They jostled to see ‘handsome’ Gandhi and Omar Abdullah

VIJAYPUR - Sweltering heat and dusty roads didn’t stop Suman Devi and Vidya from walking a long distance to catch a ‘glimpse’ of two ‘handsome’ young leaders, Omar Abdullah and Rahul Gandhi, who addressed a joint election meeting here Tuesday.

Security beefed up in Poonch ahead of polls

POONCH - The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has beefed up security in Poonch ahead of the five-phaseD general elections beginning from April 16.

Leh women become self-reliant

LEH - Many self-help groups in Choshut village of Leh are working on various social issues to help women become self-sufficient.

Poonch residents want Pakistan authorities to ease travel regulations

POONCH - Residents of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district are disappointed over non-clearance of their travel papers for years from Pakistani side.

Missing Hussain suspected to join militant organization

RAJOURI - Khadim Hussain, a teenager from Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, reportedly missing for the past three years, is now suspected to have been lured by militants to join their outfit.

People express disgust at Pak authorities for delay in clearing travel papers

POONCH - People residing in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has expressed their disgust at Pakistani authorities for long delays in clearing travel papers and allied permits.

Women turn out in large numbers for police recruitment drive in J-K

POONCH - Casting off their veils and defying social typecasts, women turned out in large numbers for a police recruitment drive here.

Separated for 61 years, brother dies days before meeting sister

POONCH - He waited for his younger sister, who lives in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, literally till he breathed his last. The siblings were to meet after 61 years of separation, but it was not to be.

Two civilians killed in Kashmir firing, probe ordered

BARAMULLA - Two civilians were killed and one critically wounded in indiscriminate firing by unidentified assailants in army uniforms in the Kashmir Valley Saturday evening, police and eyewitnesses said. The Jammu and Kashmir government ordered a probe into the incident.

Plethora of winter sports at Kashmir snow carnival

GULMARG - Attracted by facilities for winter sports like ice skating, ice hockey and snow rugby, over 2,000 tourists have descended on Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg town where a two-day ’snow carnival’ began Tuesday.

Winter carnival begins in snow-covered Gulmarg

GULMARG - Fresh morning snowfall provided an idyllic background for the two-day snow carnival that started in this tourist resort of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday.

Overwhelming response to police recruitment drive in Kashmir

GANDERBAL - Nearly 7,000 youth turned out for a police recruitment drive Tuesday in the north Kashmir district of Ganderbal, which is the assembly constituency of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, officials said.