Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who is currently one among the Cabinet Ministers, has accused the Government for havening ‘‘bias against Kashmiri Muslims’’ and has demanded the Centre to stop such a mindset.
 
‘‘We’re a ...

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has requested Home Minister P. Chidambaram to review the restriction imposed on the usage of prepaid mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir.
 
According to official sources, Farooq raised the issue during an informal chat with ...

Home Minister P. Chidambaram has promised the Kashmiri Pundits that he would do his best to fulfil the central government's commitment on the return and rehabilitation of the migrants to Jammu and Kashmir.
 
The return and rehabilitation of the 350,000 Kashmiri migrant Hindus, who fled the ...

Home Minister P. Chidambaram has cited that Jammu and Kashmir will continue to face the ban on pre-paid mobile connections because of security issues.
 
Chidambaram, who was in Kashmir yesterday for monitoring the ongoing work of rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pundits, mentioned that the ...

Home Minister P Chidambaram will pay a visit to Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday for reviewing the security situation of the state along with the assessment of efforts being taken for rehabilitating Kashmiri Pandit migrants.
 
"He is visiting Jammu for a day on Nov 4," state ...

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has cited that government is looking into withdrawing the paramilitary forces from Jammu & Kashmir along with the "vacation of occupied houses and land" by the army. This comes a day after Manmohan Singh mentioned that he was ready for holding ...

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said Kashmir has a "special place in secular democracy of India" and that all problems can be resolved through "democratic process of dialogue".
 
"There would always be problems, but there is no ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has mentioned that Indian government had committed "unprecedented resources" for the "comprehensive reconstruction" of Jammu and Kashmir but he also expressed his regrets that the people have been able to enjoy them very ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with citing that India was ready for holding talks with Pakistan has requested Islamabad to "curb the activities of those elements that are engaging in terrorism in India".
  
Stressing that India is ready for discussing all the issues with ...

Reports suggest that the Chief Minister of the Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah will be holding talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during which he will include the topic of climate change.
 
Disturbed over the deteriorating environmental situation in Jammu and Kashmir, where forests are ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrived in Kashmir on Wednesday on a two-day visit. 
 
A special aircraft carrying the Prime Minister and the UPA chairperson landed at the technical area of the Srinagar international airport ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has mentioned that he is hoping to hold talks with separatist Hurriyat Conference for discussing issues related to Jammu and Kashmir in a “constructive” way.
 
Citing that he will soon be in Kashmir, he mentioned that he had "always maintained ...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has mentioned that he is in favour of "practical, pragmatic solutions" for the Jammu & Kashmir issues and he wishes to have a dialogue with the separatist Hurriyat Conference.
 
Manmohan Songh, while citing that he will visit the disputed ...

According to the latest reports, the Central Government, on Wenesday, mentioned that it has plans for banning prepaid mobile connections in Kashmir for security reasons. This can affect nearly 38 lakh people of the state who use prepaid connections from various operators.
 
Union Home ...

Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to initiate work on the second phase of the Baglihar hydroelectric project in Ramban district. The work should start in six months and is aimed at boosting the power generation capacity of the state.
 
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah paid a visit to the ...

A Jammu and Kashmir court in the Rajouri district handed death sentence to a convicted terrorist in a landmark first for the troubled state.
 
The terrorist, Mohammad Younus alias Amir Khan, was convicted for the murder of five members of a family and will be hanged to death at a yet ...

Union HRD minister told on Friday that the Indian Institute of Management will not be set up in Jammu and Kashmir now. The decision was adopted by the ministry as Jammu and Kashmir recently got two central universities.
 
"It has been decided to drop the proposal for the establishment ...

According to the J&K Traffic Department officials, the Jawahar Tunnel, which is about two-and-half kilometres long, will be open round the clock.
 
 "The Jawahar tunnel will remain open for vehicular traffic round the clock and arrangements for night traffic movement at the ...

The resignation of J&K Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has been rejected by the Governor N.N. Vohra on Thursday.  Omar had submitted Tuesday after the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) linked him to a 2006 prostitution racket.
 
The governor said there was no reason for the ...

PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti tore up a CBI letter that contained the proof for the innocence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2006 sex scandal while the ruling National Conference has decided to move a breach of privilege motion against her party's Muzaffar Hussain Baig.
 
The Law ...

Home Minister P. Chidambaram firmly said that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's name did not figure in the probe into a sex scandal that had rocked the state in 2006.
 
"The CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) has concluded the case and his (Abdullah) name does not ...

The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir had submitted his resignation to the Kashmir governor due to the accusations related to 2006 sex scandal.
 
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra accepted the resignation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
 
Abdullah submitted his resignation to ...

They have families, jobs and a regular little life in Manali. Yet for around four months each year, many local men here give it all up to play hosts to travellers at icy Himalayan camps - for the sake of an extra buck, of course, but also for some good old male bonding.
 

They are the ...

The luxury bus service between this scenic Himachal Pradesh town and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir has been restored, six months after it was stopped, an official said in Manali on Wednesday.

"The luxury bus service between Manali and Leh restarted Tuesday after remaining closed for more than ...

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Sunday visited Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir amid a rousing welcome in the cold desert region of the state. 
 
Ansari is the first vice president of the country to visit the Kargil sector, bordering Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir, where ...

Jammu and Kashmir will host an international ski championship from March 1, 2009. According to state's tourism minister, Nawang Rigzin Jora, the four-day international sports event will take place at the snow-clad Gulmarg resort in Kashmir. The minister also informed that the state's tourism ...

Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd has inked an accord with the state government to set up IT centres in the state. Under the newly signed agreement, as many as 1109 service centres will be set up in all the 22 districts which will cover 6654 villages and generate 2000 jobs for the computer-skilled ...

Dr. Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of J & K and President of National Conference, was elected to Rajya Sabha along with his party colleague Mohammad Shafi Uri, on Friday (February 13).
 
According to the returning officer, while Farooq Abdulla polled 27 votes, his party man ...

The National Conference party of Jammu and Kashmir has got former CM Farooq Abdullah as its president once again. Farooq Abdullah was made the president of the party because Omar Abdullah who earlier held the post became the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on January 5. Farooq Abdullah had ...

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N. N. Vohra on Wednesday (7th January) reconstituted the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) by appointing six new members including santoor maestro Pandit Bhjan Sopori, spiritual leader Sri Ravi Shankar and leading writer Kapila Vatsayan.
 
According to a ...