18 (IBNS): The state of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday witnessed one of the deadliest attacks in a decade's time when four heavily armed terrorists sneaked into the 12 Brigade Army camp in Uri sector, leaving 17 jawans killed.
Army foils infiltration bid, kills 4 terrorists in Kashmir's Nowgam
Sep 11, 2016, at 06:11 pm
Srinagar, Sept 11 (IBNS): The Indian Army on Sunday killed for terrorists in a counter-infiltration operation along the Line of Control in Nowgam sector in north Kashmir, media reports said.
Encounter breaks in J&K's Poonch district, cop killed
Sep 11, 2016, at 03:19 pm
Srinagar, Sept 11 (IBNS): A fresh encounter broke out between security forces and two terrorists which left one policeman killed and another injured in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, reports said.
Kashmir separatists group must come forward to ensure peace: Mehbooba
Sep 10, 2016, at 05:10 am
Srinagar, Sept 9 (IBNS) Maintaining that the Kashmir issue has multiple dimensions, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Frday said a serious and sustained effort is required at various levels to resolve the problem and ensure peace and stability in the State and the region.
Government approves subsidized helicopter services in J&K, Himachal Pradesh
Sep 10, 2016, at 03:06 am
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): The Government has accorded its approval for operation of helicopter services in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on a pilot basis in 10 sectors, as per the stipulation that the most inaccessible destination points should be chosen.
Mehbooba welcomes resolution adopted at all party delegation
Sep 08, 2016, at 04:04 am
Srinagar, Sept 7 (IBNS): Welcoming the resolution adopted at the All Party Meeting in New Delhi which calls for dialogue with all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said engagement and reconciliation is the only way forward to end the stalemate and make peace, stability and prosperity a reality in the state and the region.
All party delegation concludes visit to J&K, Rajnath says talks with various sections fruitful
Sep 06, 2016, at 02:53 am
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): An all party delegation visiting Jammu and Kashmir to seek solution to the ongoing unrest in the state concluded its visit on Monday.
Rajnath Singh to lead all party delegation to J&K
Sep 03, 2016, at 01:27 am
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will lead an all party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir on Sept 4-5.
Pakistani aircraft violates Indian airspace in Jammu & Kashmir
Aug 30, 2016, at 05:29 am
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): A Pakistani aircraft on Monday violated Indian airspace as it hovered over the Indian territory for a minute in R S Pura sector in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.
Reach out to people through substantive political, economic measures: Mehbooba to Centre
Aug 23, 2016, at 02:55 am
Srinagar, Aug 22 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged for reaching out to the people of the state through substantive political and economic measures to address anger and alienation and find a lasting solution to the problems confronting them.
Aug 22, 2016, at 10:03 pm
The street violence that engulfed a large part of Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has so far accounted for at least 68 deaths - 66 protestors and two Policemen (data till August 21, 2016). The violence was sparked subsequent to the killing of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) 'commander' Burhan Wani in an encounter on July 8, 2016. According to official figures, at least 4,515 Security Force (SF) personnel and 3,356 protestors were also injured during the protests till August 9. [No official figure about the number of inured has been released thereafter.] J& K consists of three divisions: Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.
J&K opposition leaders meet Rahul Gandhi
Aug 22, 2016, at 12:35 am
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): Opposition leaders from Jammu and Kashmir met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi here on Sunday.