Jammu and Kashmir

Success of Amit Shah’s rally in Baramulla shows changing face of J-K

For the first time after three decades, a Union Minister went to Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir to hold a…

2 years ago

Number of tourists visiting J&K this year is at 75-year high of 1.62 crore, says UT Govt. 

A record number of 1.62 crore tourists have visited Jammu and Kashmir this year since January 2022 reflecting the declining…

2 years ago

Amit Shah rules out talks with Pakistan, says terrorism will be firmly uprooted in Kashmir

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday ruled out any talks with Pakistan while inviting the Kashmiri youths to the…

2 years ago

Those who backed stone-pelters were in J&K govt before August 2019, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, currently on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, has said that the Narendra Modi…

2 years ago

Amit Shah kicks off BJP’s poll campaign in J&K with ST status for 8 lakh Paharis

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today formally announced the granting of Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Paharis in the…

2 years ago

J&K’s DG prisons murdered at home in Jammu

J&K’s Director General of Prisons, Hemant Kumar Lohia, was found murdered at his residence in Jammu late in the night…

2 years ago

Drone intrusions, drug smuggling and new projects to figure in Amit Shah’s engagements in Kashmir

A detailed review on the cases filed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act besides smuggling of arms, ammunition and drugs…

2 years ago

Over 20,000 Kashmir youths turn up for first Agniveer rally despite terror threat

Srinagar: More than 20,000 Kashmiri youths have participated in the Army's first Agniveer recruitment rally in the valley, notwithstanding a…

2 years ago

Bengaluru agency in J&K govt jobs scam got key official shifted as he refused bribe 

Srinagar: With more and more skeletons tumbling out of the closet in the investigation over irregularities in the selection of…

2 years ago

CBI nabs 5 more persons in police recruitment scam in Jammu and Kashmir

The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) has on Monday arrested five more persons including one constable of the Indian Reserve…

2 years ago

Ghulam Nabi launches Democratic Azad Party as secular force in J&K    

Exactly a month after severing his 50-year-long relationship with the Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday named his new outfit…

2 years ago

Paharis, PoK refugees expecting ST status during Shah’s 3rd visit to J&K

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to announce a special status to nearly a million Paharis and Pahari-speaking people…

2 years ago

Bollywood set to return to Kashmir as Srinagar will have its first multiplex after 33 years

Thirty-two years and nine months after the separatist militants imposed 'blanket ban' on all forms of entertainment and enforced the…

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Kashmiri youth eager to become Agniveers as recruitment rallies begin

An Agniveer recruitment rally for male candidates was held at Haiderbeig, Pattan in the Baramulla district of North Kashmir which…

2 years ago

Terrorist hideout busted in J&K, Chinese pistol among arms, ammunition recovered

Security forces on Sunday busted a terrorist hideout in the higher areas of Sangaldan and Gool forest area in Ramban…

2 years ago

In historic move, two cinemas thrown open in Kashmir after 40 years

Two mini cinema halls with multiple utilities were inaugurated by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday in the South Kashmir…

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CBI raids 33 locations as probe in J&K police selection scam gathers steam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday conducted raids simultaneously on 33 locations across India in connection with the…

2 years ago

Azad launches party in J&K; looking for ‘Hindustani’ name and flag

Days after his resignation from the Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday launched his own party at a reception rally…

2 years ago

Srinagar cut off as landslides amid heavy rain block highway

Landslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district of the Union Territory on Sunday…

2 years ago

IN Exclusive: Azad to float a new party on Sunday, anticipating J&K polls in December

Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is launching a new political party on Sunday after severing his 50-year-long relationship…

2 years ago

Azad’s resignation likely to trigger spate of defections beyond Congress

Even as almost all the existing political parties in Jammu and Kashmir are apprehensive of losing their cadres to the…

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