The fire incident that devastated Srinagar’s nearly 250-year-old Sufi shrine on Monday, initially perceived to be result of electric short circuit, is fast turning into an intriguing mystery which pol

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has ordered immediate restoration of gutted Dastageer Sahib Shrine at Khanyar strictly as per its heritage characteristics.

"The restoration of the

The over 200-year-old shrine of Dastageer Sahib was on Monday gutted in a fire at Khanyar in old city, triggering protests by locals.

In a rare case, a woman in Kashmir on Thursday gave birth to quintuplets - three boys and two girls - at a government hospital here, officials said.

Afroza, a resident of Larkipora village of central

Security forces shot dead two guerrillas of the Hizbul Mujaheedin in Jammu and Kashmir early on Saturday, police said.

Men from 29 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group (SOG) surrounded Nilla

A police officer was shot dead on Friday by separatist guerrillas near a police station in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, police said.

"Separatist guerrillas fired from close range at Sukhpal

Life across Srinagar and other towns of Kashmir Valley were affected on Saturday by a shutdown called by hardline senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani against the conviction of Kashmiri separatis

The death toll in an avalanche in north Kashmir has risen to three, an official said on Wednesday.

"Three bodies have been recovered from under the avalanche debris in Badwan village of Gurez tehsil.

Landslides and shooting stones on Wednesday blocked the Srinagar-Jammu highway even as the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) started road clearance operations early morning, an official said.

According

Kashmir Valley remained cut off from the rest of the country for the third day on Wednesday due to heavy snowfall, fresh landslides and an avalanche hitting the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Due to