Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has condoled the demise of former Minister and PDP leader, Sofi Ghulam Mohi ud Din who passed away this morning after being ill for some time. The Chief Minister recalled his contribution as a Minister from 2002 to 2005 during which he worked a...More

A militant was killed today in an encounter with the state government forces in Haphruda forest area of Handwara district Kupwara district, an Army official said. Forces launched a cordon and search operation at Hongnikote in Haphruda forest area of Handwara following inform...More

The 'air clinic' concept for north eastern states wherein doctors would be able to fly to remote areas to treat patients could be considered for other hilly states like Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said. Addressing the CII Health Conference here, th...More

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra called on Home Minister Rajnath Singh today and discussed with him various issues including repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces, officials said. During the 30-minute meeting here, the governor apprised Singh about the prevai...More

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) today revived its defunct training centre in Pampore district of Jammu and Kashmir which was destroyed decades ago during the peak of the militancy. The occasion was marked by the installation of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi w...More

Hundreds of students of the Government Women College here today staged a protest, accusing the management of passing "unnecessary diktats" in the name of discipline and demanded immediate removal of the principal. The students indulged in slogan shouting against the principa...More

Two people have been arrested on charges of drug possession and seized four grams of heroin from them in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, the police said. They were nabbed in the district's Vijaypur belt by a police team, they said. They were arrested and a case has been ...More

The state government forces launched Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) at Khan Mohalla Aaripal, Tral in district Pulwama on Tuesday afternoon. A police official told Rising Kashmir that there are inputs about the presence of militants in the area. He said that all entry and...More

BJP president Amit Shah today described the Supreme Court verdict on triple talaq as historic and said it had given the right to crores of Muslim women in the country to live with equality and dignity. He also hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking a stand on the iss...More

Normal banking operations came to a grinding halt in public sector banks in Kashmir valley due to a day-long countrywide strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) against the Centre's proposed consolidation move, besides raising other demands. However, private ...More

As many as 18 passengers were injured in a road accident in district Kupwara on Tuesday. Police officials told Rising Kashmir that, “A bus, which was on its way from Mawer to Handwara town, overturned at Chontipora village in Kupwara injuring eighteen passengers, three...More

The Supreme Court by a majority verdict today declared that triple talaq was void, illegal and unconstitutional. Following is the chronology of events: *Oct 16, 2015: SC bench asks chief justice of India to set up an appropriate bench to examine if Muslim women face gender d...More

Instant triple talaq, which allows Muslim men to leave their wives immediately by uttering “talaq” (divorce) thrice, has been barred for six months by the Supreme Court until parliament brings law. In a landmark verdict today, five senior most judges called tripl...More

US President Donald Trump today ruled out a hasty withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan to end America's longest war and sought an enhanced role for India to bring peace in the war-torn country. Trump, in his first prime-time televised address to the nation as commander-in-c...More

A former minister affiliated with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sofi Ghulam Mohi ud Din passed away Tuesday morning at SKIMS, Hospital Srinagar. Rising Kashmir has learnt that Sofi breathed his last in SKIMS at 8.50 am. He was forest minster in Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s...More

A fierce gunfight is underway between militants and the state government forces in Hingnikoot Ramhal, Handwara area of district Kupwara. Police officials told Rising Kashmir that Special Operations Group (SOG) Handwara and Army’s 6 RR cordoned off Hingnikoot Ramhal are...More