Lashkar module busted in Poonch
May 20th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 20 (IANS) Four members of a Lashkar-e-Toiba module have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's border district of Poonch and ammunition and Pakistani SIM cards seized from them, ... Read more...
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Clash at Hurriyat seminar in Kashmir
May 20th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 20 (IANS) Rival groups of supporters clashed Sunday during a seminar organised here by the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat group.Supporters of the Mirwaiz ... Read more...
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Army steps up vigil along LoC
May 20th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 20 (IANS) With the snow melting in high mountain passes in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army has stepped up its vigil along the Line of control (LoC) ... Read more...
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Groups threaten to start Amarnath Yatra June 3
May 19th, 2012 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 19 (IANS) Hindu groups Saturday threatened to start the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir from June 3, defying the June 25 date announced by the organisers.The ... Read more...
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Haryana official suspended for wrong map
May 19th, 2012 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) A senior officer of Haryana's secondary school education department has been suspended Friday after an erroneous content, which depicted Jammu and Kashmir state not being apart ... Read more...
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Kids’ deaths: Omar visits hospital; says situation grave
May 18th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 18 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday visited the G.B. Pant Hospital in the summer capital where 368 children have died since Jan 1 ... Read more...
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Five detained for locking Kashmir House in Delhi
May 18th, 2012 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Five members of the Delhi-based Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena (BSKS) were detained for a few hours here Thursday for locking the main gate of ... Read more...
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Kashmir hospital chief removed over 368 kids’ deaths (Lead)
May 18th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 17 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday removed the medical superintendent of G.B. Pant Hospital in Srinagar where 368 children have died since Jan 1 this year.Health ... Read more...
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Home secretary reviews cross-LOC trade at Poonch
May 17th, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 17 (IANS) Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh Thursday visited Jammu and Kashmir's frontier Poonch district and discussed with local people issues concerning trade across the Line of Control ... Read more...
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Two fake officials arrested
May 16th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Two men who cheated people by posing as CBI and sales tax officers have been arrested, police said Wednesday.Kishan Lal, 62, and Rajender Kumar, 40, ... Read more...
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Union home secretary in Kashmir, meets Omar
May 16th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 16 (IANS) Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh Thursday discussed the prevailing law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, an official statement said ... Read more...
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Senior doctor to probe kids’ deaths at Srinagar hospital (Lead)
May 16th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 16 (IANS) Director of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) will probe the deaths of 15 children at G.B. Pant Hospital and submit a report to the government ... Read more...
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Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested in Jammu region
May 16th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 16 (IANS) A Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant was arrested Wednesday by police from the mountainous Doda district of the Jammu region in Jammu and Kashmir."Police received inputs about ... Read more...
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BJP raps government on Amarnath Yatra decision
May 16th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to stop Hindu religious groups from starting the annual Amarnath pilgrimage from ... Read more...
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Probe ordered into Kashmiri kids’ deaths
May 16th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 16 (IANS) Admitting that 35 children died in the last fortnight at a premier hospital here, the Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday said an inquiry had been ordered.Following ... Read more...
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Two Kashmir wrestlers to compete in Pakistan (Lead)
May 14th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 14 (IANS) Top wrestlers from Jammu and Kashmir will be part of the Indian team that will take part in the Pakistan Style Wrestling Association championship early July.Shiv ... Read more...
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Kashmiri wrestlers invited to India-Pakistan event
May 14th, 2012 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 14 (IANS) Top wrestlers from Jammu and Kashmir will participate in an India-Pakistan event to be organised by the Pakistan Style Wrestling Association in the first week of ... Read more...
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Bajrang Dal group stopped from going to Amarnath base camps
May 13th, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 13 (IANS) Citing inclement weather, the Jammu and Kashmir government Sunday denied permission to a group of around 100 Bajrang Dal members from going to the Amarnath ... Read more...
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Omar ‘proud’ to attend special session of Parliament Sunday
May 13th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is keenly looking forward to attend the special session of Parliament Sunday to mark 60th anniversary of its ... Read more...
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Differences sharpen between Amarnath board, religious groups
May 12th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 12 (IANS) Differences have sharpened between Hindu religious groups and Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) over the duration and commencement of this year's annual pilgrimage to the ... Read more...
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Nyoma violence: No mutiny, only indiscipline, says army
May 12th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Indian Army Saturday denied reports of a "mutiny" in one of its artillery units in Nyoma in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region and claimed ... Read more...
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Six terrorists killed on Kashmir border
May 12th, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) The death toll in Thursday's gunfight on Jammu and Kashmir's border has risen to six, and Indian troops are searching the area for more bodies, an ... Read more...
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India clears $660 mn deal for artillery guns (Lead)
May 11th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Indian Army got a shot in the arm Friday with the defence ministry clearing its long-pending $660 million (Rs.3,000 crore) proposal to buy ... Read more...
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Defence land scam: CBI raids in Srinagar, Jammu, Patna
May 11th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar/New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday conducted simultaneous search operations in Srinagar, Jammu and Patna as part of its probe into a Rs.1,500 crore ... Read more...
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Holidaymakers hit as Air India, Kingfisher flights cancelled
May 11th, 2012 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Holiday plans of thousands of people across the country were ruined as Air India pilots continued their strike for the fourth day, while a section of ... Read more...
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Four guerrillas killed while crossing LoC
May 10th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 10 (IANS) Four guerrillas were killed in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday while attempting to cross the Line of Control (LoC), an army spokesperson said, adding that alert troops ... Read more...
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Kashmir’s spiral-horned Markhor goat in peril (With Images)
May 10th, 2012 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Srinagar, May 10 (IANS) It is an animal that is as much an icon of Kashmir as the beautiful Dal Lake and its shikaras. The magnificent spiral-horned Markhor, the ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to review BOT policy (Lead)
May 9th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday indicated that it would take a look at the government's build-operate-transfer (BOT) policy that allows private operators to build roads ... Read more...
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Army organises Jammu Premier League for budding cricketers
May 9th, 2012 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 9 (IANS) It was Jammu's own 'premier league', where hundreds of young cricketers vied for a chance to play the game at the national and international level. And ... Read more...
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Apex court seeks details of Haj quota
May 8th, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday sought details of the reservation of 11,000 seats for various categories in India's annual Haj quota, saying the subsidy for the ... Read more...
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Maharashtra dominate opening day of National sub-junior basketball
May 8th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Verna (Goa), May 8 (IANS) The Maharashtra boys team, the defending champions, thrashed Chhattisgarh 65-32 in their opening match of the 39th Sub-Junior Boys and Girls National Basketball Championship at ... Read more...
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Air India strike cruel joke on tax payers: Omar
May 8th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday criticised the strike by Air India pilots, calling it "a cruel joke on tax payers"."Rs.30,000 crore of tax ... Read more...
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Employees’ strike affects schools, offices in Kashmir
May 8th, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir government employees across Kashmir Valley began a two-day strike Tuesday to press the state government for the implementation of their demands.Except for the ... Read more...
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12-year-old boy killed in grenade attack in Kishtwar
May 8th, 2012 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 8 (IANS) A 12-year-old boy, the son of a Special Police Officer, was killed when suspected militants lobbed a grenade at their house late Monday night in ... Read more...
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Chinks in Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference?
May 7th, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 7 (IANS) Chinks appeared in the Mirwaiz Umer Farooq-led moderate Hurriyat group Monday a day after a statement made by another senior leader of the group.A group of ... Read more...
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