Everything you need to know about Mehand Wani: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Mehand Wani: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Srinagar, May 18 (IANS) Are Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti hunting for "safe" seats for the 2014 assembly elections? The question is particularly poignant in Abdullah's case as it would mean his moving away from a constituency that his grandfather and father have nursed since 1975 and which has gone out of the family's grasp only once.
Srinagar, May 17 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's ruling National Conference (NC) Friday welcomed the Delhi High Court decision to grant bail to militant Liyaqat Shah, saying it proved Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's stand that he was returning for rehabiliation, not a terror strike.
New Delhi/Kishtwar, May 1 (IANS) One person was killed and tremors were felt in the Indian capital and large parts of north India, including Srinagar, Jammu, Shimla and Chandigarh, following a 5.8-magnitude quake centred near the Jammu and Kashmir-Himachal Pradesh border Wednesday.
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) A committee appointed to probe the beating up, allegedly by legislators, of a sub-inspector of police within the Maharashtra assembly premises last month recommended, Thursday, a departmental inquiry against the police officer.
Jammu, March 25 (IANS) The ruling National Conference Monday brought an adjournment motion in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly to discuss and debate the issue of the arrest, by Delhi Police, of militant Liyaqat Ali Shah. The speaker disallowed the motion.
Amid the tense environment following the killing of a 28-year-old youth in the city's old quarters, indefinite curfew was imposed in Srinagar and other major towns of the Kashmir Valley today.
Jammu, March 14 (IANS) An adjournment motion on the killing of five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, moved in the legislative assembly by the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), was Thursday disallowed.
Srinagar, March 13 (IANS) Following the tension that gripped Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir after a 24-year-old man was killed in CRPF troopers' firing, the authorities announced curfew in the city, beginning Wednesday midnight.
New Delhi, Feb. 25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday condemned the killing of a sarpanch in the Kashmir Valley, and asked the Omar Abdullah Government to initiate tough action against those responsible for such untoward incidents.
Srinagar, Feb 24 (IANS) A village sarpanch (headman) was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kashmir's Baramulla district Sunday, police said.
Hyderabad, Feb 18 (IANS) A joint project by SABMiller India, Indian arm of brewer SABMiller, and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to improve rural livelihoods through integrated water resource management in four villages of Andhra Pradesh is yielding good results, the company said.
Jammu, Jan 25 (IANS) The completion of the prestigious Mughal Road, which connects the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in the Jammu region with the Kashmir Valley has been delayed. The Rs.640 crore project is now five years behind schedule.
Srinagar/Jammu, Jan 24 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet met in winter capital Jammu earlier this week for the first time after it was reshuffled by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to improve the ruling coalition's electoral fortunes in the 2014 assembly polls. However, the moot question remains whether the reshuffle has eased or added to the coalition's problems.
Jammu, Jan 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir governor N.N. Vohra Tuesday accepted the resignations of seven ministers as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reshuffled the National Conference ahead of assembly elections due next year.
Jammu, Jan 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday inductd 10 ministers and dropped seven from his cabinet
Jammu, Jan 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday effected major changes in the National Conference ahead of assembly elections due next year.
Srinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) Government employees in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday went on a three-day strike to mount pressure on the government to accept and implement their demands.
Jammu, Nov 30 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has been given an award by a travel magazine for "Excellence in Regenerating Tourism".
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct.17 (ANI): The Department of Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir organised a daylong festival with an aim to provide an impetus to the tourism industry and restore the glory of old tourists spots.
Srinagar, Oct 13 (IANS) Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Saturday it was his childhood desire to pray at the Hazratbal shrine, but it came about so that his wish was fulfilled only after taking over as the country's home minister.
Jammu, Oct 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde arrived here Friday for a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir during which he will visit border areas and the Valley.
Srinagar, Oct 10 (IANS) Kashmiris are fretting over a new preoccupation: hunting for the original papers of their cooking gas connections if they want a refill.
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday directed security agencies to provide protection to elected village representatives in the wake of the guerrilla attacks on them.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Aug 16 (IANS) Two engineers were Thursday beaten by a legislator who held them responsible for wrongfully using water for a town which is not part of his constituency, police said.
Srinagar, July 28 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Saturday called for better coordination among various security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir to meet the challenges from across the borders and ensure peace in the state.
Srinagar, July 28 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony, on a two-day visit to the state on Saturday called upon the top brass of the army, para military forces, state police and intelligence agencies to bring more synergy in their efforts to ensure peace, stability and prosperity in the region.
Srinagar, July 21 (ANI): A nascent step to bring back democracy firmly put on the ground a year ago by reintroducing the Panchayat System in the state of Jammu and Kashmir after a long wait of over a decade is again being jeopardized by militancy.
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) The mystery of the missing Bollywood startlet Laila Khan and her family was resolved Wednesday with police announcing the discovery of six skeletons and arresting her stepfather for the murders.
Srinagar, June 23 (ANI): The Department of Tourism of Jammu and Kashmir has launched aero ballooning to boost the influx of tourists in the state.
Srinagar, June 14 (IANS) Security forces Thursday intercepted dozens of protesting Jammu and Kashmir government employees, foiling a march to the civil secretariat here in the state's summer capital.
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), May 26 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, a former employee of the state transport department stole a bus to convince his estranged wife and children that he was no longer jobless, said an official here.
Srinagar, May 9(ANI): Police officials in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday foiled a protest staged by state government employees demanding an extension of the retirement age and confirmation of temporary employees.
Botpathri (Gulmarg): Out of bounds for tourists, trekkers and locals for 22 years, the picturesque Nagin Valley on the 10-km serpentine stretch of Gulmarg-Botapathri road is now back on tourist map of Jammu and Kashmir (J and K) as an eco -tourism destination aimed to decongest Gulmarg.
Srinagar, April 27 (IANS) The Justice H.S. Bedi Commission, probing ruling National Conference (NC) worker Haji Yusuf's death, Friday disallowed a plea to summon Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for cross-examination.
Srinagar/Jammu, April 17 (IANS) Work in government offices across Jammu and Kashmir was paralysed Tuesday as employees struck work Tuesday demanding an increase in the retirement age and regularization of adhoc/daily wage workers.
Srinagar, Apr 17 (ANI): Scores of government employees in Jammu and Kashmir staged a protest in Srinagar on Tuesday, against the alleged non-fulfillment of state government's promise of extending the retirement age by two years and making all temporary employees permanent.
Srinagar, April 17 (IANS) Police used water canon and batons in the Exhibition Road area here Tuesday to disperse hundreds of state employees, who were demonstrating to press their demand for raising the retirement age from the present 58 to 60 years.
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 7 (ANI): A former dean took his third wife to the Syariah court after a year's marriage to verify if she is actually a man.
Berlin, Mar 9 (ANI): Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai on Friday inaugurated the Indian Pavilion, Berlin Tourism Fair.
Poonch, Feb 4 (ANI): Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch District on Saturday arrested a fellow officer, alleged to be involved in fake currency racket, which was being operated from across the border.
Srinagar, Jan 21 (ANI): In a bid to sustain the tourism, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday deployed motorboats to break the frozen sheets of ice on the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar city.
Srinagar, Dec 12 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Law Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar escaped an attempt on his life by militants, who attacked his entourage Sunday night as he entered his ancestral house in Srinagar killing one of his security guards.
Srinagar, Dec 7 (ANI): The setting up of a pharmaceutical company in Jammu and Kashmir has proved to be a boon for educated youth in the valley, as they get to work and also enhance their technical skills.
Poonch, Aug.14 (ANI): A prime accused of a fake encounter case has confessed to shooting a civilian here on August 9.
Srinagar, Aug 4 (ANI): The influx of a large number of tourists in Kashmir Valley provided impetus to the business of tourist photographers.
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): Militants shot dead a civilian, Mohsin Ahmed Wani, in Sopore town of Baramulla district, while another person escaped an attack in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): Militants shot dead a civilian, Mohsin Ahmed Wani, in Sopore town of Baramulla district, while another person escaped an attack in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.
Srinagar, May 29(ANI): A non-government organization in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, has been helping specially-abled children and adults for over 10 years by providing free of cost treatment.
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir), May 1(ANI): In a landmark move, the Jammu and Kashmir government has said that it is planning to start a policy for the rehabilitation of militants who wish to join the mainstream.
Srinagar, Apr 17(ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday called for construction of five-star hotels in the state, saying that it is necessary for the development of the tourism sector.
Srinagar, Feb 9 (ANI): Wholesalers and retailers of pulses have said that the demand for it is higher in winters than in summers, while vegetables purchases take a back seat.
Poonch, Feb 9 (ANI): Police have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashir's Poonch district.
Srinagar, Jan.7 (ANI): Sub-zero temperatures partially froze the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar.
Srinagar, Jan.3 (ANI): Professor Abdul Gani Bhat, a separatist leader in Jammu and Kashmir, has admitted some prominent men of the secessionist movement were killed by their own people. They included the father of Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Abdul Gani Lone and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) ideologue Professor Abdul Ahad Wani.
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov.25 (ANI): Residents of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian District have expressed unhappiness over poor health facilities at the local hospital.
Srinagar, Nov.11 (ANI): The Kashmir Journalists Guild (KJG), an apex body of broadcast journalists in Kashmir, representing various national TV News channels held its annual election here on Thursday.
Srinagar, Oct.17 (ANI): A seminar on education was held here on Sunday in which the participating scholars and members of civil society urged the separatists and the Government to allow free movement of school buses and opening of schools for students' welfare.
Srinagar, Aug.23 (ANI): Heavy stone pelting has been reported from Prichoo Pulwama, Muran chowk, Rajpora chowk, Tahab and at the police station in Pulwama.
Yousmarg (Jammu and Kashmir), July 20 (ANI): The continuous shutdown has adversely affected scores of poor pony owners in Yousmarg, a tourist spot in the valley.
Srinagar, July 9 (ANI): Shabir Ahmed Wani, district President of Hurriyat conference, accused of trying to instigate more violence in Kashmir Valley, was arrested on Friday.
Srinagar, July 8 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry has said that it has evidence that some of the violence in the Kashmir Valley is being planned and instigated.
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir), June 28 (ANI): Tension continued in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday after a nine-year-old boy was killed allegedly during a police firing in the Delina area of Baramulla District in Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General Vikram Srivastava on Monday claimed that his force has not fired a single bullet since morning in violence hit Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir.
Srinagar, March 10 (ANI): 'She Hope Disability Centre' in Srinagar has been offering physiotherapy and corrective surgery, as well as hearing aids and low-cost prosthetic legs. Since 2001 the latter has been pioneered by Mobility Equipment Needs of the Displaced, MEND, a New Zealand-based charity.
Srinagar, Feb 13 (ANI): Minister of State for Tourism Nasir Aslam Wani has said the Jammu and Kashmir government would launch a headcount to trace missing people and to know the total number of youth, who had gone to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) since 1990s and facilitate their return.
Srinagar, Jan. 24 (ANI): Hundreds of people shouting slogans took to the streets in Pulwama district on Sunday, accusing the army of killing a villager.
Gulmarg (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 27 (ANI): Sculptures carved out of snow have become a major attraction among the tourists in the snow covered hill resort of Gulmarg here.
Udhampur (Jammu), Dec 10 (ANI): Farmers in Jammu are happy with favourable climatic conditions that would result in a bumper saffron crop.
Anantnag (J-K), Dec 4 (ANI): Jammu Kashmir police assisted by the paramilitary forces arrested a top militant belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammad.
Srinagar, Oct 29 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir government plans to introduce crop insurance scheme so that farmers and growers can get adequate compensation for crop losses incurred by them due to natural calamities.
Srinagar, Oct. 24 (ANI): A batch of Kashmiri hotel management students is mastering the techniques of cooking the famous 'Hyderabadi Biryani.'
Srinagar, Oct. 24 (ANI): A batch of Kashmiri hotel management students is mastering the techniques of cooking the famous 'Hyderabadi Biryani.'
Doda, Oct 11 (ANI): The State Government of Jammu and Kashmir distributed aid worth 2.28 crore rupees as relief among 60 militancy-hit families of Doda district.
Srinagar, Sept 16 (ANI): Sale of trout fish in Kashmir has been witnessing an upward trend, as Muslims prefer nutritious alterative to meat varieties during the holy month of Ramadan.
Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir), Sep 3 (ANI): To attract more tourists, a 15 day long festival commenced in the polo ground of Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region on Tuesday.
Srinagar, Aug 23 (ANI): The constant shrinking of agriculture lands in the Kashmir valley has become a cause of concern to farmers of the state.
Srinagar, Aug.12 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police resorted to baton charging employees for staging a protest to demand a pay hike as per recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): Union Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday took in Rajya Sabha.
Srinagar, June 30 (ANI): Roads in Srinagar wore a deserted look following the strike call given by the hardline faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference Party over the killing of two youths in Baramullah district of the state.
Baramulla, June 29(ANI): At least two people were killed and 10 others injured, including policemen, in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir after police resorted to firing to quell protests over an alleged misbehaviour with a local woman here on Monday. Hundreds of protestors took to streets to protest and demand action against the guilty persons.
Baramulla, June 29(ANI): At least one person died and 10 other wounded, including police personnel, during a protest by local people in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday.
Jammu, May 8 (IANS) The government Friday ordered a judicial probe into an allegation that army men killed a civilian in Jammu region's mountainous Doda district Thursday night, officials said Friday. The army said the villager was caught in a crossfire with militants.
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): On the occasion of Pakistan Day, the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi hosted a reception at its official premises in the capital.
Pahalgam (J-K), Mar 20 (ANI): Tourists are thronging Kashmir's Pahalgam region in large numbers giving a boost to the local economy in the region.
Srinagar, Feb 16 (ANI): All government offices and other public sector undertakings in Jammu and Kashmir remained shut on Monday due to another three-day strike called by state employees to demand implementation of the Sixth Pay panel report and enhancement of the retirement age from 58 to 60 years.
Srinagar, Feb 11 (ANI): Srinagar observed a shutdown on Wednesday in response to a call by separatists to mark the 25th anniversary of the hanging of separatist leader Maqbool Bhat in a Delhi jail.
Srinagar, Dec 30 (IANS) The Congress endorsement of Omar Abdullah as the next chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday was received with relief by National Conference supporters here. The common man now hopes the new head of the state government will deliver better than his predecessors.
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir votes Wednesday in the sixth and penultimate phase of its staggered assembly elections that have seen mass participation despite boycott calls from separatists. This round will decide the electoral fates of former chief ministers Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Doda (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 27 (IANS) Slogans, posters and rallies have heated up the election scene here. Inspired by the enthusiastic voter turnout in Kashmir Valley in the first two phases of the assembly polls, inhabitants of this mountainous belt northeast of Jammu are eagerly awaiting their turn.
Salamabad Uri (Jammu and Kashmir) Oct 21 (IANS) As trucks rolled Tuesday on both sides of the line of control (LoC) dividing Kashmir, resuming India-Pakistan trade in the region after six decades, a fruit trader displayed his 'family treasure' here - postcards from a Rawalpindi trader to his grandfather written 70 years back, talking of the profitable trade in the region.
Srinagar, Oct 18 (IANS) Sheeba Masoodi, the US-born wife of senior Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, has been allowed to stay on in the country with the state high court suspending a deportation notice served on her. The court decision was welcomed by his supporters Saturday.
Srinagar, July 30 (ANI): The new breeds of poultry birds introduced by the Department of Animal Husbandry Department have boosted the production of eggs and the number of broiler chicken in the Kashmir valley.
Srinagar, July 24 (ANI): At least five people were reportedly killed and 18 others injured in a grenade blast at Batmaloo bus stand here today.
Srinagar, July 11 (ANI): Pizza culture, which is fast catching up with leading Italian and Mexican food chain Smokin Joes across India, is making its presence felt in the Kashmir Valley prominently.
Srinagar, July 11 (ANI): Pizza culture, which is fast catching up with leading Italian and Mexican food chain Smokin Joes across India, is making its presence felt in the Kashmir Valley prominently.
