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SRINAGAR: After nearly 250 years the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar is all set to get a new look as the restoration work of the minarets of the Mosque began on Tuesday. The restoration work is undertaken by Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid…

SRINAGAR: In the Funding case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has raided several places in Srinagar city on Tuesday. They were also raided in the house of Kashmir's businessman Ejaz Ahmad Hakak and his chemist shop in Nauhatta.…

SRINAGAR: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed concerns over the situation in Kashmir, calling for a ‘positive dialogue’ for peaceful settlement of the issue. “I remain concerned by the situation in Jammu…

SRINAGAR: Failure of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to take measures for controlling fast growing population of stray dogs is taking a heavy toll on people in the summer capital Srinagar. In absence of any regulation, children and…

Wahid Bhat SRINAGAR: Amid boom of cellular service, the huge number of mobile towers have been erected in residential, commercial areas. However the authorities seem unmoved over the hazards due to huge dose of radiations emitting from…

Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik was on Tuesday arrested in Srinagar to prevent him from carrying out an election boycott campaign, said a party spokesman. Reports said that a police party raided the Abi Guzar…

Palu: More than 1,200 people are now known to have died in the quake-tsunami that smashed into Sulawesi, Indonesia said Tuesday, as police pledged to clamp down on looting by survivors taking advantage of the chaos. There were reports of…

Srinagar: Dr Shan-i-Alam Shah, a gynaecologist posted in Sub District Hospital (SDH) Tral manhandled the journalist Irfan Amin Malik at his clinic on Sunday when he was working on a story about absence of doctors in the hospital. Kashmir…

Ganderbal: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) official allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Dignibal area of Ganderbal district in central Kashmir on Monday. Inspector Guti Lal (No:12070015) of 13 BN SSB shot himself dead with…

SRINAGAR: Director General of Police, Shri. Dilbag Singh has sanctioned Special Rewards to five wards of police personnel for qualifying competitive exams. Rupees ten thousand each has been sanctioned for the wards who have qualified MBBS,…