New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) India on Saturday summoned Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah to conveyed its “grave concern and strong protest” at the continuing incidents of ceasefire violations by the Pakistan side…
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) A militant was killed and an army officer injured in a shootout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday, police said. “Following information about a militant travelling in a vehicle…
Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police S.P. Vaid on Wednesday warned militants to leave families of policemen out of conflict. “This is between police and militants and families should not…
Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) A module of the Hizbul Mujahideen was busted here on Wednesday with the arrest of three persons carrying some arms and ammunition, police said A police search party arrested the three…
Jammu/Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) Fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday while rain lashed the plains. “There has been fresh snowfall in Pahalgam and other places in the higher…
Srinagar, March 5 (IANS) A Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department (PDD) employee was electrocuted and another critically injured while repairing electric lines here on Sunday, an official said. The employees were engaged in repair…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, March 5 (IANS) Spring, Kashmir’s season of a million flowers, butterflies, singing birds, honeybees and murmuring mountain streams charged by winter’s plentiful snowfall, is already here. Its arrival this year has…
Srinagar, March 4 (IANS) In wake of a newspaper report on Saturday alleging favouritism in selecting hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani’s grandson for a job here, a senior official said no influence has been…
Srinagar, March 4 (IANS) A fierce gunfight between security forces and militants was on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district even as local protesters clashed with the security men to disrupt the operation and…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Amid the myriad discordant voices on Kashmir, just when it seemed there is no end to the ongoing madness, comes a superbly illustrated book that is a…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) A gunfight broke out between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday evening, police said. Police here that security forces cordoned off Chillipora village in Shopian…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, March 1 (IANS) The opening of schools on Wednesday after eight long months proved to be an emotional moment in the Kashmir Valley. The thrill and excitement was palpable in this…
Jammu/Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) A moderate intensity tremor rocked J&K on Tuesday, an official said, while authorities said no loss of life or damage to property has been reported from anywhere so far. “A moderate…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) One of Pakistan’s most prominent public intellectuals and a renowned author, Husain Haqqanis upcoming book will take stock of the contemporary situation in the country and will attempt to reimagine…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A total of 2,580 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have been injured in over 200 violent incidents in Jammu and Kashmir after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan…
Hyderabad, Feb 26 (IANS) Reiterating his allegation that former Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s statement on Kashmir is “anti-national”, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu Sunday questioned the silence of the Congress on the issue….
Rohit Srivastava New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Indian Army has a major challenge in Jammu and Kashmir this year — to bring down its casualties which saw a steep rise last year compared to…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Union Minster M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday termed former Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s remarks on NDA government’s Kashmir policy as “highly shocking and irresponsible”. “This is not expected from a…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Union Minster M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday termed former Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s remarks on NDA government’s Kashmir policy as “highly shocking and irresponsible”. “This is not expected from a…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Feb 24 (IANS) The auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri Friday came as a grim reminder of what and how much Kashmir has lost in its values, traditions and heritage during the…