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Over 320 arrested for rioting in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar, July 9(ANI): Jammu and Kashmir police has arrested over 320 people in the valley for allegedly indulging in rioting, including seven people charged under the Public Safety Act.

The state police had chalked out a list of anti-social elements, who had been disturbing peace in various districts of the valley, before carrying out raids on [...]

Poppy cultivation in Kashmir

Jammu, July 9 (ANI): Satellite images of Jammu and Kashmir taken by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have led to shocking revelations.

Tracts of forest areas and uncultivated patches of land in the region are found to be under illegal poppy cultivation. This [...]

Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ inspires theatre artists in Kashmir

Srinagar, July 4 (ANI): Theatre experts and artistes in Jammu and Kashmir have lent a regional touch to William Shakespeare’s famous play ‘King Lear’.

They staged this play here on Friday in traditional folk style with the original Shakespeare’s King Lear [...]

Rahul Gandhi wants politics of peace, love, development

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Anantnag, Apr 27 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who addressed a joint rally with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today, said that he wanted to bring in a politics of development, love and friendship. /pp
The country can move forward only with people from [...]

Muftis give up Delhi for J and K

FOR THE sake of local politics, the Muftis have let go of national ambitions. Neither former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, nor his daughter Mehbooba Mufti, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president, would contest the Anantnag seat for the first time since 1998.
The Muftis have instead endorsed trusted partyman Peer Mohammad Hussain, [...]

National Conference concedes Ladakh seat to Congress

Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) The stalemate between Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling partners over the candidate for the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat has ended. The Congress will field its candidate with support from the National Conference in the cold desert region of the state.
According to National Conference sources, party chief Farooq Abdullah met the Congress high [...]

Omar Abdullah campaigns for Congress in Jammu

Jammu, April 1 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday urged people to vote for Congress candidates in the Jammu region in the elections, saying that the victory of the Congress would be a victory for the National Conference.
‘It is the direction of National Conference president Farooq Abdullah that you all should vote [...]

LeT militant arrested in Anantnag

Srinagar, April 1 (ANI): Security personnel arrested a Laskkhar-e-Toiba militant in Mohripora Achabal in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday in a joint operation of Anantnag Police, 162 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force and 36 and 187 Rashtriya Rifles.

A pistol, one [...]