Youth attack Mirwaiz at impulsive rally
Kashmir’s chief Muslim cleric and chairman of his faction of separatist Hurriyat Conference alliance Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was attacked by a group of youth with stones and traditional firepots (kangris) after he had addressed an impulsive rally outside a place of worship in Sopore, 48 km northwest of Srinagar, on Friday.
Temperatures dip to lowest in Kashmir, Ladakh
The free fall of mercury continued across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh on Saturday with cities and towns in both regions recording some of their lowest temperatures till now.
Srinagar recorded minus
Srinagar shivers at minus four, Leh in deep freeze
With the night temperatures dipping to minus four degrees Celsius, Friday was the coldest day of the season so far in summer capital Srinagar.
"The minimum temperature fell to minus 3.8 degrees Celsi
Srinagar markets closed to protest shopkeeper's murder
Shops in some old city areas of Srinagar remained shut on Thursday in protest against the murder of a local shopkeeper who was beaten by hooligans here on December 3 when he refused to heed a separati
Taps freeze in Srinagar's coldest night, 13.6 at Leh
This summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed its coldest night of the season so far as the minimum temperature on Tuesday fell to minus 3.3 degrees Celsius, and weatherman said mercury might sli
J&K minister escapes bid on life, PSO killed
Ali Muhammad Sagar, a senior ruling National Conference (NC) leader and Jammu and Kashmir’s minister for rural development and panchayat raj, escaped unhurt when suspected militants opened fire at his
Kashmir minister escapes bid on life, cop killed
Jammu and Kashmir Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar on Sunday escaped a bid on his life when separatist guerrillas attacked him in Srinagar. One of the minister's security guar
Pak-based outfit claims responsibility for attack on Minister
Pakistan-based Jamiatul Mujahideen today claimed responsibility for the attack on Jammu and Kashmir Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar saying it was in retaliation to NC president Farooq Abdullah's advocacy
Jamaat-e-Islami formally splits
Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir, a cadre-based organisation which has been quite active on the state’s political arena, fought elections to the state Assembly yet proliferated separatism has formal
Pakistan violates ceasefire, fires at Indian posts in Karnah
Violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control, Pakistani troops fired at Indian posts in Karnah area of Kupwara district.
The Pakistani troops opened fire at 5.00 PM on Sunday towards Indian post