The higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to receive snowfall from Saturday onwards.


Weather likely to worsen in J&K


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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed said on Friday that dispensing with the 90:10 funding pattern for centrally-sponsored Schemes (CSSs) for special category states will have serious implications for his state which has seen a difficult period since 1947.


Scrapping 90:10 funding pattern for special states not fair: Sayeed


Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, who has dedicated the five National Film Awards that his film "Haider" has bagged, to Kashmiri Pandits, has left veteran actor Anupam Kher irked.


Bhardwaj dedicates National Awards to Kashmiri Pandits, Anupam Kher irked


As Kashmiri separatists met the Pakistani envoy here again on Tuesday, the third time in three days, the opposition slammed junior external affairs minister V.K. Singh for having attended the Pakistan Day event and later expressing his "disgust" on Twitter.


V.K. Singh faces flak for tweets, says attending event 'diplomatic civility'


Army's western command chief, Lt. Gen. K.J.Singh, Tuesday visited Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district where guerrillas attacked the an army camp last week and interacted with field commanders, a defence statement said.


Army commander visits Samba, meets field commanders


Leaders of the Hurriyat Conference and other separatist outfits as well as Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. (retd) V.K. Singh attended the Pakistan Day function here on Monday, even as India made it clear that there was no place for any third party while dealing with Kashmir and other issues with Islamabad.


Hurriyat leaders, V.K. Singh at Pakistan Day, India rules out third party in talks (Intro Roundup)


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Monday said he was concerned over drug abuse in the state, and that a multi-pronged strategy has to be evolved to check the menace.


Sayeed concerned over drug abuse in Kashmir


A day after Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq met Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit here, India on Monday made it clear that there was no place for any third party while dealing with issues with Islamabad.


No scope of third party vis-a-vis Pakistan: India


Ahead of attending the Pakistan Day function here on Monday, moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday said the grouping wants to lend full support to the India- Pakistan dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir.


Hurriyat leader in Delhi to attend Pakistan Day function


Jammu and Kashmir's budget for 2015-16 proposes abolition of water tax, cash stipends for young girls and continuing VAT remission to industries till uniform GST comes into force in the country.


Incentives for girl child, industries, smart cities in Kashmir budget


Two women and a boy were killed on Saturday after being buried under an avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, police said.


Three killed in Kashmir avalanche


Two guerrillas attacked an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Saturday but were gunned down by the security forces. Without naming Pakistan, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said such attempts show the neighbouring country's "desperation".


Army camp attacked in Kashmir, both terrorists killed (Roundup)


India on Friday rebuffed Pakistan's attempts to involve the separatist Hurriyat in talks on Jammu and Kashmir, saying that it has always stood for resolving all bilateral issues, including on Kashmir, peacefully and there would never be "any scope" for a third party coming in.


No scope ever for third party in talks with Pakistan: India


Five people died on the spot while two succumbed to injuries later after their vehicle plunged 400 feet down a gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.


Seven killed in Jammu and Kashmir accident


The Srinagar-Jammu national highway re-opened for traffic on Thursday after remaining closed for four consecutive days due to landslides triggered by incessant rain and snowfall in the state.


Srinagar-Jammu highway re-opens after four days


The Indian Army on Wednesday organised a light and sound show depicting the trials and tribulations of the soldiers and the people while braving terrorism and aggression in Jammu and Kashmir.


Army show depicts hardships faced in Kashmir


The PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir faces its first major financial challenge as it braces up to present the annual budget in the assembly session starting Wednesday and though economist Haseeb Drabu is the state's first professionally qualified finance minister, his task is far from easy, say experts.


Uphill task for Kashmir's first professionally-qualified finance minister


A total of 21 soldiers were injured in road accident on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said.


21 soldiers injured in Kashmir road accident


Uninterrupted daylong snowfall on Monday cut off the Kashmir Valley from the rest of India, disrupting surface and air traffic. Electric supply also snapped at many places here.


Daylong snowfall hits life in Kashmir Valley


In a major sweep, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday ordered the transfer of nearly 55 senior officials of the civil and police departments almost a fortnight after the PDP-BJP combine assumed power.


Major administrative overhaul in Jammu and Kashmir


The Indian Army said on Saturday that the life sentence awarded to another soldier after a court martial in the Machil fake encounter case will be executable only after it is confirmed by the GOC-n-C northern command.

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