Jammu and Kashmir

Firefight erupts during cordon and search operation in Ahlan Gagarmandu forest after intelligence reports of terrorist presence.

SRINAGAR: Giving a clear hint that Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir would be held soon, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Friday said time is right for elections and dates for maiden Assembly polls in J&K Union…

SRINAGAR: Leaders of political parties, after meeting with the Election Commission (EC) in Srinagar, expressed hope for the conduct of Assembly polls in J&K. They demanded a level playing field for all political parties and called for…

SRINAGAR: Even as additional troops have been rushed to the Jammu region and security tightened to tackle the growing militancy, an encounter broke out between militants and security forces in the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur…

SRINAGAR: A cloudburst hit the Cherwan village of Kangan in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir during the midnight causing landslides and flash floods which damaged houses and paddy fields. The Srinagar-Leh national highway got…

NEW DELHI: Heavy rains lashed western and central parts of India on Sunday while a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir led to the closure of the arterial Srinagar-Leh national highway, cutting off the Kashmir Valley from Ladakh and rendering…

SRINAGAR: With the maiden Assembly elections of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory likely to be held this year, the United Opposition on Saturday staged a massive protest in Jammu, demanding restoration of J&K’s statehood with full…

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has recorded 44 per cent rainfall deficit from June 1 to July 31 with Valley accounting for 60.67% deficit and Jammu accounting for 34.83 per cent rain deficit. Experts are worried that less snowfall in winter…

SRINAGAR: The Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, will visit Jammu and Kashmir from August 8-10 to review preparedness for assembly polls, weeks before the Supreme Court's September 30 deadline for holding…

SRINAGAR: After the peaceful first few months of this year, there has been a sudden surge in militant violence in Jammu and Kashmir. In the month of July, eight encounters, three attacks including an attack by notorious BAT team on security…

SRINAGAR: In a significant development, the Lieutenant Governor administration in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday announced ownership rights of land to West Pakistan Refugees (WPRs), who are living in J&K after their migration from…

If things go well, then it would be after 35 years that the Jamaat would be returning to mainstream politics in J&K.

The forces are on high alert and have urged residents to report any suspicious activities in their localities.

Footprints of attacks on Army indicate terrorists not ordinary militants, say security experts.

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor administration on Friday liberalised industrial land allotment policy to encourage large-scale investments from big industrialists in the union territory, officials said. The Administrative…

NEW DELHI: Terrorists active in Jammu and Kashmir will either land in jail or be sent to 'jahannum' (hell), Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday while asserting that the Modi government has…

SRINAGAR: The security agencies are concerned after the Army personnel recovered Steyr AUG assault rifle, made in Austria, from the terrorists killed in an encounter in the Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday.…

The encounter erupted in Jaddan Bata village in Kastigarh area around 2 am when terrorists opened fire on the security search parties.

Five soldiers were critically injured after they chased terrorists into the forests who fled after a brief encounter with them.

The Muharram procession was banned after the eruption of militancy in Kashmir as authorities were apprehensive that separatists might misuse the large gathering for ulterior motives.