New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said industrialists have not given any encouraging response on investing in the state despite repeated proposals sent to them. Speaking on the sidelines of the release of a "Perception survey of media impact on the Kashmiri youth", he said "the response is not very encou

Jammu, Jan 27 (PTI) The Indian Air Force (IAF) today airlifted as many as 192 people trapped in snow-hit Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. "As many as 192 snow-trapped persons were airlifted by IAF, which launched fresh air rescue operation by from the Jammu-based IAF's 130 Helicopter Unit in Kishtwar district since

Jammu, Jan 27 (PTI) Justice Bedi Commission of Inquiry, probing the custodial death of National Conference worker Syed Mohammad Yousuf, will meet next week on February 2 in Srinagar to deliberate the general public's statements related to the case. "The commission of Inquiry (COI) will meet at Hari Niwas in Srinagar summer ca

Jammu Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar Highway was restored Friday after remaining suspended for several hours following the leakage from a big LPG tanker in Ramban district en-route the 296-kilomter arterial thoroughfare yesterday. “The highway has been reopened for vehicular traffic while people who were evacuated following the leakage from the tank

Jammu, Jan 27 (PTI) Eighteen people were today injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said. The matador was en route to Noushera area when it fell into a gorge at Siot belt after the driver lost control over the vehicle, they said. The inj

Srinagar, Jan 27 (PTI) Militants today carried out a grenade attack on an army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla town but no one was injured in the attack, police said. The incident occurred in Azad Gunj area when some unidentified militants hurled a grenade on one of the vehicles of the passing convoy, Baramulla police

Jammu, Jan 27 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir government today assured all possible measures to check flight of capital from the state due to varying VAT rates, a concern put forward by trade and industry that also had revenue implications. "State government will take all possible measures to check the flight of capital due to div

Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani has warned the government of serious consequences if “political prisoners” incarnated at the Srinagar Central Jail are shifted to jails outside the Valley. “Hurriyat will not remain silent over this unjustified and unnecessary step,” Geelani said, according to a statement issued fro

JAMMU : Dr Mohan Paul Singh Ishar today took over the charge of Vice-Chancellor of University of Jammu from Dr Varun Sahni at a small function held at JU Guest House this afternoon. The family members and the Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Prof Ajaib Singh Brar were also present at university campus to witness the take

Srinagar Jan 27: Army’s gallantry awards to the two police officers accused of killing a youth in custody in July last year have triggered outrage among the human rights defenders across the Valley. On Republic day eve, Army conferred gallantry awards on two senior policemen- the then Superintendent of police (SP) Sopore, Altaf Khan and his Deput

Rajouri, January 27: Started with much fanfare by Army, the goodwill school has failed to live up to the expectations of the locals in Rajouri district of Jammu province, locals alleged. Established in mid 2000 under operation Sadbhavana with the promise of providing qualitative education to the students of this far flung border region on nomina

New delhi jan 27 : In a bid to end the turf war between the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which comes under the Planning Commission, and the Home Ministry's National Population Register (NPR), a Cabinet Committee has worked out a compromise that will result in the biometric data of all residents being captured by June 2013. Th

Srinagar, Jan 27 (PTI) A radical Kashmiri women's group today held an anti-US protest against the imprisonment and alleged sexual assault on Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui, who is serving a prison term in an American jail. Dukhtaran-e-Millat members led by its leader Aasiya Andrabi raised anti-US slogans and burned an Amer

JAMMU JAN 27: The nation's pride soared as marching contingents of the armed forces strode down Rajpath amid a striking display of India's military muscle power during the 63rd Republic Day parade on Thursday. But the family of martyred young army officer Lieutenant Sushil Khajuria - named a day earlier for Kirti Chakra, the second highest peaceti

JAMMU JAN 27: CRPF has blamed alcoholism as a major reason for fratricidal killings in its ranks. The country’s biggest paramilitary force has ignored stress arising out of continuous deployment as well as lack of promotional avenues and deteriorating level of discipline as reasons for the same. In a letter dispatched last week to the zonal headq

SRINAGAR JAN 27: Two decades have elapsed but memories about January 27, 1993 fail to fade in the frontier district. on the fateful day, according to eye-witnesses, army gunned down 27 innocent for observing shutdown on January 26 in the northern Kashmir district. Like many massacre incidents during the two-decades of insurgency in the state, j

NEW DELHI: The highways ministry has made elaborate plans to build roads in neglected areas and untouched zones in the next five years. These include roads in Naxal infested areas and tribal dominated zones. The ministry will spend at least Rs 16,000 crore during the 12th plan which will provide greater employment opportunity to locals during cons