JAMMU/MANDI: There should be no compromise on the issue of revocation AFSPA and the UPA gov­ernment needs to consult the army before taking any step in this regard in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani said in Jammu at his Jan Chetna Yatra on Wednesday. "It is only the ...

JAMMU: Pakistan violated ceasefire when its troops fired on three, Indian posts on the line of control in Krishnaghati sector of Poonch on Thursday. Pakistani troops fired 12 RPG shells at 3.25pm and the firing lasted 25 minutes. Indian troops fired in retaliation, A defence spokesperson said 500 rounds were ...

JAMMU: Taking a strong view of cross-voting by its MLAs during the legislative council elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP on Friday said party president Nitin Gadkari has already taken resignations of all 11 legislators and summoned them for a hearing on April 19. "The MLAs have been asked to ...

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashinir government has jumped into the party to honour Indian cricketers who were part of winning the world cup and those who belodged to the state. The chief minister Omar Abdullah has announced to award a plot to Suresh Raina. Replying to a query on the social ...

JAMMU: The issue of "discrimination" against. Jammu and Ladakh regions rocked the legislative assembly on Thursday with the opposition parties - BJP, Panthers Party and J8M - walking out from the House to protest the government's "non-seriousness" and "casual approach." Trouble started when finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather was responding to ...

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir unit of Youth Congress got a shot in the arm with several office bearers of Srinagar BJP unit, including its district president, joining the party. SOURCE-HT

JAMMU: A delegation of the Pahari-speaking people called on governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhavan on Monday evening and presented a memorandum of their demands. It demanded Scheduled Tribe status for the Pahari-speaking people and all required measures for securing speedy socio-economic and educational advancement of these people. SOURCE-HT

JAMMU: Union home minister P Chidambaram interacted with chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday and reviewed the security and the law and order aspects in the state. "In fact the home minister has been taking keen interest in finding political solution of the state after having appointed three-member team of interlocutors, ...

JAMMU: Union health minister and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said the "saffron terrorism that surfaced with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi has once again returned with the Malegoan, Ajmer and Mecca Masjid Hyderabad bomb blasts". Addressing a public rally of more than 20,000 people ...

JAMMU: A BSF Jawan died of three bullet injuries at forward post in the Barnoi area of Poonch around 5.50 am on Tuesday. The police claimed it was a case of either suicide or accidental fire. But sources in BSF said head constable Muhammad Aslam of 94 battalion had received ...

JAMMU: The Centre-appointed interlocutors have said the people of Jammu and Kashmir are yearning for a negotiated and peaceful "political settlement" and anything that responds to their political, administrative and economical aspirations would alone be a "durable solution" to the problem. Concluding their four-day­ long visit to the Jammu ...

JAMMU: In a frontal attack on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the BJP said his remarks on "radicalised Hindu group" reflected his sanskaras (upbringing). The party leaders said his remarks were reflections of his upbringing by a non-Indian mother. "This change in his ideology and thinking is not accidental. It's reflection ...

JAMMU: The "most influential" separatist leader of Kashmir, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has completely ruled out the possibility of his son taking over the reins of Tehreek -e-Hurriyat or hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference anytime soon but doesn't guarantee this happening sometime in future. Naeem-ul-Zafar, the eldest son of Geelani, ...