Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra on Monday said that though the state witnessed a perceptible improvement in the internal security environment, the security force casualties in 2013 were a matter of concern.
Curfew-like-restrictions were imposed in Srinagar and other major towns in Kashmir by the authorities early on Sunday on the first anniversary of the hanging of convicted terrorist Afzal Guru.
A local court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant against former Jammu and Kashmir junior health minister Shabir Ahmad Khan allegedly involved in sexual assault on a doctor in Srinagar.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has accepted the resignation of Health Minister Shabir Ahmad Khan, who stepped down after he was accused of molestation by a local doctor.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered an first information report against Health Minister Shabir Ahmad Khan for alleged sexual assault after a complaint by a woman doctor.
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Monday went about doling out cash and gifts to Congressmen and journalists in Uttar Pradesh to apparently ensure their allegiance to him before the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal may not have succeeded in getting the two policemen shifted for allegedly patronising a drug racket. But in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, theft of seven buffaloes belonging to state's powerful minister Azam Khan led the authorities to promptly punish three cops.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Jammu and briefed him about the peace and development scenario prevailing in the state at present.
After doling out a very special favour to actress Madhuri Dixit by exempting her latest film 'Dedh Iskiya' from entertainment tax in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has now also announced a similar concession for Salman Khan's Jai Ho.
Taking serious note of the rampant corruption in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Uttar Pradesh, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Friday ordered a Central Bureau of Investogation probe into the alleged large scale financial bungling brought to its notice through a public interest litigation, moved by local journalist Sachchidanand Gupta .
The suspended Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service, following a narcotic haul from a PoK truck early this month is set to resume on Monday.
Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav's craving to get the country's top job once again came to the fore on Tuesday, when prominent Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan openly called upon madrasas of the state to strive towards making the Samajwadi Party supremo the next prime minister.
A Swiss skier was killed and two others wounded by an avalanche in the north Kashmir's ski resort Gulmarg on Friday afternoon.
The army closed the alleged Pathribal fake encounter case on Thursday saying that "the evidence recorded could not establish a prime facie case against any of the accused persons, but clearly established that it was a joint operation by the police and the army based on specific intelligence".
Skirting any comments on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (demonstration on the streets of Delhi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi chose to train his guns at the Uttar Pradesh government for neglecting Amethi, the Gandhi family's political bastion.
One militant was killed in a fierce ongoing encounter in south Kashmir on Monday.
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service was cancelled on Monday following the recovery of 114 kg narcotics from a truck, which crossed over from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, triggering a standoff between the two sides.
Senior army officers of India and Pakistan will meet in the Poonch sector of the Line of Control in the Jammu region on Friday.
BSP boss known for her over-the-top celebrations, where crores are splurged, has decided to keep it low this year. Does Kejriwal have anything to do with this?
Sharat Pradhan gets mixed reactions from locals, as the Aam Aadmi Party takes a stride into Amethi, the bastion of the Congress VP.
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