Tag: Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir Observes Afzal Guru's Death Anniversary
Heavy deployment of security forces was made here on Thursday as Kashmir observed the fourth death anniversary of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, a police official said.....
Valley Shuts To Remember Maqbool Bhat
Authorities made heavy preventive deployments here and other places on Saturday following separatist-called protest shutdown to remember JKLF founder, Maqbool Bhat.....
India's January Retail Inflation Eases To 3.17%
India's annual retail inflation eased to 3.17 per cent in January from 3.41 per cent in December and 5.69 per cent reported during the corresponding period last year, official data showed on Monday.....
Heavy Firing Exchanges On LoC After Pakistan Violates Ceasefire
Heavy firing exchanges continued on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Monday after Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions, a defence official said.....
Two J&K Ministers Resign From Mehbooba's Cabinet
Shortly after senior PDP leader Basharat Bukhari resigned from the Jammu and Kashmir cabinet, another PDP leader Imran Ansari followed by putting in his papers on Friday.....
The night temperatures showed remarkable improvement across Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday as the weather office forecast rain and light snowfall till Monday.....
Walls Will Always Divide, Resettling Kashmiri Pandits In Camps Bad Idea, Says Author
Author Sanchit Gupta, who has debuted with a novel based in Kashmir of the early 1990s when militancy peaked and saw mass exodus of Hindu Pandit families, does not think settling migrant Kashmiri Pandits in separate areas in the state is a good idea.....
J&K And Punjab Sign Accord On Shahpur-Kandi Project
After four decades of differences, the state governments of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab have signed an agreement on the construction of Shahpur-Kandi hydroelectric power project on Ravi river, an official said on Sunday. ....
Power Employee Electrocuted In Srinagar
A Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department (PDD) employee was electrocuted and another critically injured while repairing electric lines here on Sunday, an official said. ....
Dhoni's Jharkhand Qualify For Vijay Hazare Trophy Knockout
Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Jharkhand left it till late but in the end qualified for the knockout stages of the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a six-wicket win over Jammu and Kashmir at the Bengal Cricket Academy ground here on Monday.....
