The Supreme Court will hear on June 7 the plea by the Jammu and Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (JKTMF) challenging the state high court's direction that if, prima facie, it was found that the edibles being sold by them were not fit for human consumption, their units would be liable to be sealed.


SC to hear J&K eateries plea against likely shut down on June 7


IANS Automatic

A guerrilla hideout was busted in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Saturday  and a quantity of arms and ammunition recovered, a defence official said.


Guerrilla hideout busted in Kashmir's Rajouri


Hours after denying as "baseless" reports of a top Hizbul Mujahideen operative surrendering in Jammu and Kashmir, the army on Saturday finally said it had captured the militant in the state's Pulwama district.


Army now confirms Hizbul leader held


Six militants and an army soldier were killed and another soldier was injured on Friday in two separate gunfights in north Kashmir's Baramulla and Kupwara districts.


Six militants, soldier killed in separate Kashmir gunfights


A much-debated India-US logistics agreement will be of immense benefit as it will give India access to US military bases worldwide and does not involve any "war excchanges", while any support for operational purposes will only be on a case-by-case basis, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said.


Logistics agreement with US will help India: Parrikar (IANS Interview)


Two militants were killed on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight with security forces in Nowgam sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.


Two militants killed in Kupwara gunfight


J&K Bank, the state's only listed company, has reported a net loss of over Rs.56. crore in the quarter ended March 31 -- a first in its operational history of 75 years -- largely attributed to bad loans.


J&K Bank posts Rs.56 crore net loss for last quarter


A policeman was seriously injured on Wednesday as separatist militants attacked a security guard attached to a National Conference (NC) leader and snatched his service rifle in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Militants seriously injure cop, snatch weapon in Kashmir


The Supreme Court will hear on May 30 a plea by the J&K Traders and Manufacturers Federation (JKTMF) challenging the state high court's direction asking them to give an undertaking that if food supplied by them was not fit for human consumption, their units would be liable to be sealed.


SC to hear J&K eateries' plea against shutdown


To discourage consumption of tobacco products, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N.Vohra on Tuesday urged the Mehbooba Mufti government to increase tax on them.


Kashmir governor for raising taxes on tobacco products


Thousands of people on Tuesday bade a tearful farewell to Pandurang Mahadev Gawade, a soldier martyred in a gun battle in Kashmir, as his last rites were performed with full military honours at his Amboli village in this district, officials said.


Soldier killed in Kashmir gun battle cremated with full honours


Three Kashmir policemen were killed by suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants in two separate shoot-and-run terror attacks on Monday, tearing through a lull in Srinagar that last witnessed such a strike three years ago.


Militants kill three Kashmir policemen in shoot-and-run attacks (Third Lead)


A soldier wounded in a gunfight with guerrillas in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir died on Sunday  in a hospital, an army spokesman said.


Soldier wounded in gunfight in Kashmir dies


Five separatist guerrillas were killed on Saturday and two army men injured in a gunfight between the security forces and holed up militants in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.


Five militants killed, two army men injured in Kupwara gunfight


Authorities on Saturday imposed restrictions in parts of summer capital Srinagar to prevent a separatist called rally.


Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent separatists rally


A Pakistani man, who had been arrested and imprisoned for crossing into India illegally but had escaped after his release, was caught by the Border Security Force near the border in Jammu district as he was trying to cross over into his country, police said.


BSF nabs Pakistani trying to cross border in Jammu


Jammu city witnessed the hottest day of the season so far on Thursday, with the mercury climbing to 43.2 degrees Celsius, weather officials said, and warned of more heat ahead.


Jammu sees hottest day of season


Forest fires engulfed large areas in the Trikuta Hills of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, near the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, even as authorities used all possible means to douse the flames, officials said on Tuesday.


Forest fires engulf large area near Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine


A militant was killed while two others were apprehended near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Monday in a search by the army after reports of an infiltration bid, defence officials said.


One guerrilla killed, two held by army near LoC


Defence Secretary G. Mohan Kumar Sunday visited forward areas along the line of control (LoC) in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence official said.


Defence secretary visits LoC in Poonch, Rajouri


Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda Sunday laid foundation stones of three medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir - one in the Jammu region and two in the Kashmir Valley.

Page 46 -