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Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah is guest at Adda today
December 17, 2025 5:11 pm
With police not under the elected government, and Raj (Lok) Bhawan vested with significant powers including even transfer and postings of IAS officers, the Chief Minister is faced with administrative limitations on one side and huge public expectation on the other.
As Srinagar becomes an urban and tourist hub, a scientific plan to deal with the city’s waste management problem
December 09, 2025 5:32 pm
Under a new plan, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation through scientific means shall excavate, stabilise, process, treat and dispose of the existing legacy waste in an environmentally sustainable manner
J&K police station blast: Halogen lamp near explosives under lens
December 09, 2025 5:21 am
Lamp was placed near suitcase with explosives to examine it properly.
Fresh raids in Kashmir as probe into Red Fort blast-linked terror module continues
December 06, 2025 1:09 pm
‘Several incriminating materials’ seized in raids carried out in Ganderbal and Srinagar, the State Investigation Agency said.
Srinagar’s black bears are on a campus tour, wildlife teams in pursuit
December 04, 2025 7:16 am
Officials say this means two things: Their population has increased but humans are encroaching on their habitat
As J&K Police say will search ‘till every hospital locker is accounted for’, dismay among doctors grows
November 28, 2025 10:35 am
Officers say the searches will continue till “every locker is accounted for”, and that surprise checks may continue in the future.
Police raid Srinagar mosques, madrassas in crackdown on ‘terror-linked networks’ after Red Fort blast
November 27, 2025 7:24 pm
Digital devices, documents and other material were inspected during searches, the J&K Police said.
First terror module arrest by JK probe agency – Srinagar man who ‘passed on rifle from Pak handler to doctor’
November 23, 2025 7:39 am
A senior officer confirmed to The Indian Express that the investigation agency has formally arrested Niyaz. This is the first arrest by the SIA since it took over the case from the J-K Police.
Exclusive: As cracks emerged in terror module, Umar Nabi skipped co-conspirator’s wedding but rushed to Kashmir later to mend bridges
November 23, 2025 11:39 am
Delhi Red Fort Blast Case: Sources said Umar also “saw himself as a successor to the militant legacies of Burhan Wani and Zakir Moosa in Kashmir”. Investigators said he had been researching IEDs since 2023.
J&K raids follow previous actions against The Kashmir Times, Editor; SIA says probe into ‘extremist links’
November 22, 2025 7:35 am
In October 2020, the Srinagar office of the 70-year-old newspaper, allotted to it in the early 1990s, was sealed; Editor Anuradha Bhasin’s book was banned in June
SRINAGAR PHOTOS
Season of bloom: Asia's largest Tulip garden in Srinagar to open on March 19
March 16, 2023 7:30 pm
Asia's largest Tulip garden, a well-known landmark in Srinagar, will be open to the public from March 19.
In pictures: Srinagar's skilled coppersmiths make post-lockdown recovery amid pandemic
March 10, 2021 10:32 am
The clanking of utensils in Downtown Srinagar is symbolic of the dexterity of a community of coppersmiths that has been crafting products for years now.
45,000 books, online access to 6 lakh more: The naya libraries of Srinagar
February 28, 2021 1:28 pm
A network of libraries with 45,000 books has been set up in Srinagar, District Magistrate Shahid Choudhary shared.
In pictures: One of Srinagar's oldest craftsmen tells us of the art of carving wood
February 16, 2021 4:19 pm
While local residents -- and people who have been to the city and met him personally -- are aware of Dar's craft, he is enjoying a sudden resurgence in this popularity, ever since his pictures went viral on social media recently
Gulmarg turns white as Kashmir receives fresh snowfall
January 03, 2021 6:58 pm
A blanket of snow covered Kashmir on Sunday as most areas received moderate snowfall, cutting the valley's surface as well as air connection with the rest of the country.
Kashmir: Curfew, restrictions mark first anniversary of Article 370 abrogation
August 05, 2020 5:40 pm
Today marks the completion of one year of the abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. Keeping security in mind, the UT administration has imposed curfew across the Kashmir valley, which came into force since Monday late evening.
Kashmir's tulip garden is in full bloom — lockdown photos you shouldn't miss
April 21, 2020 4:30 pm
The garden was opened in 2007 by the then chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad with an aim to boost floriculture and tourism in the Kashmir Valley.
Herath Mubarak: Kashmir celebrates Shivratri
February 22, 2020 8:56 am
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also greeted people on the occasion. "Herath Mubarak. May there be peace and prosperity all over. Praying for everyone's happiness and good health," he said in a tweet.
Srinagar hospital horror: Captured Pak militant escapes, two cops killed in attack
February 06, 2018 10:52 pm
A high alert has been issued in Srinagar following the escape of the foreign militant from a hospital. There are reports that the militants also managed to decamp with the rifle of the injured policemen.
Security heightened in Srinagar after two militant attacks on Monday
May 24, 2016 3:50 pm
Following the first lethal militant attack in Srinagar in almost three years, security was tightened and armed policemen were deployed at busy areas.
SRINAGAR VIDEOS
Last rites of Pampore bravehearts performed with full state honours
February 22, 2016 2:51 pm
Udhampur/Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), Feb 22 (ANI): The last rites of Captain Tushar Mahajan, who was martyred while fighting the terrorists at Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir, was performed with full military honours in Udhampur on Monday. Captain Mahajan was injured on Friday when he was leading a team to smoke-out the terrorists holed up inside a building near Srinagar. He succumbed to the injuries at 92 Base Hospital last evening. Meanwhile, last rites of Havaldar Raj Kumar Rana were performed by his daughter in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
Pampore encounter enters day 3
February 22, 2016 5:26 am
Pampore, Feb 22 (ANI): The gunfight between security forces and terrorists underway in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir, entered the third day on Monday with the death toll reaching to seven, including one terrorist. The terrorists are holed up inside the multi-storeyed government complex of Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) on the Jammu- Srinagar National Highway. The entire area has been cordoned off as security forces are engaged heavily with the terrorists.
Curfew imposed in parts of Srinagar
February 15, 2016 4:58 am
Srinagar, Feb 15 (ANI): Curfew was imposed in five police station areas of the Srinagar city after separatists called for a shutdown. In Srinagar, shops and government installations remained closed as a precautionary measure, while roads wore a deserted look as most people remained indoors. The armed security personnel patrolled residential and market areas to prevent any untoward incident.
Valley observes shutdown on Guru’s 3rd death anniversary
February 09, 2016 9:42 am
Srinagar, Feb 09 (ANI): Separatists called for a shutdown in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday on Afzal Guru’s third death anniversary. Guru was executed for his involvement in the 2001 Parliament attack case. In Srinagar, shops, schools and government installations remained closed as a precautionary measure, while roads wore a deserted look as most people remained indoors. The armed security personnel patrolled residential and market areas to prevent any untoward incident. In 2013, Guru was hanged in the national capital, sparking clashes in Kashmir. Dozens of people were injured during the protests.
Protests in Srinagar over death of local youth
January 14, 2016 10:01 am
Srinagar, Jan 14 (ANI): The people of Srinagar's Peerbagh area staged a protest against the death of a local youth after the police recovered his body with his throat slit near the Railway Bridge this morning. As the news of the recovery of the youth's body spread in the area, the people came out on the streets wailing and beating their chests. The protestors also pelted stones at the policemen outside the police headquarters in Srinagar. The youth identified as Owais Bashir Malik, a resident of Peerbagh, was missing from January 12, 2016.
PM Modi pays homage to late CM Mohd. Sayeed
January 07, 2016 9:04 am
New Delhi, Jan 07 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid homage to late Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed at the Palam Airport (Delhi). Sayeed passed away today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was undergoing treatment for pneumonia. Mortal remains of Sayeed were brought to Palam Airport, from where they were taken to Srinagar for the last rites.
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