Atleast nine people were killed and five others injured on Saturday when a passenger vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
In a bid to address the concerns of the local populace after the revoking of Jammu and Kashmir's special status last year, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday assured the people of the Union Territory that the domicile law is coming "very soon" which would be followed by the Land Act.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration is all set to complete 180 vital developmental projects this fiscal in public works sector, taking the mission road to development much ahead across the union territory, an official spokesman said on Friday.
The newly formed union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday inked Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth over Rs 2,100 crore during its investment summit roadshow in the city here.
The Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission on Tuesday postponed Panchayat by-elections in the Union Territory following a security threat message shared by the administration.
The Congress is ready to take part in the by-elections to panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir if its leaders are released and their free movement is ensured, senior party leader G A Mir said on Monday.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has named Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra as his nominee for the proposed Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir.
Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, (Election Authority under J&K Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996) Shailendra Kumar on Monday issued notification for the conduct of phase-II of by-elections for Panchayat Polls-2020 in respect of vacant seats to elect Sarpanches and Panches.
A rape accused who had escaped from a police station in Jammu district, has been nabbed from Samba, officials said on Monday. The 35-year old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a girl on January 22.
Reacting to UN chief Antonio Guterres's comments on Jammu and Kashmir, India on Sunday said the region is and will continue to be an integral part of the country and that the issue needed to be addressed is of vacation of territories "illegally and forcibly" occupied by Pakistan.
The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will soon be covered by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and it will have jurisdiction to handle disputes and other issues related to the UT services there, Union Minister Jitendra Singh New Delhi on Sunday.
UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Sunday it was important for India and Pakistan to de-escalate "militarily and verbally" and exercise "maximum restraint" as he began his four-day visit to the country, amidst tense relationship between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Ailing separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani is stable and his health condition is improving, doctors said on Sunday.
As a part of 'Bharat Darshan' initiative undertaken by the Government of India in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 144 students from the Ramban district visited the national capital New Delhi.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has extended the 2G mobile data service and fixed-line internet connectivity wherever provided across the union territory till February 24, an official spokesperson said on Sunday.
Three people were killed and two others injured after their car veered off the road and hit a parapet wall of the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Kathua district, police said.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Minister Altaf Bukhari is set to announce a new political outfit named 'Aapki Party' in the coming days. "A five-member team has been constituted to draft the constitution of the party.
Reacting strongly to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments on Jammu and Kashmir, India on Saturday asked the Turkish leadership to "not interfere" in India's internal affairs.
Pulwama terror attack has been one of the worst terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 40 CRPF jawans. The attack followed massive protests, candle-light marches and bandhs across the country, where people came on the streets to demand justice for those killed in the attack. India had avenged the Pulwama attack through Balakot airstrike.
On February 14, 2019, a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed explosive-filled vehicle on a bus ferrying CRPF jawans. The bus was part of the CRPF convoy.
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