Kashmir

Srinagar-bound aircraft carrying 177 passengers receives bomb threat

Srinagar: A Vistara flight bound for Srinagar, carrying 177 passengers and one infant received a bomb threat on Friday, prompting swift action by the airline and security forces. Flight no-UK-611, which departed…
Security forces launch search for terrorists in Poonch

Poonch: Security forces and police launched a cordon-and-search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday following reports of movement of suspected terrorists, officials said. They said there were intelligence inputs…

21 killed, 47 injured as bus falls into gorge in Jammu

Jammu: Twenty-one people were killed and 47 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu district on Thursday, officials said. Jammu and…
Atmospheric data collection tool Radio-Sonde launched from ISRO centre at Samba

Samba: Centre University of Jammu (CUJ) on Wednesday announced that its Radio-Sonde, a crucial tool for atmospheric data collection, was launched successfully from its ISRO centre in Samba district of Jammu and…
FIR against Mehbooba Mufti for ‘violation’ of poll code

Srinagar: Election authorities in Kashmir have registered an FIR against former chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct, officials said on Wednesday. The FIR…
J&K records highest voter turnout in 35 years, assembly polls soon: CEC

New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) The Election Commission on Monday said the voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir this time was the highest in a Lok Sabha election in the last 35…
Cash, liquor, drugs worth Rs 95 crore seized during Lok Sabha polls in J-K

Srinagar: Election authorities in Jammu and Kashmir seized about Rs 95 crore worth of cash and other freebies like liquor that were meant for influencing the minds of voters during the staggered…

Assembly polls, statehood next for Jammu & Kashmir: Amit Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the Modi government’s Kashmir policy has been vindicated by the successful polling in Jammu and Kashmir, where even separatists have voted “overwhelmingly”,…
Local parties accuse BJP of misusing law enforcement to help ‘proxies’ in Kashmir

By Anzar Mehraj and Sajid Abbasy The regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir have accused BJP of hindering their campaign by misusing law enforcement to detain party workers amid the ongoing Lok…
6th phase: 6 hurt in clash outside polling booth in J-K’s Poonch

Mendhar/Jammu: Six persons including four women suffered minor injuries in a clash between supporters of two candidates outside a polling station in Mendhar sub-division in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday,…
J&K: People voting to register their protest, says CPI(M)

Tarigam (J-K): In the midst of intense political activities in the Kashmir Valley and despite the presence of Jamaat-e-Islami strongholds in the area, Kulgam stands firm as a bastion of the hammer,…
Mehbooba alleges PDP workers detained on polling day, holds protest

Bijbehara (J&K): PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday, May 25, staged a protest outside a police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, where polling is underway in the sixth phase of…
Brisk polling in Anantnag-Rajouri, 23% turnout till 11 am

Srinagar: Brisk polling is underway in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency with more than 23 per cent of the 18.36 lakh electorate exercising their franchise till 11.00 am, with the Rajouri assembly…
Mehbooba claims outgoing calls on her mobile number suspended

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday claimed that outgoing calls on her mobile number have been suspended without any explanation. “I am not able to make any calls since morning. There…
PDP being asked to report to police stations ahead of voting: Mehbooba

Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Friday that the polling agents and workers of her party are being asked to report to police stations ahead of the voting…