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Education Minister bars schools from forcing parents to buy books from specific vendors

SRINAGAR, Oct. 15 -- Education Minister Itoo on Wednesday said private schools must allow parents to purchase textbooks and uniforms from vendors of their choice, making it clear that no school should... Read More


Three J&K soft tennis players to represent India at world championship in China

JAMMU, Oct. 14 -- Three players from the Khelo India Soft Tennis Centre in Jammu and Kashmir - Sidhani Singh, Shreemai Bhatt and Madhvender Singh Sambyal - have been selected to represent India at the... Read More


BIMSTEC adopts Delhi Declaration; aims to combat cross-border terrorism, narcotics smuggling

NEW DELHI, Oct. 14 -- The first meeting of Home Ministers of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) concluded in New Delhi on Tuesday with the ado... Read More


Rain, snowfall bring chill to Kashmir; more wet weather forecast

SRINAGAR, Oct. 14 -- Rain and fresh snowfall in higher reaches brought a sharp chill to Kashmir on Tuesday, with snowfall reported in Gulmarg, Gurez, Razdan Pass and other mountainous areas as the Met... Read More


Friday Sermon Issue: Omar, Mehbooba, Sajad oppose move; Wakf retracts, says no such directive

Srinagar, Oct. 14 -- Under fire from across Jammu and Kashmir's political and religious spectrum, J&K Wakf Board chairperson Darakhshan Andrabi on Tuesday mounted a hasty defence of a proposed plan fo... Read More


CM reviews arrangements for Darbar Move

Srinagar, Oct. 14 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday reviewed arrangements for the Darbar Move, the biannual shifting of Jammu and Kashmir's capital between Srinagar and Jammu. Abdullah chair... Read More


BJP resolution highlights post-2019 changes in J&K

JAMMU, Oct. 14 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said a resolution adopted at its Jammu and Kashmir State Executive Meeting highlighted changes in infrastructure, healthcare, welfare deli... Read More


J&K Bank felicitates JKPICCA president for agri-infrastructure efforts

SRINAGAR, Oct. 12 -- Jammu and Kashmir Bank has felicitated Bashir Ahmad Naik, president of the Jammu and Kashmir Fruits and Vegetables Processing and Integrated Cold Chain Association (JKPICCA), for ... Read More


Record rainfall kills two in Jammu, triggers flash floods and landslides

Jammu/Srinagar, Oct. 12 -- Two people, including a woman, died as record-breaking rainfall battered Jammu on Sunday, inundating residential areas, disrupting traffic and triggering landslides at sever... Read More


J&K open, ready for Global Capability Centres: LG Sinha

Jammu, Oct. 11 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today said that Jammu & Kashmir is poised to emerge as a significant destination for Global Capability Centres, driven by its young talent, improving ... Read More