Kashmir

Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) After getting relief from the Bombay High Court in the 2002 hit-and-run case, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan arrived here to resume shooting for his upcoming movie "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" in Sonamarg, Jammu and…

Srinagar, May 10 (IANS) Perceptions about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir were fast changing in a positive manner, and the return of Bollywood can make a huge difference to the state, Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed said on Sunday.…

Six people were missing while six people were rescued on Saturday after their taxi fell into a river in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, police said. "A taxi went out of the driver's control at Mehad (Ramban) on the Jammu-Srinagar…

Under pressure from New Delhi, the state government overnight added charges of sedition and waging war against the country to Masarat Alam's detention who has now been formally arrested. Police late on Friday added section 121A (waging war…

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to provide land for composite townships for Kashmiri Pandits in the state, an official release said. Sayeed, who had called on the home…

Three policemen were gunned down and a policeman and a former militant were left critically injured in three terror attacks -- the first major strike in the Valley since the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government came to power in March. A…

The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday, triggering shortage of essentials of life in the landlocked valley. "Fresh landslides in Magarkoot and three other places in Ramban sector of…

Three people were killed and one injured on Saturday in a blast at a forest area near the line of control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Police said three civilians were killed and another injured when the…

The central government has sent two teams of the National Disaster Response Force to the flood ravaged Kashmir Valley, an official communique said on Monday. Following incessant rainfall over the past four days, floods ravaged the…

Upset over the portfolio allocated to him, Sajad Gani Lone of the Peoples Conference (PC) on Wednesday refused to join the council of ministers in the PDP-BJP government headed by Mufti Muhammad Sayeed. Lone was miffed over allocation of…