Kashmir Valley
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Kashmiri Pandits commemorate 25 years of exile
India | Jan 19, 2015, 01:36 PM ISTSrinagar: Commemorating 25 years of their migration, a group of Kashmiri Pandits staged a symbolic protest here Monday, urging the central and state governments to issue a white paper roadmapping their return to the Kashmir
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Governments have failed to heal wounds, claim displaced Kashmir Pandits
India | Jan 19, 2015, 01:21 PM ISTNagrota (J&K): It has been 25 years since the Kashmiri Pandits fled from the Valley following outbreak of militancy, but the memories of the terror they faced and the pain of leaving everything they owned
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Snowfall in Gulmarg; night temperatures rise across Valley
India | Jan 05, 2015, 01:19 PM ISTSrinagar: Gulmarg, the famous ski-resort in north Kashmir, received fresh snowfall today even as minimum temperatures at most places in the Valley and in Ladakh region appreciated by several degrees, providing relief from the intense
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Kashmir valley freezes under 'Chillai Kalan'; Kargil coldest
India | Dec 29, 2014, 08:08 PM ISTSrinagar: A week after the advent of 'Chillai-Kalan'—the 40-day period of harshest winter, the weather in Kashmir valley continues to remain dry and cold with minimum temperatures hovering below the freezing point.Kargil was the coldest
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Voting begins on sluggish note in fourth phase of JK polls
National | Dec 14, 2014, 08:46 AM ISTSrinagar: Voting began on a sluggish note this morning in the fourth and the penultimate round of state elections in 18 seats for which 182 candidates, including two chief ministerial aspirants and Speaker of the
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US condemns terrorist attacks in Kashmir
World | Dec 06, 2014, 08:21 AM ISTWashington: The US has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poll rally, and said it remained firm on its “commitment” to work with India to defeat terrorism in
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Srinagar and Leh witness coldest night of the season: MeT
India | Dec 04, 2014, 11:59 AM ISTSrinagar: Srinagar and Leh witnessed the coldest night of the season so far as the cold wave tightened its grip further in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region with the minimum temperatures remaining several degrees below
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Moderate polling in Kashmir Valley
National | Dec 02, 2014, 11:09 AM ISTSrinagar: Moderate polling was today recorded in the nine constituencies of the Kashmir Valley which went to polls in the second of the five-phase Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.Nearly five per cent voter turn
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Voters queue up in Jammu
India | Dec 02, 2014, 10:10 AM ISTJammu/Srinagar: Voters lined up at polling stations across the Jammu region in the second of the five-phase elections in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday.However, intense morning fog and winter chill prevented them to come out in
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J&K Polls: Voting begins for second phase
National | Dec 02, 2014, 08:39 AM ISTSrinagar: Voting began this morning in 18 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir going to polls in second of the five-phased state elections.People have by and large so far stayed indoor due to cold weather and
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At a glance: 9 Muslim women candidates from Kashmir valley contesting J&K assembly polls
National | Dec 23, 2014, 11:21 AM ISTOut of all the candidates contesting Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Polls for 46 seats of Kashmir valley , only nine are women. Some of these women are sitting MLAs, while most of them are new
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Rahul Gandhi to campaign in J&K for Assembly polls tomorrow
National | Nov 24, 2014, 12:43 PM ISTJammu: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will campaign for his party in the second phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow. “Rahul Gandhi will campaign for the party candidates in north Kashmir and
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J&K Polls: BJP will get only handful of votes in Valley, says Omar
National | Nov 22, 2014, 09:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today exuded confidence that his party, National Conference, will do fairly well in the upcoming Assembly polls in the state and predicted that BJP will get
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J&K Polls: EC issues notification for 4th phase of Assembly elections
National | Nov 19, 2014, 11:55 AM ISTSrinagar: The Election Commission today issued notification for the fourth phase of the five-phased Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir for 18 constituencies going to polls on December 14.The fourth phase will be the last
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81 terrorists killed in Kashmir Valley this year: Indian Army
India | Nov 01, 2014, 09:10 PM ISTSrinagar: As many as 81 militants have been killed in Kashmir Valley so far this year, with security officials saying the number is higher than that in the last two years.“A total of 81 terrorists
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Ceasefire Violation: Pakistan fires at the border ahead of Modi's Srinagar visit
India | Oct 23, 2014, 10:37 AM ISTSrinagar: Pakistan rangers yet again violated ceasefire at the Border Security Force (BSF) post ahead of Prime Minister's Narendra Modi's visit in Srinagar.The Pakistani soldiers used small arms to fire in Ramgarh area of Jammu
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BSNL to offer free telecom services in Kashmir Valley
India | Oct 10, 2014, 01:00 PM ISTSrinagar: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today joined other service providers in announcing relief to customers in the valley during the period when the state was hit by floods.The company said it would not charge
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Crops worth Rs.3,675 crore damaged in Kashmir floods
India | Sep 24, 2014, 04:08 PM ISTSrinagar: Crops worth Rs.3,675 crore have been damaged by floods in the Kashmir valley, officials said here Wednesday.Of the three lakh hectares crop area in Kashmir division, around 1.35 lakh hectares have been fully damaged
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Kashmir floods: 70 army installations, LoC posts relocated
India | Sep 22, 2014, 04:01 PM ISTSrinagar: Seventy Army installations, including camps, bunkers and posts, have been hit by the devastating floods in Kashmir Valley but security forces have swiftly relocated the damaged and washed out posts to plug the gaps
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Over 1200 school buildings damaged in Jammu
India | Sep 20, 2014, 02:13 PM ISTJammu: The floods in J-K have dealt a severe blow to the educational infrastructure with 1,276 government schools damaged across Jammu and the administration has now embarked on an urgent “repair and relocate” plan so