A Hurriyat Conference (Mirwaiz group) leader has been arrested with alleged hawala cash of nearly Rs 1 lakh recovered from his possession, police said today. Police intercepted Farooq Ahmad's car yesterday at Thanamandi in Rajouri district with a search of the vehicle yielding Rs 95,000 in cash, a police official said.

Ahmad, who was arrested following the discovery, is now being questioned to ascertain the source of the money and its destination, police added.

A case has been registered...

The incidence of stomach cancer is increasing alarmingly in Kashmir valley with south Kashmir being affected more than other parts of Kashmir.

A retrospective study- ‘Stomach Cancer in Kashmir A single Institute Based 23 years’ experience’ conducted at Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) over the period of 23 years has shown that the involvement of proximal stomach is also showing an upward trend in Kashmir.

The study has revealed that from 117 cases in 1986, the...

A day after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said the issue of revocation of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)  is a matter between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Chief MinisterOmar Abdullah, State Congress President Prof Saif-u-Din Soz has once again cornered the CM by reiterating that he  (Omar)should convene an Unified Command meeting and take a final decision on the partial revocation of the act from the state.

Although, the elections to the Jammu and...

At a time when Omar Abdullah has been pitching for repealing the AFSPA from parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said the issue of revocation of the controversial act is being discussed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Chief Minister.

"It is a discussion between the Chief Minister and the Prime Minister. It is not appropriate for me to make a statement," Gandhi told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Budgam, 15 km from Srinagar.

Omar has...

To strengthen panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre will provide Rs 420 crore as untied funds, in addition to other schemes for carrying out development, Union minister Jairam Ramesh said here today.

"Each of the 4,200 panchayats in the state will get an amount of Rs 10 lakh as untied funds every year," the Union Rural Development Minister told reporters here, 15 kms from Srinagar.

Untied funds are meant for carrying out works of emergent nature which are normally not covered under...

Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association today decided against participating in the inauguration of the State Judicial Academic Complex here tomorrow saying that the function is "politically motivated".

"The establishment of the State Judicial Academic Complex is a welcome step. But in view of the political overtones of the function, which is to be presided by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the Bar Association feels handicapped (about joining) in," the association said in a statement...

A minor girl was found allegedly murdered in a filed after she went missing from her home in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, some 55 kms from Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar.

Witnesses told Kashmir Dispathc Muskan Altaf, 8, went missing from her home in Liaser Dangiwachi area of the apple town on Friday afternoon. Police launched a hunt to trace the minor and discovered her body in a field.

Her parents were visiting their relatives when the girl went missing.

Her uncle said...

Hundreds of people, mostly youth, donated blood after Tehreek e Hurriyat Kashmir today officially inaugurated ‘Syed Ali Geelani Blood Bank’ at its central office Hyderpora here.

On the eve of World Blood Donors Day, hundreds of volunteers and youth donated their blood at makeshift camp for the blood bank.

Geelani who is under continuous detention inaugurated the ceremony and addressed the occasion.

While inaugurating the function, Geelani announced that similar blood bank would be set...