The weather office here Tuesday forecast moderate to heavy snowfall at many places in Jammu and Kashmir between Jan 8 and 10.


Snowfall forecast in Kashmir


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AAP leader Prashant Bhushan's reported call for a referendum on army deployment in Kashmir created a storm Monday, with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal quickly distancing his party from the purported statement.


As others fume, AAP disagrees with Bhushan on Kashmir (Intro Roundup)



As others fume, AAP disagrees with Bhushan on Kashmir (Roundup)


AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said Monday that Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India and there was no question of challenging its accession to the country.


Didn't challenge Kashmir's accession to India: Bhushan


The CPI-M Monday asked the Gujarat government to withdraw the FIR registered against rights activist Teesta Setalvad, calling it "a most vindictive act".


Withdraw FIR against Setalvad, says CPI-M


The CPI-M Monday said that army deployment must be decided by the government and it is not an issue of public debate.


Army deployment in Kashmir can't be debated: CPI-M


The Indian Air Force has rescued 72 people trapped in heavy snow in the hilly Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said Saturday.


IAF rescues 72 trapped people in Jammu region


Temperatures remained below freezing point throughout the Kashmir Valley Saturday as a severe cold wave swept the plains and the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir.


Cold wave in Kashmir Valley, Ladakh coldest


The daughter of a man killed by separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district in 2001 was married Friday with the army's help.


Daughter of man killed by militants married with army's help


Jammu and Kashmir Governor N. N. Vohra Friday stressed the habit of book reading must be revived among the youth


Book reading habit must be revived among youth: Kashmir Governor


Only one-way traffic will be allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar highway Friday after all stranded vehicles on the road were cleared Thursday evening, it was announced here.


Jammu-Srinagar highway cleared, to be one-way from Friday


Following recent heavy snowfall in the Kashmir Valley and mountainous areas of Jammu region, the Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday ordered all divisional and district heads of civil and police administration not to leave their headquarters without prior permission.


Kashmir officials told not to leave their headquarters


There will be zero tolerance to rights violations by troops in Jammu and Kashmir, the army's northern command chief said Thursday as he briefed Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on counter-insurgency operations in the state.


Zero tolerance to rights violations in Kashmir: Army commander


For the third day Thursday, the strategic Srinagar-Jammu highway remained closed due to heavy snowfall, cutting road contact between Kashmir and the rest of the country, authorities said.


Srinagar-Jammu highway closed for third day


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday reviewed work done to restore essential services and mitigate difficulties faced by the people in the wake of heavy snowfall in the Valley.


Omar Abdullah reviews work after snowfall in Valley


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Wednesday he missed the fun and thrill of the season's heaviest snowfall as both surface and air links were suspended to the Kashmir Valley for the second day.


Omar misses thrill of season's heaviest snowfall in Kashmir


A fast track court here Tuesday awarded the death penalty to a man convicted of the rape of a seven-year-old girl in 2010.


Jammu court sends rapist to death


A fast track court here Tuesday awarded the death penalty to an accused charged with the rape of a seven-year-old girl in 2010.


Jammu court sentences rape accused to death


A Pakistani who stayed on the Indian side of the international border for over two years was arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) in Kathua district of Jammu region, police said Monday.


Pakistani residing on Indian side of border arrested


Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar experienced its coldest night Sunday at minus 5.3 degrees Celsius. Kargil town in Ladakh region was the the coldest in the state at minus 18.9 degrees Celsius.


Srinagar, Kargil record lowest temperatures of season


The central government has doubled fund allocation to Rs.424 crore from the previous Rs.212 crore for the health sector in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Sunday.

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