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Land sinks in Ramban; over 50 houses, power infra damaged
RAMBAN: More than 50 houses, four electricity towers, a receiving station, and a main road were damaged in Jammu and Ka...

Will respect EC's decision on possible deferment of LS polls in Anantnag-Rajouri: Ravinder Raina
JAMMU: With some candidates seeking postponement of polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat due to adverse weather...

Suspicious balloon recovered from Samba ahead of second phase of Lok Sabha polls
SAMBA: Ahead of the second phase of polling, an aircraft-shaped suspicious balloon, having the logo of PIA (Pakistan In...

People of J&K to decide who BJP's B or C teams are: DPAP chief Azad
ANANTNAG: Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday hit back at National Conference leader ...

Chief Secretary takes stock of the implementation of NEP by SED
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today took a review of the implementation of New Education Policy (NEP)-2020 in th...

Army commander reviews counter-terror training of police officers in Bhaderwah
BHADERWAH: Army Commander Lieutenant General M V Suchindra Kumar on Tuesday reviewed the counter-terror training here a...

Police says Rajouri attacker identified, announces Rs 10 lakh reward for his whereabouts
RAJOURI: J&K Police on Tuesday said they identified the attacker responsible for shooting dead a man Monday night in Ku...

Strand Life Sciences develops prenatal genomic diagnostics portfolio
BENGALURU: Strand Life Sciences, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd, and a leading global provider of genomic and ...

AFMS IIT-Delhi ink MoU for collaborative research training to develop novel medical devices
NEW DELHI: Armed Forces Medical Services and IIT-Delhi on Monday joined hands to undertake collaborative research to de...

Reliance Jio Q4 results: Profit rises 13.2% to Rs 5,337 cr, revenue up 11%
MUMBAI: Telecom business of Reliance Industries, Reliance Jio Infocomm, on Monday reported a 13.2 per cent year-on-year...

Congress will give your wealth to infiltrators, those who have more children, says PM Modi in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday suggested that if the Congress comes to power, it will redistribute weal...

Home voting conducted for sr citizens, PWDs in 4 segments of Jammu LS seat
SAMBA: Home voting for senior citizens and PWDs was conducted in four segments of the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency, whi...

Movable property of alleged drug peddler attached in Jammu
JAMMU: Police has attached movable property worth lakhs of an alleged drug peddler here, an official said.

Delimitation process in J&K done application of mind: Ghulam Nabi Azad
GAR: Democratic Progressive Azad Party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday said the delimitation process, which led to the c...

Congress must rethink its alliance with NC: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said National Conference leader Chaudhary Mohammad Akram equating the ...

8 IEDs, 2 wireless sets seized from terrorist hideout in Rajouri
RAJOURI: Security forces on Sunday busted a terrorist hideout in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, lea...

If Congress and allies win, there will be riots, atrocities: Amit Shah
PATNA: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday charged the Congress-led Opposition with being soft on terror and indiff...

Omar Abdullah alleges PDP's actions serve BJP's interest in J&K
SRINAGAR: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday accused Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP of benefiting the BJP by co...

Direct tax collections exceed estimates in FY24; jump 18 pc to Rs 19.58 lakh crore
NEW DELHI: India's net direct tax collections surged by a massive 17.7 per cent year-on-year to Rs 19.58 crore in the f...

J&K BJP defends its decision not to field candidates from 3 LS seats in Kashmir
JAMMU: Facing criticism for not putting up candidates on the three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir valley, Jammu and Kas...

DODA	Three mute sisters of silent village of India inspiring others to cast their vote DODA: Three mute sisters of Dadhkai village, also known as 'silent village' of India and situated in Jammu and Kashmir'...

FIR registered against Congress candidate in Kathua
KATHUA: An FIR has been registered against Congress candidate Choudhary Lal Singh under various sections of the IPC for...

LG Manoj Sinha discusses investment proposals with officials in Jammu
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Thursday discussed investment proposals received by hi...

LS polls: Festival of democracy returns to J&K, nearly 5 years after abrogation of Art 370
UDHAMPUR: Almost five years to the historic abrogation of Article 370, stripping the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashm...

Para-archer Sheetal claims silver in competition with able-bodied
NEW DELHI: Asian Para Games gold-winner Sheetal Devi grabbed a silver in the Khelo India NTPC National Ranking Archery ...

Worker from Bihar shot dead by terrorists in Anantnag
ANANTNAG: A worker from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, o...

BJP set to sweep in Udhampur-Doda-Kathua Parliament seat: Ravinder Raina
RAMBAN: Launching a scathing attack on the opposition parties, Ravinder Raina said that NC, Congress, and PDP are compl...

Lok Sabha Elections-2024: Campaigning ends for first phase in 102 seats
NEW DELHI: Campaigning for 102 parliamentary constituencies distributed across 21 states and Union territories, where v...

'Major breakthrough' ahead of polls as 3 powerful IEDs seized in Poonch
POONCH: Three ready-to-use improvised explosive devices (IED), each weighing between three to 20 kgs, were recovered fr...

Situation on ground doesn't corroborate BJP's development narrative: Omar Abdullah
JAMMU: The ground situation in the Chenab Valley does not corroborate the BJP's development narrative, National Confere...

Azad challenges NC to move beyond former CM Sheikh Abdullah's legacy
BANIHAL: Challenging NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah to move beyond the legacy of former chie...

India has capability to hit its targets within and across border: Rajnath Singh
KATHUA: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership has shown t...

I’m in comfortable situation, says NC candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri LS seat
ANANTNAG: National Conference candidate for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat Mian Altaf Ahmad on Monday said he is i...

Azad helping BJP divide secular votes in J&K: Omar Abdullah
BANIHAL: In a veiled attack on the BJP, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday accused it of "destroying" t...

Two suspected criminals held with pistol in Jammu
JAMMU: Two suspected criminals were arrested along with a pistol during checking here, police said on Sunday.

Omar Abdullah rules out contesting assembly elections till Jammu and Kashmir is Union territory
SRINAGAR: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has ruled out contesting the assembly elections till Jammu and Kashm...

1,11,111 kg laddus to be sent to Ram temple in Ayodhya on Ram Navami
MIRZAPUR: On the occasion of Ram Navami, 1,11,111 kg laddus will be sent to Ram temple in Ayodhya as prasad for offerin...

Indian Army successfully conducts field trials of anti-tank guided missile system
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has successfully carried out field trials of indigenously developed man-portable anti-tank g...

Annual Amarnath Yatra to begin from June 29
JAMMU: The annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas will commence from June...

I.N.D.I.A bloc will win all six LS seats in J&K, Ladakh: Farooq Abdullah
SRINAGAR: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Saturday expressed hope the INDIA bloc would win all six Lok Sa...

Amit Shah to address election rally in Jammu next week: BJP
JAMMU: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address his first election rally in Jammu on April 16, Jammu and Kashmir BJP ...

Mian Altaf dispels rumours about dropping out of race from Anantnag Rajouri LS seat
SRINAGAR: National Conference candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary constituency Mian Altaf Ahmad Saturday disp...

Terrorist hideout busted in Kupwara
SRINAGAR: The security forces busted a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday and recovered...

People's miseries 'increased manifold' in last 10 years: J&K Cong
JAMMU: AICC incharge for Jammu and Kashmir affairs Bharatsinh Solanki on Friday slammed BJP-led central government for ...

Rs 5 lakh unaccounted cash seized in Kishtwar
KISHTWAR: In view of the Lok Sabha polls, police seized Rs 5 lakh unaccounted cash from a man in Jammu and Kashmir's Ki...

Lok Sabha polls: 188 security personnel airlifted to snow-bound pockets in Kishtwar
JAMMU: A total of 188 security personnel were airlifted by three IAF helicopters to snow-bound Marwah and Warwan areas ...

Security stepped up in Udhampur ahead of PM Modi's rally, flying of drones prohibited
JAMMU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hit the campaign trail in Udhampur on Friday as a star campaigner for Uni...

Army Chief inaugurates Command hospital in Udhampur
JAMMU: Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Wednesday inaugurated a new hospital complex at the Northern Command in Jammu ...

AAP to observe ‘Samvidhan Bachao, Tanashahi Hatao Divas’ on Apr 14
NEW DELHI: The AAP on Wednesday announced it will observe ‘Samvidhan Bachao, Tanashahi Hatao Divas' on the birth annive...

CBSE to launch pilot for national credit framework for classes 6, 9 and 11
NEW DELHI: The CBSE will launch a pilot of the National Credit Framework for classes 6, 9 and 11 from the 2024-25 acade...

Chinar Corps commander reviews counter-infiltration grid along LoC
SRINAGAR: Commander of the Army's strategic Srinagar-based Chinar Corps Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai Tuesday reviewed the counter-...

Two ‘trouble creators' booked under PSA in Poonch
POONCH: Two "trouble creators" were detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch ...

Drug peddler's house attached in Samba
SAMBA: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday attached the house of an alleged drug smuggler in Samba district, officia...

"ESA Day is favourite game of players, staff and coaches": Nita Ambani
MUMBAI: As Mumbai Indians got a convincing win against Delhi Capitals in front of 18,000 children from various NGOs acr...

Congress, NC finalise seat sharing for Lok Sabha polls in J&K, Ladakh; each to contest 3 constituencies
NEW DELHI: The Congress and the National Conference on Monday announced contesting the Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kas...

Woman killed, 5 injured in multi-vehicle crash in Kathua
KATHUA: A 41-year-old woman was killed and five people, including her husband, were injured in a multiple-vehicle colli...

14 places identified as ‘drug hot spots’ in Jammu, efforts on to wipe out drug menace: Police
JAMMU: Fourteen locations have been identified as ‘drug hot spots' in Jammu, police on Sunday said, highlighting variou...

Women SOG team deployed in Jammu ahead of Lok Sabha elections
JAMMU: A small contingent of women personnel of the Special Operations Group, a specially-trained counter-insurgency fo...

LEH	Army rescues 80 people stranded amid snowfall in Ladakh LEH: At least 80 persons, including women and children, were rescued after they were left stranded amid snowfall in 17,...

PDP announces candidates for 3 seats in Valley, Mehbooba to contest from Anantnag
SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Anantnag constitu...

AAP workers observe fast in Jammu to protest Delhi CM Kejriwal’s arrest
JAMMU: Dozens of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers on Sunday observed a day-long fast here in protest against the arrest of...

J&K Police warns of fraudster posing as DGP
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday asked people to remain vigilant against a person posing as Director General o...

3 criminals slapped with PSA in Samba
JAMMU: Three alleged criminals were detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Samba districts h...

Advocating statehood raising people's issues DPAP’s agenda: Azad
KATHUA: Advocating restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and raising people's issues, including land and job ri...

LEH	Leh Apex Body cancels border march in Ladakh, says will continue peaceful agitation LEH: The Leh Apex Body (LAB) Saturday withdrew their proposed march to the Changthang border with China on April 7, say...

ED attaches movable properties in 2022 police sub-inspector recruitment scam case
JAMMU: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached movable properties in the form of bank balances to the tun...

BJP workers have worked tirelessly to ensure agenda of Pak and China does not succeed in J&K: Tarun Chugh
SRINAGAR: The BJP workers have worked tirelessly to ensure the agenda of Pakistan and China does not succeed in Jammu a...

Police, Army resolve to intensify anti-terror operations during security meet in Poonch
POONCH: The Director General of Police, J&K, R.R. Swain and General Officer Commanding (GOC) 16 Crops Lt. Gen. Navin Sa...

"Give PM Modi a third term, India will become the third largest economy": CM Yogi
MALDA: In a bid to garner votes for the BJP, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that if PM Narendra Modi sec...

Sajad Lone demands FIR against Farooq Abdullah Cong leaders for 'rigging' 1987 J&K Assembly polls
SRINAGAR: People's Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said a case against National Conference president Faro...

Special awareness camps held for Kashmiri migrant voters in Jammu Division
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday launched special awareness camps for Kashm...

Cop Martyred, Gangster Killed In Shootout In Kathua
JAMMU: A gangster has been shot dead in an exchange of fire with police near Government Medical College (GMC) hospital ...

New security mechanism integrating tech and physical infra being considered: DGP
KATHUA: The Jammu and Kashmir Police is contemplating a new mechanism to integrate technology and physical infrastructu...

J&K govt announces holidays on poll dates in 5 LS constituencies
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced public holiday on poll dates in five parliamentary constitu...

Action against opposition parties; Congress protests against BJP in J&K
JAMMU: The Congress on Monday held protests in Jammu and Kashmir against the BJP-led Centre over its alleged attempts t...

Electoral bonds issue no setback, shortcomings can be improved: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rejected the suggestion that the electoral bond issue caused a setbac...

Security staff to be reduced by one-third at DGP's Jammu residence
JAMMU: The security staff at the Jammu residence of Director General of Police R R Swain will be reduced by one-third a...

Abdullah, Mufti slam govt over 'attack' on Constitution, urge people to oust BJP from power
NEW DELHI: NC chief Farooq Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti castigated the BJP Sunday, accusing it of violatin...

CUET-UG deadline extended again, now till April 5
NEW DELHI: The application deadline for Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG has been further extended till April ...

CBI records statement of family of Kashmiri man tricked into fighting for Russian army
SRINAGAR: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recorded the statements of the family members of Azad Yousuf Ku...

DODA	Over 1000 probationary police officers undergoing training at army's counter-terror facility in Doda DODA: Over 1,000 probationary police officers, including 62 deputy superintendents of police, are undergoing a six-week...

LK Advani conferred Bharat Ratna by President Murmu at Delhi home, PM present
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday presented Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, to BJP vet...

Tyranny won't work, can't keep Delhi CM behind bars for long: Sunita Kejriwal at I.N.D.I.A bloc rally
NEW DELHI: Tyranny won't work and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal cannot be kept behind bars for long, said Sunita...

Cong gets fresh I-T notice of over Rs 1,745 crore, total tax demand rises to Rs 3567 crore
NEW DELHI: In mounting trouble for the Congress, sources in the party said it has received fresh notices from the Incom...

Lok Sabha polls: Security forces hold flag marches in J&K
SRINAGAR: Security forces conducted flag marches in various districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday to instil a sens...

Anurag Thakur pays obeisance at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine
KATRA: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday offered prayers at the holy shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi atop Trikuta hi...

Pakistanis raise 'India Zindabad' slogan after being rescued by Indian Navy from Somali pirates
NEW DELHI: As many as 23 Pakistani nationals rescued by the Indian Navy from Somali pirates after a daring operation in...

10-year-old dies from suspected food poisoning after eating birthday cake in Punjab
PATIALA: A 10-year-old girl named Manvi passed away from suspected food poisoning after celebrating her birthday in Pun...

Restoration of ancient Martand temple on cards in Kashmir, meeting scheduled next week
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir administration has convened an officers meeting here next week to discuss ‘protection, conserv...

PM Modi freed J&K from clutches of Article 370, terrorism and separatism: Anurag Thakur
JAMMU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi freed Jammu and Kashmir from the clutches of Article 370, terrorism and separatism ...

No exit poll from 7 am of Apr 19 to 6.30 pm of June 1: EC
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has issued a notification banning the conduct, publication or publicising of exit po...

Former J&K minister PL Handoo's granddaughter joins NC
JAMMU: Shriya Handoo, granddaughter of former minister P L Handoo on Friday joined the National Conference and pledged ...

Security measures for Lok Sabha polls in J&K reviewed
SRINAGAR: The security grid in Jammu and Kashmir will continuously monitor and assess the evolving situation with a foc...

Govinda makes political comeback, joins Shinde Sena
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor and former Congress Lok Sabha MP Govinda on Thursday joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of Ma...

Ravinder Raina addresses workers in Bahu Assembly Constituency
JAMMU: Ravinder Raina, President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu Kashmir addressed the party workers of the Bahu Assembl...

AFSPA can be revoked when militancy is completely over in J&K: Anurag Thakur
JAMMU: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) can be revoked when militancy is completely over in Jammu and Kash...

Lok Sabha polls a chance for voters to show rejection of Art 370 abrogation: Omar Abdullah
SRINAGAR: The Parliamentary election is an opportunity for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to show their "rejection" of...

Lt Gen Sachdeva reviews counter-terror training at Corps Battle School in Doda
JAMMU: General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based White Knight Corps Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva on Wednesday reviewed c...

Centre to consider revoking stringent law AFSPA from Jammu and Kashmir: Amit Shah
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the central government will consider revoking the Armed Forces...

Former BJP MLA joins Congress in Jammu
JAMMU: Former BJP MLA from Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district Durga Dass joined the Congress here on Tuesday, a spokes...