Jammu and Kashmir, Jan 17, 2008 : Snow rugby is garnering great interest among the boys and girls at snow-clad Gulmarg in India’s northern Jammu
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Srinagar/Jammu, August 18, 2008 : Thousands of Muslims marched past the United Nations office in Srinagar on Monday, protesting against New Delhi's rule in Jammu and Kashmir. Demonstrators shouting pro-independence slogans marched to police barricades within a few hundred meters of the U.N. Milit...
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Jammu, July 28th 2008 : Curfew has been temporarily lifted in Jammu to allow its residents to shop and stock up on essentials; a day after hundreds of protesters took to streets and clashed with police over the revocation of forest land that was due to the Amarnath Shrine Board. The lifting of cu...
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Jammu, April 6, 2008 : Indian railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav launched a new train service, connecting Udhampur in J and K with picturesque town of northern Kathgodam on April 06. Lalu inaugurated the train service in Jammu region, to facilitate connection between Jammu and Kashmir and the res...
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Srinagar, Dec 21, 2007 : The youth of India’s Northern Jammu and Kashmir are taking to rock music like never before and can be seen gyrating and tapping to its beats. According to music lovers in Kashmir the music helps in distressing the disturbed minds of the youth. Band members trust that thei...
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Jammu, July 31, 2008 : The Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti, which is spearheading a campaign against the cancellation of land allotted to a revered shrine, has said that it plans to extend its shutdown for another 72 hours. The situation is tense Hindu-dominated since the Samiti defied a curfew imp...
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Jammu and Kashmir, March 06, 2008 : People rescued a leopard cub from the vicinity of Bhadarwah village in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state that, officials said, could have strayed after heavy snowfall. According to Wildlife officials the Himalayan state had witnessed heavy snowfall this ...
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Srinagar, Apr 29, 2008 : Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir is all geared up for the annual shifting of government departments from the winter capital Jammu. According to a government spokesman, the offices closed in Jammu on April 25 and will open in Srinagar on May 5. The bi-annual ...
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Jammu Kashmir, March 22, 2008 : Naresh Mahajan of India's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir is the proud owner of a 21-feet high rose creeper grown at his residence, which he claims is taller than the rose bush of California, registered in Guinness Book of World Records. Mahajan is now all set ...
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Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, 12 Jan, 2008 : The mountainous region of Ladakh is possibly the country's highest ice-skating rink at 3483 meters above sea level. An Ice Hockey Championship has been organized in Leh to popularize the sport. A total of seven teams are participating in the event. The Distr...
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Rajouri, October 31, 2008 : Expectations run high as people in Jammu and Kashmir gear up for polls to elect a new legislative Assembly in the state. The seven-phase polling, which will take place from November 17 to December 24, will end months of central rule in the state imposed after the Cong...
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