Amarnath Yatra suspended due to inclement weather
Jammu/Srinagar: The Amarnath yatra from the three main base camps was suspended Sunday due to widespread intermittent rains in Jammu and Kashmir for the fourth successive day, with the weather department predicting snowfall in the cave area later in the day, officials said. They said that any decision on resumption will be taken later in […]
Narco smuggler arrested in Kathua
Jammu: Police on Sunday apprehended an inter-state smuggler after recovering 580 kilograms of poppy straw from his truck in Kathua district. Sikhwinder Singh, a resident of Kapurthala area of Punjab, was arrested and booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after huge quantity of poppy straw was seized from the truck, a police […]
Hardcore criminal arrested in Kathua
Jammu: A hardcore criminal, wanted in over a dozen heinous cases, was arrested in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police nabbed Noor Din alias Jattu, a resident of Bakrak Colony, from Rajbagh area of the district, they said. “The accused is a habitual offender and […]
Gunfire breaks peace on the LoC in Poonch
Jammu: Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire on Sunday, resorting to intense mortar shelling and firing of small arms on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, a defence spokesman said. The cross-border firing by Pakistan has ended a five-day lull in the border skirmishes between India and Pakistan Armies. […]
Army jawan commits suicide
Srinagar: An Army jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday, police said. The 14 Rashtriya Rifles soldier was posted in Chuntimulla area of Bandipora district of north Kashmir, a police official said. He said the jawan was rushed to a nearby medical facility, where […]
Linking movement of troops to abrogation of Article 35-A a myth: BJP Leader

Says local politicians fuelling rumor mills in JK
Says local politicians fuelling rumor mills in JK
Top JeM militant, associate killed in Shopian

Srinagar: Two militants, including a top Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) commander from Pakistan responsible for a car blast last month that claimed the lives of two Army jawans, were killed on Saturday in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Munna Lahori, a Pakistani national, was also responsible for a series of […]
Freed after 23 years of incarceration, Bhaderwah man returns home

Says won't take legal course as spending 23 years in jail was his destiny
Bhadarwah (J&K): Days after a Rajasthan court acquitted him in a 1996 bomb blast case, a 57-year-old teacher by profession said he would not take any legal action for his wrongful confinement as it was his destiny and “Allah wanted me to teach the inmates inside the jail”. Despite heavy downpour, hundreds of people gathered […]
Govt orders ban on transfer of teachers for two months
SRINAGAR: The state government ordered ban on transfer of teachers (including masters and lecturers) in the entire state for at least two months, an official spokesman said here. He said that the decision was taken in this regard during a review meeting of the School Education department chaired by Advisor Farooq Khan, here at Civil […]
Centre rushes 10,000 troops to Kashmir

Move sparks panic in the Valley
Move sparks panic in the Valley