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.


Nadda lays foundation of three medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir


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The suspension came after investigations proved that the chief security officer of the airport had breached security

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The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday recovered a quantity of heroin valued at Rs.10 crores near the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu district, police said.


BSF recovers heroin valued at Rs.10 crores in Jammu


Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is planning to construct staff quarters near one of its premier laboratories located in Gulmarg inviting bids for it, despite a court order banning construction activities in and around the ecologically fragile ski resort of Jammu and Kashmir.


BARC plan to construct staff quarters at Gulmarg may violate court ban (IANS Exclusive)


Three students were washed away by flash floods in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said.


Three students die in Ramban flash floods


Five people, including a father and his son, were killed on Thursday in a road accident near the border town of Uri in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.


Five killed in Kashmir road accident


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said  it would re-visit the industrial policy approved by the administrative council when the state was under Governor's Rule from January to April and the new version won't compromise the state's special status under Article 370 on the Indian constitution.


Jammu & Kashmir government to re-visit industrial policy


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday asked security forces to maintain utmost restraint to avoid civilian killings and collateral damage to civilian property while carrying out anti-militancy operations in the state.


Maintain utmost restraint to avoid civilian deaths, Mehbooba tells security


A 23-year-old Kashmiri IIT graduate on Tuesday made it to the second rank in the coveted civil services final list for this year.


Kashmiri engineer is second IAS topper


Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambassador to the US, says that an ex-chief of the ISI spy agency had admitted that "some retired Pakistani Army officers" were involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack that claimed 116 lives and injured hundreds of others in 2008.


Retired Pakistani Army officers were involved in 26/11: Husain Haqqani


Hundreds of space enthusiasts in Delhi witnessed a tiny black dot crossing the Sun, marking a rare astronomical event -- the Mercury transit as the planet crossed the Sun between 4.43 p.m. and 7.01 p.m. on Monday.


Hundreds witness Mercury transit in Delhi, scientists in Srinagar disappointed


The sprawling wetlands in Kashmir have long served as nature's first line of defence against an outbreak of violent floods the valley is so prone to. But the marshes are shrinking fast, increasing fears of a looming disaster similar to what it witnessed in 2014.


Of shrinking wetlands & looming environmental disaster in Kashmir (Special to IANS)


Water is all they claim to have had in the last 10 days of their sit-in fast at Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) 'Freedom Square'. And yet these fasting students, whose health is sinking rapidly, vow to carry on till their hunger "to be free" is satiated.


Health sinking, but JNU fast to continue until 'freedom' 


The kingpin of the multi-crore Haj and Umrah travel scandal in Jammu and Kashmir in 2011 has been arrested from New Delhi from where he was trying to flee abroad and brought back here on Friday, police said.


Main accused in Kashmir Haj travel scandal arrested


A child's death, allegedly due to negligence, at a local doctor's clinic in Doda town of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday led to protests in the town, police said.


Child dies at private clinic in Doda, protests erupt


The army has restructured its requirements for land in Jammu and Kashmir and would free land not required for operational reasons, the home ministry said here in a statement.


Army to free land in J&K for development projects


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged the international community to recognise the potential of her state's youth by utilising their knowledge and expertise in key areas.


Recognise J&K youth's potential: Mehbooba tells world community


Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the central government had "thankfully realized its mistake of calling off talks with Pakistan on the issue of separatist leaders meeting the Pakistan high commissioner".


Central government realized mistake of calling off talks with Pakistan: Omar


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sought Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) support for youth empowerment in the state, while urging premier banking institutions to reach out to young, budding entrepreneurs and help them establish viable business units.


Mehbooba Mufti seeks RBI support for youth empowerment


A soldier of the counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles (RR) died in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday after shooting himself accidentally with his service weapon, defence sources said.


Soldier killed in accidental firing in Kashmir


Asserting that electric power is the key for a rebound of Jammu and Kashmir's economy, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the identified 15,000 MW potential of the state needs to be harnessed.

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