As the encounter ended, people of the locality rush to have a look at houses destroyed during the gunfight at Balhama. PIC/Javed Khan

Rains in plains and fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir today brought down day temperature across the Valley by several degrees. Photo /Javed Khan

After a long winter vacation in Kashmir, further prolonged by this disturbances this week, the schools re-opened today, except in south Kashmir areas where they will start functioning on March...

With unusually low precipitation this winter followed by marked rise in temperature for the past few days, almond trees in the Valley are already abloom, signaling the formal beginning of...

CPWs of the education department from all the districts of Kashmir held a protest demonstration outside press colony on Thursday. Photo Javed Khan

School children hold morning prayers as the schools opened after long winter vacations. Photo/Javed Khan