The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet, which met here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, accorded sanction to the submission of memorandum for grant of special package involving an amount of Rs 607.77 crore to Government of India for the rehabilitation of the affected people and for restoration of public infrastructure in Districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban devastated in the recent earthquake.

The Cabinet also approved expansion of quality engineering education at...

A complete shutdown is being observed to mark the martyrdom anniversaries of Mirwaiz Muhammad Farooq, Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone, and those killed during Hawal massacre.

In a bid to foil the Eidgah march, the authorities placed Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and other Hurriyat leaders including Maulana Abbas Ansari, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Mukhtar Ahmed Waza, Zafar Akbar Butt and Masroor Abbas under house arrest.

The government has also imposed strict restrictions in...

A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) trooper killed two of his colleagues and injured two others in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town early Tuesday, police said.

"An SSB soldier, identified as Vijay Kumar, opened fire from his service rifle on his colleagues sleeping in a camp in Kishtwar. Two soldiers have died while two others have been injured in the shooting," Superintendent of Police (SP) Kulbir Singh said.

The four SSB troopers were rushed to the Kishtwar district hospital, about 220 km from...

With Awami Action Committee (AAC) holding the National Conference (NC) responsible for “atrocities inflicted on the Mirwaiz family”, Additional General Secretary of the NC claimed that the former had issued the ‘irrelevant’ statement to hide their sins they (Hurriyat people) had “committed” during the turbulent years.

He alleged that Hurriyat was responsible for the "killings" of one-lakh Kashmiris over the past over two decades.

“The Hurriyat people have always deceived the...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has been advocating partial withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some parts of his state, expressed hope of finding a "common meeting ground" with the Army on the vexed issue.

The Chief Minister cited the coalition government in his state as a hurdle for revoking of the Disturbed Areas Act, a prelude to the removal of AFSPA."I have a coalition government. A coalition government in which Congress is an ally of mine. They...

Stating that the strengthening the cross LoC trade would be one among various agendas during fresh dialogue with new Pakistan government, Governor N N Vohra Monday said that the further expansion of the trade between the two divided parts of pre-1947 Jammu and Kashmir was necessary. The Governor also advocated for the increase in the items that are being traded.

“This is a very important trade and needs to be strengthened,” Vohra reportedly told a group of Salamabad-Chakoti trade...

The government has decided not to allow Hurriyat Conference (M) to hold a rally at Eidhgah on Tuesday to commemorate 23rd martyrdom anniversary of Mirwaiz Maulana Muhammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone.

Sources said that Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Farooq Ahmad Shah and Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) City, Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari visited Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaz Umar’s Nigeen residence on Monday and urged him not to go ahead with his proposed march. “They (DC and SSP) told...

The war of words between the coalition partners National Conference and Congress over the distribution of relief to victims of Chenab Valley earthquake escalated on Monday.

NC leaders asked local Congressman GM Saroori to desist from misleading earthquake victims.

The NC described as unfortunate the misleading statements of a senior Congress leader with regard to cash assistance purportedly released for the Centre for the earthquake victims of the Chenab Valley.

In a joint statement...