JAMMU AND KASHMIR

View: Keeping villages at forefront of development in Jammu and Kashmir

For the Jammu and Kashmir administration, there can be no more befitting tribute to Gandhiji than taking governance to people in rural area...

Government notifies new rules that allow any Indian citizen to buy land in Jammu & Kashmir

Before repeal of Article 370 and Article 35-A in August last year, non-residents could not buy any immovable property in Jammu and Kashmir....

Earthquake of 4.5 magnitude hits Jammu and Kashmir

A medium-intensity earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir today, but there were no reports of any damage or loss of life, officials said. The ear...

Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir slam Centre’s move to repeal the land laws

Former chief minister of J&K and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah termed the amendments to land ownership laws “unacceptable”.

Assault on people's rights, says Lone; Jammu & Kashmir is now up for sale, says Omar Abdullah

The PAGD, led by National Conference president and Lok Sabha member from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah, includes the People's Democratic Party a...

Centre notifies land law, allows every Indian to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

In a significant move, the Centre has notified land laws, paving the way for any citizen if India to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir and Lada...

Centre amends law to establish Jammu and Kashmir Industrial Development Corporation

The Centre on Tuesday amended the Jammu and Kashmir Development Act, 1970 for setting up an industrial development corporation for rapid es...

Dates for bypolls to 13,000 panchayat seats in Jammu and Kashmir soon

The government may announce the dates around October 9. This would be the first electoral exercise in J&K after August 5, 2019, when the sp...

Watch: BJP workers hoist national flag at PDP office in Jammu

Watch: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers hoist the national flag at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) office in Jammu. Watch: BJP workers h...

Jammu and Kashmir High Court slams investigators, high-profile accused for 'sharing loot'

A division bench has held that files pertaining to corruption probes "apparently move from one office to another and then to the central of...

Two militants surrender before security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla

"A cordon and search operation was launched by security forces in Tujjar area of Sopore. During the operation, two militants surrendered be...

Militant killed in an overnight encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Melhura in Zainapora area of Shopian on Monday evening following information abou...

October 22 raiders invasion: How Pakistan distorted history on Kashmir

On October 22, 1947, Pakistan unilaterally broke the Agreement and launched an invasion to forcibly capture Jammu and Kashmir using tribal ...

Jammu & Kashmir: In absence of legislators, Centre to form directly elected district-level councils

The order of Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla for amendment of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 was issued over a year ...

CRPF personnel injured in militant attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir

The ultras opened fire on a joint naka party of police and CRPF at Gangoo in Pulwama district, a police official said. The injured CRPF per...

Pakistan violates ceasefire along International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua

Officials said the Pakistani Rangers started the firing in the Pansar-Manyari area of Hiranagar sector around 9.45 pm on Saturday. The cros...

CRPF personnel injured in grenade attack by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama

Militants hurled a grenade upon CRPF personnel near Tral bus stand in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, a police official said. He said th...