A separatist sponsored shutdown affected normal life in Srinagar and other towns Saturday.
The NCP on Friday sought to push the Congress leadership into a corner with its two senior leaders Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel believed to have resigned from the Union cabinet aggrieved over a variety of issues including no 2 slot for Pawar and Congress' treatment of its allies.
Communist Party of India Marxist's senior leader Brinda Karat has blasted Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gagoi after the CM's office revealed the identity of the young girl who was molested on the streets of Guwahati last week.
Over 500,000 pilgrims have so far visited the holy Amarnath cave shrine in the Himalayas, although only 3.50 lakh had registered themselves from different parts of the country for this year's yatra.
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Fifteen pilgrims were killed and 18 others wounded in a road accident in the mountainous Ramban district of Jammu region on Saturday night.
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday announced its support to the United Progressive Alliance presidential nominee, Pranab Mukherjee.
Director General of Assam police J N Chaudhary confirmed on Friday night that the Union home ministry has asked him to send a detailed report on molestation of a minor girl in Guwahati on Monday.
A novel protest by a sitting MLA against the dog menace was frustrated by the Jammu and Kashmir police in summer capital Srinagar on Wednesday.
The presidential nominee of the United Progressive Alliance, Pranab Mukherjee is set to have a rewarding visit to Jammu and Kashmir on July 15.
A New Delhi-bound Air India airplane made an emergency landing at Nawabshah Airport in southern Sindh on Monday after developing a technical problem with its hydraulic system. All 122 passengers and crew members on board the plane are safe.
The injured troopers of 50 RR were immediately evacuated to the local hospital at Pampore where one soldier succumbed while the other was referred by attending doctors to the army base hospital in Srinagar for specialised treatment. The two RR jawans were part of a road opening party," the officer said.
Bhartiya Janata Party general secretary Anant Kumar and Janata Party chief Dr Subramanian Swamy will meet the Election Commission to complain about the Rajya Sabha secretary general for rejecting their demand that United Progressive Alliance nominee Pranab Mukherjee should be disqualified, as he was the chairman of the Indian statistical Institute Kolkata when he filed his nomination paper for the Presidential election.
Chairman of the moderate, All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq on Friday lambasted the government for 'wooing tourists from Israel'.
Three unidentified terrorists were killed in a fierce encounter in north Kashmir Baramulla district on Thursday.
Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir, a religiopolitical organisation on Wednesday asked tourists to follow a proper dress code or stop visiting the Himalayan Valley.
A police constable was shot at and killed by unidentified militants in south Kashmir Pulwama district late on Tuesday afternoon.
P A Sangma, former speaker and a candidate for the President's post, on Monday expressed hope that the Election Commission was aware of the fact that United Progressive Alliance's candidate Pranab Mukherjee held an office of profit while filing his nomination for the post.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that the government has offered to rebuild Dustgeer Sahib, the Sufi shrine that was destroyed in a massive fire this week. He was addressing the media at Shastri Bhavan in New Delhi in his monthly meeting.
Union Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday resigned in the wake of a Himachal Pradesh court framing corruption charges against him.
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