The Acting Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, Amrit Malhotra, today called on Governor N N Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here. During their meeting, the two discussed various issues relating to economic development, corruption, accountability and governance, an official spokesman said.
SRINAGAR: Police in Indian Kashmir on Friday detained a man suspected of sending an e-mail claiming responsibility for a bomb at New Delhi's High Court that left 13 dead.
The unverified e-mail, which said the Pakistan-based militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) carried out Wednesday's attack, had been traced to a cybercafe in Kishtwar, near the Kashmiri city of Jammu.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said investigators have taken into custody the person suspected to have sent the e-mail from Jammu and Kashmir owning the responsibility for the Delhi High Court blast two days ago. "The person has been taken into custody for interrogation,"
Chidambaram told reporters in New Delhi.
Five persons were today killed and 13 others injured in different road mishaps in Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.A truck, carrying bovines from Ramnagar to Srinagar, skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge outside Ramnagar in Udhampur district, they said.In the mishap, two persons - Mohammad Ashraf and Mohammad Rafiq - were killed and nine others injured along with the cattle, they said, adding that the injured were admitted
Normal life across Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar was marred on Saturday because of separatists calling a shutdown and official restrictions being put in place ahead of a rally by separatist groups. Authorities have placed Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, un
der house arrest in his uptown Nigeen residence.
Restrictions have been imposed on public movement in nine police station areas of the old city in order to scuttle Saturday’s separatist
Though Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls were held on a non-party basis, the Congress on Saturday claimed it has an edge in these elections as vote percentage of candidates backed by it has increased in comparison to the 2008 Assembly elections. "Sarpanchs and Panchs elected with Congress ideology have shown edge to the Congress in Panchayati polls in Kashmir even as elections are going on," JK Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President and MP Saif-ud-Din Soz
Kashmir Valley was jolted by two moderate intensity earthquakes within a span of 10 hours on Sunday but there was no reports of damage, official said.
The first tremor, measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale was felt at 2.37 am followed by another tremor of 4.7 magnitude at 12.18 pm, the officials said.
The tremors rattled Srinagar and other parts of the valley, prompting the people to rush out. So far, there was no report of any
Expressing hope that buyers from national and international market would outnumber the sellers at the trade fair in Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said Jammu and Kashmir is open to business for trade, tourism and handicrafts.
Jammu: Five persons were detained in connection with the car-bomb explosion in which one person was killed and 10 others injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, police said today.
Five persons were detained for questioning in connection with the yesterday's explosion near Army Cantonment at Brimi bridge. They are being questioned about the car used in the blast and movement of suspected persons in the area before the explosion, Udhampur-Reasi range DIG Jagjit Kumar said.
Jammu: The stage is being set for the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir, with the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) starting the registration process from May 10.
Countrywide internet registration for the pilgrimage is a new feature this year.
The pilgrimage is to begin June 29 and go on till Aug 13, the day Hindus celebrate the Raksha Bandhan festival.
The registration of pilgrims is mandatory because of the mountainous tracks