Serene Srinagar looks grey in the shadow of a curfew
Surrounded by beautiful gardens against a backdrop of lofty mountains, picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar looked serene last Friday, the day the valley saw protesters up in arms against the US-made film
Minibus falls into gorge in J-K
Nine persons were killed and 48 others injured, seven of them critically, when an overloaded minibus skidded off the road and rolled into a gorge in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The minibu
Moderate earthquake hits Kashmir
A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Kashmir Valley in the wee hours on Tuesday but there was no report of any damage from anywhere.
"Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 oc
Militants warn women in Kashmir not to use mobiles in public
Hitherto unknown militant outfits have asked women in Kashmir to observe 'purdah' and not to use mobile phones in public.
"People should ensure that girls observe purdah in public places. If we spot
PM downplays trouble in army camp in J-K
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday downplayed the reported trouble involving jawans and officers in an army unit in Samba sector in Jammu and Kashmir saying a 'small incident' was being blown o
Pakistan violates ceasefire twice, fires at Indian posts
In two ceasefire violations in less than 24 hours, Pakistani security personnel on Monday night fired on Indian forward posts in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir injuring two BSF jawans.
Firin
22 people trapped in J&K flash flood, alert sounded
As many as 22 people were on Saturday trapped in flash floods in Jammu region, prompting the authorities to sound an alert in the region.
"A flash flood alert has been sounded in Jammu. Due to h
BSF lodges protest with Pak over tunnel issue in J-K
BSF on Tuesday lodged a 'strong protest' with its Pakistani counterpart days after a cross-border tunnel was unearthed along the international border in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir, as the Gover
Tunnel found in Samba district connecting India, Pakistan
Authorities on Saturday discovered a 400-mt long tunnel, running between India and Pakistan, along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.
"We have discovered a tunnel runni
Thousands stir on youth ‘killing’
Thousands of residents on Wednesday marched along the streets in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipore area, about 50 km north of here, carrying the body of a local youth allegedly killed by the Army overnigh