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By Mudasir Kuloo SRINAGAR, March 21: State government has withheld payments to contractors to halt works of several projects concerning the Power Development Department. Work on several projects of street-lighting was started

New Delhi, Mar 20:The Government of India (GoI) has no plans to withdraw or amend “the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, 1990”, which gives the forces immunity and special

Srinagar, Mar 20: The army on Tuesday said that bodies of here militants were recovered from the encounter site at Check Fatehkhan, Halmatpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Operation is in

By Nisar Dharma Srinagar, Mar 20: Identified as ‘militancy-hit’, Baramulla and Kupwara are among the 115 backward districts chosen by Government of India for ‘Rapid Transformation’ by 2022. Official documents accessed by

By Hirra Azmat Srinagar, Mar 20: Once the disease of the old age, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has started afflicting the younger generation in Kashmir due to increasing smoking habits. The

By Mubashir Bukhari Srinagar, Mar 19: Senior separatist leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehraie was on Monday appointed as the chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH), a dominant part of Syed Ali Geelani-led Hurriyat (G) faction.

Srinagar, Mar 19: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday urged India and Pakistan to shun the confrontational approach instead start a sustained dialogue to resolve Kashmir dispute. A spokesperson of

Poonch, Mar 19: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan for stopping the continuous exchange of fire in the Line of Control

By Firdous Hassan Srinagar, Mar 19: At least two quintals of stale fish were seized by the Food Safety Department on Monday from shopkeepers and vendors in various Srinagar markets. Assistant Food

2 more minors of same family critically injured; 9 wounded in PaK