The notificatiom for the first phase of Panchayat elections will be issued tommorrow (Tuesday) with polling in the first phase scheduled for 17 November. The details were divulged by Chief Electoral Officer Jammu and Kashmir Shaleen Kabra during a press conference here. He s...More

Fire broke out inside the maternity hospital of SK Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura on Monday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said fire engulfed the hospital's canteen block at around 3 pm. However, fire tenders immediately reached the spot to control the fire. Medical Superi...More

The class 12th class examination of English paper, which was scheduled today, has been rescheduled to November 02 by Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (BOSE). “The examination of English paper which was scheduled to be held on October 22 and was postpon...More

A couple was among four people who died in two separate accidents on the highway in Kathua district, police said Monday, adding two others were injured. A couple was travelling on a motorcycle on the highway at Lakhanpur in the district when another vehicle hit them Monday, ...More

A fake Twitter handle of the Jammu and Kashmir police was being shared on the Internet and a warning of legal action was issued in this connection, an officer of the force said Monday. "An image of a fake Twitter account with an update of our official Twitter account is bein...More

Four people died including a couple in two separate accidents on the highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, police said Monday, adding two others were injured. A couple was travelling on a motorcycle on the highway at Lakhanpur in the district when another vehicle h...More

The Model Code of Conduct which came into force with the announcement of the schedule for elections to Local Bodies will continue till completion of the Panchayat elections, for which schedule has been issued by the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, an official order said on...More

MLA Langate and Awami Itihad Party (AIP) chief Er Rasheed Monday led a protest march in north Kashmir’s Handwara town against the killings of seven civilians in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday. In a statement issued by AIP said despite restrictions hund...More

Students of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology (SKUAST), Wadura, Sopore Monday staged a massive protest against the civilian killings in district Kulgam. Eyewitness told Rising Kashmir that scores of students, faculty of SKUAST assembled insi...More

The civilian death toll has reached seven in Kulgam district after another civilian who was injured in a blast at a gunfight site, succumbed to his injuries Sunday late evening. Javid Ahmad Lone, 35, of Hawoora in Kulgam succumbed to injuries late last evening and his body w...More

Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan Monday condemned the killings of "innocent Kashmiris" and said India must move to resolve Kashmir issue in accordance with United Nation Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. “Strongly condemn the new cycle of killings of innocent ...More

A complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir Valley to mourn the killing of civilians in a blast at gunfight site at Laroo village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. All shops, business establishments and private offices are closed while public and private transp...More

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to reveal within days the "naked truth" over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Riyadh said it did not know the whereabouts of his body and that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had been unaware of any operation to murder...More