Hitting back at Dr. Karan Singh for his remarks about Mehbooba Mufti trying to break up Jammu, PDP on Tuesday said “the veteran Congress leader seems to be playing to galleries.” In a statement the PDP chief spokesperson Rafi Ahmad Mir said PDP is the only party ...More

Speaking in the National Assembly on Monday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Pakistan alone could not bring peace in Afghanistan as it was a "shared responsibility" of regional countries. "Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that peace could not be established in ...More

Three policemenwere killed and another critically injured in a militant attack at Zainapora village of South Kashmir's Shopian district on Tuesday. A police official said that militants attacked a police post guarding members of minority community at Zanapora. He said that t...More

Pulwama district in south Kashmir has recorded lowest voter turnout till 12 noon on Tuesday in the 9th and final phase of panchayat polls. The voting started at 8 am and it will concluded at 2 pm. According to election office figures, Pulwama recorded 1.1 percent voting, w...More

The government is likely to make an announcement regarding Urjit Patel's successor as Reserve Bank of India's Governor later in the day, Finance Secretary A N Jha said. RBI has been rendered headless following Patel's unexpected resignation, with immediate effect, Monday. ...More

Afghan official says a suicide car bomber has struck a forces convoy on the outskirts of Kabul, killing four security forces. Nasrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said six other forces were wounded in Tuesday's attack. No one immediately claimed respo...More

Pulwama district in south Kashmir has recorded lowest voter turnout till 10 am on Tuesday in the 9th and final phase of panchayat polls. The voting started at 8 am and it will conclude at 2 pm. According to election office figures, Pulwama recorded 0.9 percent voting, while ...More

TheSupreme CourtTuesday directed that names and identities of victims ofrapeandsexual assaultshould not be disclosed or revealed. A bench headed by JusticeMadan B Lokurdirected the print andelectronic medianot to reveal identity of victims ofrapeandsexual assault"even in a r...More

The body of a man, who was abductedsome 45 days ago by unknown gunmen, was recovered by police in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. The body of Sheraz Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Ahmad Bhat of Laroo was buried in an orchard at Awahtoo village and was recovered by pol...More

A complete shutdown is being observed on third consecutive day on Tuesday to mourn the killings of two teenage militants in Hajin town of north Kashmir's Bandipora district. All shops and business establishments are closed while traffic is off the roads in the town. On Sunda...More

Higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while rains lashed the plains on Tuesday, with the Met office forecasting an improvement later in the day. According to a Met official the weather is likely to improve from this afternoon. Kargil in the Ladakh regi...More

Amid tight security the voting for 9th and final phase of Panchayat polls is underway on Tuesday at 452 polling stations in Kashmir division. Contingents of police and paramilitary CRPF men have been deployed at all polling stations to ensure incident-free polling. The voit...More