GURDASPUR: The body of Lt Navdeep Singh of 15 Maratha Light Infantry, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists trying to cross over the LaC in the Gurez sector in the Kashmir Valley, was brought to the military hospital in Tibri cantonment near Gurdaspur on Sunday, where it will ...

SRINAGAR: People of Kashmir celebrated the season's first snowfall in cyberspace. Dozens of videos and hundreds of messages and pictures were posted on social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, Twitter and YouTube as snow started trickling down the sky on Wednesday night. Traditionally, Nousheen, the first snowfall, is celebrated in the ...

SRINAGAR: Teenage students who were seen protesting during the recent unrest in the Kashmir Valley are back on the roads but for a different cause this time. The students have been gathering outside Press Enclave where most of the media offices are located to protest against the state government's decision to ...

SRINAGAR: The alleged fake encounter involving three youths in Machhil in north Kashmir by army personnel was the sta1ting point of present trouble in the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah informed the state assembly. The Chief Minister, while replying to written questions on Friday, said this situation ...

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday asked the Centre to take a serious view of the reported threat letters received by some Sikhs in the Kashmir Valley to "either embrace Islam or leave the state". 'These are not stray incidents and deserve to be considered with utmost ...

SRINAGAR: Kashmir valley saw a rare calm day on Thursday, with curfew being lifted from all the regions and a break in strikes called by separatists. "The situation is peaceful throughout the Valley and cur few has been lifted from all parts," Inspector General Police (Kashmir Range) Farooq Ahmad told PTI. Normal ...

JAMMU: With the state and Central governments failing to find a way out of the present turmoil in Kashmir Valley, the blame game among political parties has started gaining momentum here. Leaders of various political parties are busy-mud-slinging with each trying to secure brownie points over the other. Though the main ...

KARNAL: With a maiden project to clone pashmina goats taking off in the Kashmir Valley, scientists hope that success would give a new lease of life to traditional craftsmanship of wool associated exclusively with the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Under a World Bank-funded project, the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences ...

JAMMU: Heavy rain and thunderstorm lashed the state on Wednesday, bringing down the temperature by about 6°C and giving local residents respite from the heat. The Kashmir Valley received 17.3-mm rain­ fall, while Jammu recorded 13.2 mm. According to the Meteorological Department, western disturbances will be active till Friday and ...