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Officers backing early Assembly polls harassed: Omar

Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah alleged on Monday that officers of Jammu and Kashmir favouring early Assembly elections were being harassed by a lobby of senior officers who oppose such a move.... read..

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Youth gunned down in Kashmir

Unidentified gunmen on Monday shot dead a youth in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.... read..

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J&K politicians indulge in 'freestyle wresting' (Dangal 2019)

Political temperatures have steadily risen in Jammu and Kashmir and rival parties are now engaged in a no-holds-barred battle to score brownie points against one another to win the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.... read..

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Miwaiz ready for NIA questioning, but in Srinagar

Senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq is ready to cooperate with the National Investigation Agency but wants that he be questioned by the agency here, a Hurriyat spokesman said.... read..

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NC politics hostage to cricket scam, alleges PDP

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday said the politics of their rival National Conference (NC) was hostage to its Chief Farooq Abdullah's alleged involvement in a cricket scam.... read..

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Accidental fire at NC meet causes concern (Lead)

An accidental fire on Sunday causing injuries to personal security guard (PSO) of a National Conference (NC) leader at the venue of a party meeting that was to be addressed by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in Anantnag caused flutter.... read..

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Mehbooba Mufti calls PDP workers 'real Mujahideen'

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday called her party workers the "real Mujahideen" (real holy warriors).... read..

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BRO engineer goes missing in J&K's Kupwara

A Border Roads Organization (BRO) engineer has gone missing in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said on Saturday.... read..

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Lt Gen Singh visits forward locations in Ladakh

Northern Command Commander Lt General Ranbir Singh on Saturday visited the forward locations in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region.... read..

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Police woman shot dead in J&K's Shopian district

Militants killed a woman Special Police Officer (SPO) on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.... read..

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Newbies may test regular J&K parties (Dangal 2019)

Although the main battle in the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be between traditional rivals, yet the fate of many new faces who have thrown their hats into the ring would be keenly watched.... read..

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Newbies may test regular J&K parties (Lead, correcting para 18) (Dangal 2019)

Although the main battle in the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be between traditional rivals, yet the fate of many new faces who have thrown their hats into the ring would be keenly watched.... read..

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Gunmen kill civilian in J&K's Pulwama district

After attacking a National Conference leader in Anantnag a day ago, unidentified gunmen struck again on Friday klling a civilian in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.... read..

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J&K: NC-Congress poll pact remains half-baked idea

Despite continuing parleys between the National Conference (NC) and the Congress, a pre-poll alliance between the two parties in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to remain only a half-baked cake.... read..

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Kashmir condemns mosques bloodbath, prays for victims

The Kashmir Valley, never immune to violence, on Friday came together to denounce the massacre of 49 people in two New Zealand mosques saying the brutality proved that there is no place terrorism cannot reach.... read..

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NIA serves fresh summons to Mirwaiz Umer Farooq

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday issued fresh summons to senior separatist leader, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, asking him to appear before the agency in New Delhi on March 18.... read..

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NC team not to meet EC observers in Srinagar

The National Conference said on Thursday that it will not send any delegation to meet the Election Commission observers in Srinagar as the party's demand for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections remained unchanged.... read..

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China veto on Masood, no J&K polls Modi's failures: Omar

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that China's veto against JeM chief Masood Azhar being declared a global terrorist and not holding Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were "big failures" of the Modi government.... read..

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NC leader shot at by gunmen in Anantnag

A National Conference block President was shot at and injured by unidentified gunmen on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.... read..

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J&K Assembly polls likely before Amarnath Yatra

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections can take place ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra that begins on July 1, state government sources said on Thursday.... read..

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Youth killed in Pulwama not a soldier: Army (Lead)

The Indian Army on Wednesday said that a youth killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district was not a soldier but a deserter.... read..

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Militants kill soldier in Pulwama

Militants shot dead a soldier on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.... read..

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Again a Kashmiri dad shoulders his son's coffin

For a father to shoulder the coffin of his son is believed to be the heaviest and the most painful load in the World, but for Farooq Ahmad Khan, the father of slain militant Mudasir Ahmad Khan, the tragedy has been even more painful.... read..

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Omar flays Modi for not holding Assembly polls in J&K

Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not giving the people of Jammu and Kashmir the right to choose a state government.... read..

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Kashmiris unhappy with Mirwaiz summons

The Kashmiri business community on Tuesday took strong exception to NIA summons issued against Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, terming it an "act of harassment" and said the government must "act more cordially" in the prevailing "abnormal conditions".... read..

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