Muslims in Jammu protest against anti-Islam film
September 21st, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 21 (IANS) Muslims in Jammu Friday protested the anti-Islam film 'Innocence of Muslims' and held demonstrations outside mosques in different parts of the city after Friday prayers.According to ... Read more...
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12 killed, 40 missing as rains pound Uttarakhand, Jammu, Himachal (Second Lead)
August 5th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun/Jammu/Manali/New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Twelve people have died, nearly 40 are missing and hundreds are trapped after torrential rain led to flash floods, cloud bursts and landslides in sub-Himalayan ... Read more...
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12 killed, 40 missing as rains pound Uttarakhand, Jammu (Lead)
August 5th, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun/Jammu/New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Twelve poeple have died, nearly 40 are missing and hundreds are trapped after torrential rain led to flash floods, cloud bursts and landslides in sub-Himalayan ... Read more...
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Rain continues in Jammu, many trapped
August 5th, 2012 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people were trapped in various places in Jammu as heavy rains continued Sunday, triggering landslides and posing a threat to many villages with rivers ... Read more...
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Invited to visit J&K;, students plug ‘disconnect’
August 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 4 (IANS) After taking students from Jammu and Kashmir to tour various parts of the country under 'Operation Sadbhavana' (goodwill), children from outside are now invited here to ... Read more...
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Laila Khan murder: Tak’s police custody extended (Lead)
July 19th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) A Mumbai metropolitan court Thursday extended till July 23 the police remand of Parvez Tak, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba extremist and step-father of murdered Bollywood starlet Laila ... Read more...
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Laila Khan’s father dismisses claim on her killing
July 5th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Nadir Shah Patel, father of the missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan, Thursday challenged the claim of her step-father Parvez Iqbal Tak that the actress, along with ... Read more...
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Actress Laila Khan killed with family, says stepfather
July 5th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 5 (IANS) Bollywood fringe actress Laila Khan, who has been missing since February 2011, has been killed along with four members of her family including her mother, her ... Read more...
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Concern over lack of fire safety in two Kishtwar shrines
July 2nd, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 2 (IANS) In the wake of the fire which gutted the famous shrine of Peer Dastageer Sahib in Srinagar last week, people in the remote mountainous town of ... Read more...
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‘Hydel agreements in Kashmir need renegotiation’
May 23rd, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 23 (IANS) Terming existing agreements on hydro-electric projects in Jammu and Kashmir as discriminatory, patron of the main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Wednesday asked ... Read more...
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LeT militant killed in a shootout
May 21st, 2012 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 21 (IANS) Security forces have killed a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant in a shootout in the jungles of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir early Monday.Akhtar Hussain was involved ... 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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Kashmir’s Mughal motor rally to have bikes too
April 15th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 15 (IANS) After the success of a Jammu and Kashmir motor rally that traverses through the historic Mughal Road - once a favourite route of emperors Akbar and ... Read more...
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240 habitats in Kashmir got road-links in 2011-12
April 13th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir built 872 km of roads connecting 240 habitats during 2011-12 as against a target of 750 km, an official said Friday.Taking stock of ... Read more...
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Hizb terrorists escape custody, re-arrested (Lead)
March 29th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 29 (IANS) Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, arrested for an assassination bid on a Congress MP, escaped from police custody Wednesday night but have been rearrested, police said Thursday.Inspector ... Read more...
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Hizb militants escape from police custody
March 29th, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 29 (IANS) Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, under arrest for allegedly making an assassination bid on Congress MP Lal Singh in 2004, have escaped from police custody, officials said.Police ... Read more...
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High court blast aimed at saving Guru from gallows: NIA
March 13th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court complex last year was an attempt to threaten the judiciary and save from the gallows Afzal ... Read more...
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Kashmir youth no longer swayed by militancy, says police
March 10th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 10 (IANS) A "negligible number" of Jammu and Kashmir's youth are now joining militant outfits while a greater number are instead helping in anti-militancy operations, the state police ... Read more...
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Two LeT militants killed in shootout
February 26th, 2012 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 26 (IANS) Two LeT militants were killed by security forces in a shootout in the mountainous district Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday morning, an official said.The ... Read more...
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Omar visits snow-hit Jammu region
January 9th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 9 (IANS) After spending three days monitoring restoration of electricity in the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday visited the mountainous areas of Jammu ... Read more...
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Saffron growers of Kishtwar upset over ‘bias’ towards Valley
November 25th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 25 (IANS) Saffron growers in the remote mountainous district of Kishtwar in Jammu region claim they "grow the best saffron" but the "incentives go to Kashmiris".According to a ... Read more...
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Delhi blast mastermind trapped in Kishtwar?
November 15th, 2011 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 15 (IANS) One of the brains behind the Sep 7 Delhi High Court blasts has been "trapped" by a joint army-police team in a mountainous area of Jammu ... Read more...
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Delhi blast: NIA looks for Kishtwar suspect’s brother
October 20th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 20 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the Sep 7 Delhi High Court blast that killed 15 people, is looking for two more suspects in Kishtwar town ... Read more...
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NIA raids suspects’ residences in Jammu, Kishtwar
October 19th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 19 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency probing the Sep 7 Delhi blast Wednesday searched the residences of one of the suspects, Wasim Malik, both at Jammu and his ... Read more...
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Goof up reveals locations of military bases
October 19th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) In a major goof up, the Indian Army's forward bases in sensitive Jammu and Kashmir and northeastern states such as Arunachal Pradesh were posted online ... Read more...
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My son is innocent: Delhi blast accused’s father
October 8th, 2011 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 8 (IANS) Father of Wasim Akram, a Jammu and Kashmir resident under National Investigation Agency (NIA) remand in connection with the Sep 7 Delhi High Court blast, Saturday ... Read more...
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NIA to quiz jailed Hizbul linkman in Delhi blast
September 28th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 28 (IANS) The National Investigating Agency (NIA) is again in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town, this time seeking judicial permission to quiz a jailed overground activist of militant ... Read more...
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NIA releases one of three arrested youth
September 24th, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 24 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released Shariq Bhat, arrested in connection with the email claiming responsibility for the Sep 7 Delhi High Court blast, police ... Read more...
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Kishtwar student sent to NIA custody till Oct 7
September 23rd, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday sent a student from Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town, arrested for suspected involvement in the Sep 7 Delhi blast, to ... Read more...
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Kishtwar student a conspirator in Delhi blast, says NIA
September 22nd, 2011 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) A college student from Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir was Thursday presented to a Delhi court by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as one of ... Read more...
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Kishtwar cyber cafe owners feel the heat after arrests
September 22nd, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir), Sep 22 (IANS) The arrest of three youths from Kishtwar and detention of over a dozen in connection with the email claiming responsibility for the ... Read more...
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NIA denies reports on Delhi blast leads
September 16th, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Terming the probe into the Sep 7 Delhi High Court blasts as "delicately poised", the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday denied various news items regarding ... Read more...
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Delhi blast: Two more held from Kishtwar
September 15th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police and the National Investigation Agency teams Thursday arrested two more people from Kishtwar town of Kashmir for their links to an email ... Read more...
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Delhi blast: 2 Kashmir email suspects sent to police custody
September 14th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 14 (IANS) A court in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday sent two youths to 10 days in police custody for allegedly sending an email claiming that terror ... Read more...
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Tension in Kashmir town over email arrests
September 12th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 12 (IANS) Protests erupted in Kishtwar town of Jammu and Kashmir Monday over the arrest of seven people in connection with an email claiming responsibility for last week's ... Read more...
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