Parallel event to oppose Zubin Mehta concert
bySrinagar: A group of people opposing the forthcoming Zubin Mehta concert to be held here in Jammu and Kashmir Sep 7 have decided to hold…
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Congress wrests control of Kargil hill council
bySrinagar: The Congress turned the tables on its alliance partner in Jammu and Kashmir, the regional National Conference (NC), by wooing five independent candidates to…
Srinagar authorities turn blind eye on encroachment
bySrinagar: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital yesterday evicted an illegally set-up taxi stand in the heart of the city but appeared helpless before…
Five foreign guerrillas killed in Kashmir gunbattle
bySrinagar: Five guerrillas, all of them foreigners, were killed in a midnight gunfight with security forces in Kashmir, an army officer said today. Terming the…
Why has Zubin Mehta concert become a raging controversy in Kashmir?
bySrinagar: It’s a bizarre case of a concert becoming controversial in a land known for poets, singers and musicians for ages. But, those opposing the…
Kashmir’s Grand Mufti opposes Zubin Mehta concert
bySrinagar: Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Bashir-ud-Din today appealed to German Ambassador Michael Steiner to reconsider holding the Zubin Mehta concert in the valley Sep 7 and…
Policeman killed in Kashmir guerrilla attack!
bySrinagar: A police constable was killed and a civilian was injured today in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district when guerrillas fired at a special operations group…
Retired judge to head Kishtwar probe panel
bySrinagar: Justice (retired) Rattan Chand Gandhi, a former judge of the Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan high courts, will head the judicial probe into the…
Police break up march by Kashmir employees!
bySrinagar: Police today used batons and water cannons to break up a protest march in Srinagar by government employees demanding retirement age enhancement and end…
Two months long Amarnath Yatra ended peacefully!
bySrinagar: Nearly two-month-long annual Amarnath Yatra ended peacefully today with the final prayer at the cave shrine in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Around 300 pilgrims…