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SPO recruitments during Mehbooba regime under scanner

Police and intelligence agencies are trying to investigate the recruitment of all the SPOs during PDP-BJP coalition government, after receiving some intelligence inputs that...

20 dead, over a dozen hurt in Ramban mishap

A passenger vehicle skidded off the road at Ramban on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway claiming 20 lives and injuring 13 others, some of them seriously,...

Army, police, paramilitary brace for civic polls in J&K

DGP Dilbagh Singh has assured the candidates that despite challenging circumstances, they will be provided conducive security environment.   The Centre has begun sending 400 companies...

Centre enhances pay to arrest SPO resignations

Union Home Ministry on Wednesday approved hike in the salaries of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir amid reports that more than...

Valley anxious, but Jammu, Ladakh excited about local body polls

There is palpable excitement in Jammu and Ladakh over the forthcoming urban local body polls, while Kashmir stays anxious, even as the nomination process...

J&K girls are flying high, as pilots

In the recent past, Jammu and Kashmir has been giving to the country several women professional pilots—young women who have struggled hard to get...

Spike in violence ahead of local polls in J&K

As the administration has decided to go ahead with the local body and panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir, there has been a spike...

It is BJP vs rest in civic, rural polls in J&K

Saffron party sees golden opportunity to make inroads in Kashmir Valley.   Jammu and Kashmir BJP president, Ravinder Raina has said that his party will contest...

RSS suggests path-breaking Kashmir policy

In the recent past, the state BJP and the Sangh Parivar held a series of meetings to retrospect and adopt a new policy in...

J&K, Punjab ink pact FOR water sharing

The state Chief Secretaries of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir recently inked the much-delayed Shahpur Kandi dam project agreement, which was finally ratified by...

J&K Governor acts tough on top cops

New Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has acted tough against the top brass of the state police after he received a report...

Panchayat polls uncertain as NC, PDP refuse to participate

It is a virtual show down between the state administration and the political parties in Jammu and Kashmir. While the state administration is adamant...

Farooq Abdullah threatens to boycott general, state elections

While addressing a gathering on the occasion of 36th death anniversary of his father Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on Saturday, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah...

‘Vohra removed as he was about to dissolve J&K Assembly’

Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Narendra Nath Vohra had “secretly” asked the state Law Department to look at ways and means to dissolve...

J&K cops relocate their families as terrorists launch reprisal attacks

Nearly one dozen family members of cops have been kidnapped by terrorists.   There is a new wave of fear, anger and protests in South Kashmir...

J&K players bring medal and cheers in Asian Games, cricket

Bhanu Pratab Singh of Jammu has won a bronze medal in the 18th Asian Games.   Kashmir’s local sportspersons have in recent times brought both a...

Ladakh looks at juniper to replenish green cover

In a move to provide green cover to Ladakh and prevent soil erosion during flash floods common to this region, officials of the state...

Ladakh climate change alarms govt, experts

The recent incident of cloudburst in Leh has set alarm bells ringing in the administration as well as among environmentalists in the region who...

J&K cops face fatal reprisals as Army hunts down terrorists

Since January, two dozen policemen in the state have been killed in terrorist attacks.   The Jammu and Kashmir police has been in the line of...

BJP workers in Kashmir leave for safe havens after Pulwama attack

The BJP leadership has swung into action after terrorists killed its youth leader Shabir Ahmad Bhat on the eve of Eid. The killing has...

Kashmir recalls Vajpayee as a statesman determined to resolve issue

People in the Kashmir valley keenly watched on television the last journey of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The entire political leadership, including...

Tragedy revisits Kashmir’s killing-field turned tourist hotbed

A youth died and four others were injured when a live shell exploded in this erstwhile firing range of the Army.   Tragedy has returned to...

Valley’s beauty haunts social media as Atif Aslam song is launched

‘O meri Laila’, a song from the upcoming film Laila Majnu, is shot in Kashmir and also features Kashmiri actor, Mir Sarwar.   Atif Aslam’s song...

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...

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