J-K Warns Defaulting Power Consumers

In power-starved Jammu and Kashmir, the power development department (PDD) has issued two-week disconnection notices to 148 defaulting consumers.

12 Dec 2013

J-K Suffers Rs 17,000-crore Loss due to Punjab’s Breach of Power Project Pact

Jammu and Kashmir has suffered losses of over `17,000 crore due to a breach of agreement by the Punjab Government and setting up of 600 MW project on Ranjit Sagar Dam power in 2000, chairman of J&K Legislative Council Environmental Committee has said.

11 Dec 2013

Cong may Face a Bumpy Ride in J&K

The mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir feel that the Congress drawing a blank in the four Assembly elections will jolt its prospects in the 2014 Parliamentary and Assembly elections in the state, but the Congress has rejected the opinion saying, “J&K politics is different”.

10 Dec 2013

'Gandhian'Campaign won't Win You Polls: Omar

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday mocked the Congress and its vice-president Rahul Gandhi for the party’s defeat in four state Assembly polls, saying “you can’t fight an election with a ‘Gandhian’ campaign”.

09 Dec 2013

Polls Heat up Kashmir Winter

This winter promises to be hot in Jammu and Kashmir politics.

08 Dec 2013

Modi Triggers Heated Debate on Article 370

03 Dec 2013

Modi Gets Animated Debate on Article 370

BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s statement about dilution of Article 370 has sparked a fresh debate in Jammu and Kashmir with mainstream parties saying that the law was permanent.

03 Dec 2013

Modi Gets Animated Debate on Article 370

BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s statement about dilution of Article 370 has sparked a fresh debate in Jammu and Kashmir with mainstream parties saying that the law was permanent.

03 Dec 2013

Modi Triggers Heated Debate on Article 370

State would rise against any attempt to dilute special status, says Mufti Mohammad Sayeed; relations between Centre, State at stake, says NC

03 Dec 2013

Modi Triggers Heated Debate on Article 370

State would rise against any attempt to dilute special status, says Mufti Mohammad Sayeed; relations between Centre, State at stake, says NC

03 Dec 2013

Transparency in Recruitment Under Scanner

As many as four scams have shaken the trust and confidence of people of Jammu and Kashmir in agencies supposed to conduct transparent exams

01 Dec 2013

Princelings Corner Posts in NC's Youth Brigade in Jammu and Kashmir

The National Conference(NC), which is heading the Jammu and Kashmir government, is witnessing a ‘sonrise’ in its ranks as the  children of the party top brass, including a  minister and Assembly Speaker as well as legislators -- both past and present-- have been given key posts in the Youth National Conference.

30 Nov 2013

Jammu and Kashmir Separatists Divided over Hindi Film Shoots

The separatist camp is divided over Bollywood film shoots in the picturesque Kashmir valley while tourism stakeholders say filmmaking and star visits help attract more tourists to the place once called the “paradise on earth”.

29 Nov 2013

Tiff over Baramulla delays Jammu and Kashmir candidates' list

26 Nov 2013

Tiff over Baramulla delays Jammu and Kashmir candidates' list

The wrangling between Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling parties -- the National Conference (NC) and the Congress -- over seat sharing, especially over the Baramulla-Kupwara seat in North Kashmir, is preventing the parties from announcing their candidates for all six Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

26 Nov 2013

Ex-J-K entrance exam chief held for selling CET question paper to touts

Following the arrest of former chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examination Mushtaq Ahmad Peer on Saturday, for allegedly selling the question papers of last year’s Common Entrance Test (CET) to middlemen, the authorities are closely looking into the entrance exams conducted by the JKBOPEE in 2010, 2011 and 2013.

24 Nov 2013

Army allays security concerns over Amarnath pilgrimage

Even as Union Home Minister Suhil Kumar Shinde has repeatedly  insisted that the  security forces cannot afford to lower their guard  in Jammu and Kashmir

23 Nov 2013