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After 73 years of wait for power, 3 J&K villages along LOC on national grid

For three hours of electricity, the Keran area, with a population of 14,000 in four panchayats, was till recently dependent on three old diesel generator sets

BJP worker shot at by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district

A police official said militants fired upon Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora area of Budgam in central Kashmir this morning, leaving him injured

From Banaras to Kashmir

He is a product of politics where guns are passe. So he doesn't scare easily

Mahathir admits Malaysia-India ties strained due to his Kashmir remarks

Mahathir, who was once world's longest-serving elected leader and now eyeing to make a comeback, said he has been making comments about affairs from all over the world

Govt plans to bring new law to protect land rights of J&K locals: Official

In a bid to allay the fears of locals, the Centre is likely to bring a new law which will protect the land rights of the people belonging to Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Friday.

Dialogue with people will start soon, there should be peace in JK: LG Sinha

New lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said the administration would soon initiate direct dialogue with the people to end the situation of uncertainty and the menace of terrorism.

REC removes Chinese firm from J&K Smart Meter project over Ladakh impasse

The project costing Rs 125-crore was awarded by RECPDCL, an arm of Rural Electrification Corporation under the ministry of power, in September 2019

Manoj Sinha takes oath as new lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir

Former Union minister Manoj Sinha was on Friday was sworn in as the new lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir, the first political leader to take charge of the union territory.

OIC's reluctance to convene FMs meeting on Kashmir upsets Pakistan

Pakistan has been pushing the 57-member organisation for the foreign ministers' meeting since India revoked the special status of the Jammu and Kashmir in last August

BJP crushing democracy by treating Saifuddin Soj like a prisoner: Priyanka

Soz, earlier this week, was quoted in media reports claiming that he continued to be under house detention

Closer India-US ties important amidst Chinese 'aggression': US lawmakers

The United States will remain steadfast in support of India's efforts to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, said the letter dated August 5

China-backed attempt by Pak to discuss Kashmir at United Nations fails

Many members of the Security Council underlined that Jammu and Kashmir was a bilateral matter, says the Indian envoy

Ratle hydroelectric power project to be revived soon: Jitendra Singh

The 850-MW Ratle hydroelectric power project in Jammu and Kashmir, work on which was stalled for the past six years, will be revived soon, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. The hydroelectric project is a run-of-river scheme located on river Chenab in Kishtwar district of the union territory. The preliminary work such as construction of access roads and diversion tunnels was started in 2013 but the work got stopped due to various issues cropping up between the then government of Jammu & Kashmir and the company to which the contract of the project had been awarded, according to an official statement. On the intervention and follow-up by Singh, the Union Ministry of Power has now, in consultation with the government of Jammu & Kashmir, made a revival plan for implementation of the power project, it said. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and the government of J&K, the statement issued by the ...

India lashes out at China for calling reorganisation of J&K 'illegal'

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said China is advised not to comment on the internal affairs of other nations.

J-K witnesses spike in arrest of terrorists post Article 370 abrogation

A massive spike has been witnessed in the arrest of terrorists and terror suspects from the Kashmir Valley since August last year when the Centre abrogated Article 370

Abrogation of Article 370: Tracking change Jammu and Kashmir one year later

Government assures Kashmiris they will get to change political representatives as militancy continues

Pak unveils new map including J&K, India calls it ridiculous and illegal

'These ridiculous assertions have neither legal validity nor international credibility,' India said

J&K after Article 370

The govt has not achieved all its objectives

Govt's promises while abrogating Article 370 proved to be a mirage: CPI(M)

CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Tuesday said all the promises made by the Centre at the time of abrogating article 370 last year proved to be a mirage. "It has been a year since BJP government scrapped J&K's special status under Article 370 , 35A demoted the erstwhile state into two Union Territories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah justified the decision on the floor of the house, that it would end decades-long militancy, separatism and corruption in the region and bring development, jobs and prosperity, Tarigami said in a statement on the eve of first anniversary of revocation of Article 370 "However, one year down the line, promises proved to be a mirage and the claims a hoax. None of the aforementioned claims pass the test of reality," he said. The CPI(M) leader questioned the use of acts like the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Public Safety Act (PSA) if the security scenario had improved in Jammu and Kashmir. "If ...

Pak's attempts to involve UN in J-K issue has not 'borne fruit': India

Last month, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi raised the issue Jammu and Kashmir in his address to the High-Level Segment of UN ECOSOC