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Involvement of locals in terrorism worries govt

Governor N.N. Vohra recently held a series of meetings with the top security brass, including intelligence officers, to hammer out a new strategy to...

Cloudbursts wreak havoc in Leh villages

Dozens of vehicles were damaged and swathes of paddy fields destroyed by flash floods caused by sudden cloudbursts on Wednesday evening in some village...

Saving Dal is on top of Vohra’s to-do list

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra has given a dressing down to officials for not doing enough to save the Dal Lake, which has...

Police theory on intruder’s killing at Farooq’s house raises eyebrows

The alleged intruder had a heated argument with the security men at the entrance of the house.   While police has maintained that they killed an...

Kashmir erupts in protest over special status

The J&K govt in a letter to the Registrar of SC has sought adjournment of hearing in all the five petitions.   Protests continued on Saturday...

Five terrorists killed in Shopian gunfight

Massive protests broke out when a gunfight between holed-up terrorists and government forces was going on at Kiloora village in Shopian district on Saturday...

Mixed reaction in Kashmir as Imran bats for dialogue with India

There has been mixed response to the recent remarks of Imran Khan about his future Kashmir policy in Kashmir Valley. Many youngsters have expressed...

Mehbooba invokes soft separatism to regain clout as party stares at mutiny

With six rebel MLAs not attending her first public function in Srinagar on Saturday, Mehbooba Mufti claimed that she was never in favour of...

Cable TV operators resist ban on Pak channels

The local cable operators in Kashmir have threatened a complete blackout if the government did not revoke a ban on over 30 unpermitted channels...

J&K officials may come under scanner in arms licences ‘scam’

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra is in a fix regarding letters sent by the Rajasthan police’s Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), which is probing arms...

‘Central agencies trying to break PDP’

Former Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has accused a section of the Central agencies of trying to break her party by way...

Civilian deaths turning major headache for JK administration

Violent protests over civilian deaths at the hands of government forces have shown that the issue has become a major challenge for the Governor’s...

Mehbooba’s statement exposes her proximity to terrorists: BJP

The PDP leader has ‘warned’ that splitting her party would result in a rise in terrorism in Kashmir.   Former Chief Minister and People’s Democratic Party...

Amarnath pilgrimage resumes from Baltal

A fresh batch of Amarnath yatris was allowed to undertake their journey on Saturday morning from the Baltal base camp as the Yatra remained...

Valley slides into protests, violence after civilian deaths

Protests swelled in Kulgam and adjacent areas in South Kashmir on Saturday afternoon after the villagers received three bodies of civilians including a teenage...

Dalai Lama in Leh, to pray for peace in Kashmir

The Dalai Lama celebrated his 83rd birthday in Leh on Friday as the spiritual head of the Tibetans chose the cooler climes of Shewatsel...

Speculation rife about new J&K government

‘BJP is trying hard to forge a new alliance with PDP rebels. Sajjad Lone may be Chief Minister. Haseeb Drabu is leading the parleys.’   Jammu...

Amarnath yatra begins amid intense vigilance

Over two lakh yatris have registered themselves for the pilgrimage.   Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra has assured all the Amarnath yatris that all measures have...

Journalists ask for better security cover

National Human Rights Commission has described Shujaat Bukhari’s killing as a threat to free speech.   Senior media persons in Kashmir have requested the government for...

Amit Shah visits Jammu to reinvigorate state unit

State BJP may press for the abrogation of Article 370.   BJP president Amit Shah attacked former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for stalling...

Governor Vohra asks Army to limit collateral damage in Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra in his first security review meeting after the imposition of Governor’s Rule in Kashmir has asked the security...

‘Congress has nothing to do with my Kashmir comments’

Congress leader Saifuddin Soz said that his recent remarks on Kashmir had nothing to do with his party. He quoted controversy for saying that...

Jammu BJP MLA warns journalists

BJP MLA Chowdhary Lal Singh has shocked the media fraternity of Kashmir by saying on Friday that journalists in the valley should either “toe...

Kashmiri man wants ‘anti-national’ wife deported to Pak

In a cross-border love story turning sour, a Pakistani woman, Mehnaz Siddiqi, who had tied the knot with a Kashmiri man a decade ago,...

Centre under pressure not to extend ceasefire as terror strikes surge

Two policemen were killed by terrorists in Pulwama, while an Army jawan was abducted and slain in Shopian.   With 35 infiltrators killed in different gunfights...

Agencies gear up to ensure a safe Yatra

In view of a steep increase in terrorist activities across the state, the security forces have held a series of meetings with intelligence agencies...

Kashmiri media worried after Bukhari killed

Police said initial probe has revealed ISI was involved in Shujaat Bukhari’s killing to derail the Centre’s peace process.   The gruesome murder of prominent Kashmiri...

Security camps in Kashmir raise compound walls, install alarms to repulse terrorists

Major construction work is going on in a majority of security camps and police stations in the Kashmir valley after the Ministry of Home...

Hurriyat will soon take a call on Centre’s offer of talks

The Hurriyat leaders, especially Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, have shown interest in the olive branch being offered by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Mirwaiz Farooq...

Ceasefire will be extended after assessing agencies’ inputs

The security agencies in the Kashmir valley have told Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh that they were in favour of continuing with the current...

‘Violence will not solve Kashmir issue’

Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila has advised the Kashmiri youths and also women to take to peaceful demonstration to press for their cause since...

Leh is on the brink of a water crisis

Leh may be on the brink of a drinking water scarcity with the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department curtailing water supply to it and...

Villagers along border return to broken houses

The administration is yet to make any damage assessment or release grants.   Residents of the border villages in Jammu are upset with the indifference shown...

Families living in fear along IB in Jammu

Though there was suspension of border shelling in Jammu, Kathua and Samba sectors on Friday, thousands of families living near the International Border (IB)...

J&K worried as school dropout rate among girls increases

The Jammu and Kashmir Education Department is rattled by the increase in the dropout rate of girl students in the Kashmir valley and is...

Centre explores possibility to extend Ramzan ceasefire

Rajnath Singh is satisfied with the drop in stone-pelting incidents.   The Central government—in particular the Home Ministry and the Defence Ministry—is taking regular feedbacks from...

PMO thought separatists, not Mehbooba, would ask for Ramzan ceasefire

CM Mufti has claimed she had discussed the issue with all political parties of J&K, but the Opposition denies that.   If newspaper reports are to...

Students in South Kashmir eager to resume school

The ceasefire announcement has rekindled hopes among the students in South Kashmir that their schools may be resumed soon. People in general, and students...

Operation All-out may not resume till Amarnath Yatra

There is a belief that the Union government, which has asked the security forces not to launch anti-militancy operations during the month of Ramzan,...

‘Peace will come only through development’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that development, and development alone, was the only solution to all the problems of the people of Jammu and...

Mehbooba Mufti’s proposal for ‘ceasefire’ red flagged by ally BJP

Amid newspaper reports that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will discuss a possible cease-fire of Operation All Out in Kashmir with Jammu and Kashmir...

J&K reviews security to protect tourists

The Jammu and Kashmir government has reviewed security arrangements of tourists going to different health resorts in North and South Kashmir after a young...

Agencies prepare early to contain summer unrest, infiltration bids in valley

The security apparatus in the Kashmir valley recently held a detailed meeting along with the intelligence agencies to finalise the strategy to contain infiltration...

Militant count surges despite operation all out in valley

Contrary to the Army’s claims that South Kashmir will be soon militant-free, as a consequence of Operation All Out started in the summer of...

South Kashmir simmers after Army lays siege to village in Shopian

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, also the state Home Minister, has reportedly asked the police to probe the recent Turkwangan siege and...

Rebellion brewing in BJP, PDP ranks in J&K

Both the Mehbooba Mufti led People’s Democratic Party and its ally Bharatiya Janata Party are facing rebellion from their ranks in Jammu and Kashmir,...

After Bar Council clean chit, Jammu protests will intensify

The right wing activists in Jammu region have decided to intensify their protests demanding a CBI inquiry in the Kathua rape and murder case,...

Salman ‘secures permission’, Kashyap to face law in Kashmir

Without permission to shoot in the endangered Thajiwas glacier, Salman Khan’s film would have landed in trouble.   Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has...

Minor nomad girl’s tragic end stirs hornets’ nest in Jammu

With former BJP ministers Chowdhary Lal Sinagh and Chander Prakash Ganga, who resigned recently under pressure, out on the streets in Jammu asking for...

Woman cop in Kathua case feels ‘hurt’

DSP Shwetambari Sharma, who was the only woman police officer in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which was set- up by the state crime...

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