To stop the trend of traffic accidents and ensure effective traffic management in the state, the state government for the first time released Rs 8 crore under Road Safety Fund. The information was revealed at a meeting chaired by Principal Secretary Transport, Dr Asgar Hassa...More

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah have expressed deep sorrow and anguish over the loss of seven precious lives including three children in a fateful road accident at Sujandhar village of Reasi District. Party...More

Thirteen people remain trapped in a flooded illegal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills district even a day after the incident as efforts to pump out water, which has been continuing since Thursday, failed to yield any result. After the incident came to light on Thursday ...More

Hours ahead of the close of UN climate talks here, diplomats from across the world Friday have came up with a draft text on a rulebook for full implementation of the Paris agreement post-2020, even as key issues, including elements of finance, remain unresolved. With the UN ...More

Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti Friday said that that there was a need to find an alternative to the idea of “Azad Kashmir” within the framework of the Indian Constitution. “There is total distrust and disconnect between people of Kashmir ...More

Ashok Gehlotis likely to be the Congress' pick forRajasthanchief minister, sources said Friday, afterparty presidentRahul Gandhiappeared to have successfully brokered peace between the veteran leader and his younger colleagueSachin Pilotfollowing several rounds of discussion...More

Police Friday claimed to have arrested a person and recovered explosive substances from his possession in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. “Police in Pulwama arrested one individual carrying #explosives substances & IED. Case registered. Further investigatio...More

Jammu and Kashmir has become first state in India to have a law explicitly banning sexual exploitation of women by those in positions of authority, having a fiduciary relationship or a public servant. The State Administrative Council (SAC) under the chairmanship of Governor,...More

Organic food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required, according to a study. Researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden developed a new method for assessing the climate impact from land-use, ...More

Real Kashmir FC Friday alleged that their coach and staff members were mistreated by host team Gokulam Kerala FC officials ahead of their I-League clash in southern Indian state, Kerala. “RKFC head coach and staff being asked to leave training ground. ‘This is Ke...More

The IMF will conduct a proper debt sustainability analysis of Pakistan before granting it any loan, a senior official has said, amid concerns that Islamabad is seeking a multibillion-dollar bailout package from the global financial body to pay back Chinese creditors. Cash-st...More

Indian and Pakistani armies exchanged fire in Poonch district's Gulpur Sector on Friday. "Pakistani Army this morning fired unprovoked and targeted Indian posts in Gulpur sector of Poonch," official sources said Friday. They said that Indian Army effectively retaliated to th...More

Seven people, including three children, were killed and three others injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, police said Friday. The accident took place in the Tamasgali area of the district late Thursday n...More

A complete shutdown is being observed in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district to mourn the killing of two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in a gunfight with government forces in Brath Kalan on Thursday. Witnesses said that all the shops and other business esta...More

With the minimum temperatures dropping below zero degrees, Kashmir valley continues to be in the grip of cold wave. According to the Met department forecast, weather conditions in the next few days in all regions will be dry. While night temperatures have been dropping, ther...More

he Ladakh region remained cut off from the Kashmir valley for the fifty day on Friday following closure of the 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh National Highway due to accumulation of several feet of snow and slippery road conditions, a traffic police official said here.Large number...More

The Supreme Court Friday gave a clean chit to the Narendra Modi government on the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. The apex court said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal. A bench headed by Chie...More

Seven persons died while three others were injured in a road mishap in Reasi district of Jammu late last night. As per initial reports a passenger vehicle (Tata Sumo) skidded off the road near Surjandhan area of Reasi Thursday night when the driver lost control at the wheel....More

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath will be the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Party observer AK Antony announced his name in Bhopal last night. Speaking to media, after the announcement of his name, Kamal Nath said Chief Ministerial post is a milestone for him. Howev...More

In an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 394-1, the US House of Representatives on Thursday, in a non-binding resolution, declared the crime against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as a genocide. Such a move by the US House of Representatives comes months after the State Department...More