By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Oct 20 (IANS) There have been over 120 reports of braid chopping in the Kashmir Valley in the last two months and despite the widespread fear and condemnation, the authorities appear…
By Sarwar Kashani Kupwara, (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct 18 (IANS) Growing up in a society that stigmatises menstruation, two women social entrepreneurs in this border village of Jammu and Kashmir are battling the taboos attached…
Srinagar, Oct 18 (IANS) Five civilians were injured while they were protesting on Wednesday in a security forces firing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. People in Wullerhama village were chasing an alleged braid chopper…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday extended till November 14 the judicial custody of seven Kashmiri separatists arrested on various charges, including receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and…
Srinagar, Oct 16 (IANS) The Hizbul militant, who shot dead a former village Sarpanch in Shopian district on Monday, died later in the day in a scuffle with his associates, police said. According to police,…
Srinagar, Oct 16 (IANS) A former sarpanch (village headman) was shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday evening, police said Militants fired at Muhammad Ramban Sheikh in Imam Sahib area…
Srinagar, Oct 16 (IANS) Clashes broke out here on Monday as protesters pelted stones on security forces for alleged failure to arrest “braid choppers” in the Valley, police said. Police used tear smoke shells to…
Jammu, Oct 14 (IANS) Three children were injured on Saturday as Pakistan shelled Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Indian troops were retaliating. Police said…
Jammu, Oct 14 (IANS) Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday that militancy has entered its last phase in Jammu and Kashmir and the militants are now on the run. Talking to reporters here, he…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Oct 14 (IANS) Two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including a top “commander” Wasim Shah who is believed to be behind recruiting local youth to join the terror outfit, were killed in a gunfight…
Srinagar, Oct 14 (IANS) A Jammu and Kashmir policeman was killed and another injured when militants attacked a police vehicle in the state’s Kulgam district on Saturday evening, police said. Police said constable-driver Khurshid Ahmad…
Srinagar, Oct 13 (IANS) A Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant, who hurled a grenade at a Jammu and Kashmir minister’s cavalcade last month, was arrested from the state’s Pulwama district on Friday, police said. Gulzar Ahmad Dar…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) Famous Pakistani-origin musician and singer Adnan Sami has described the “Rhythm in Paradise” concert held in Srinagar last week as the most “memorable” live performance of his…
Srinagar, Oct 12 (IANS) A girl sustained minor injuries on Thursday when militants hurled a grenade at a beauty parlour in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama town, police said. “Furniture and fixtures inside the beauty parlour…
Jammu, Oct 12 (IANS) An Indian soldier and a civilian porter were killed on Thursday as Pakistani Army opened fire on Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district,…
Srinagar, Oct 10 (IANS) A vehicle of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force was attacked by militants here on Tuesday evening, police said. No trooper was injured but one of the attackers were injured. Two…
Srinagar, Oct 9 (IANS) A Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed on Monday in an ongoing gunfight between security forces and militants holed-up in a house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Security forces…
Srinagar, Oct 8 (IANS) A group of foreign tourists who were being threatened by a mob here on Sunday after being labelled “braid-choppers” were rescued, police said. Police said a group of foreign tourists including…
Jammu, Oct 8 (IANS) Five accused in the terror attack on the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district last month have been arrested, police said on Sunday. The five include…
Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) Famous Pakistani-origin musician and singer Adnan Sami on Saturday enthralled his audience with some of his well-known songs, including those requested by youth in attendance at the “Rhythm in Paradise” concert…