By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Former Home Secretary G.K. Pillai has said Omar Abdullah didn’t empower local bodies when he was Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister as he did not want to…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) In a step aimed at boosting tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, the central government has decided to extend the facility to travel by any airlines on Leave Travel Concession (LTC)…
Srinagar, Sep 8 (IANS) Authorities made heavy deployment of security forces in Srinagar and other areas of the Kashmir Valley on Thursday as life remained paralysed for the 62nd consecutive day, officials said. A senior…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Wednesday that he did not take Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s refusal to meet him and others as…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 6 (IANS) The crisis in Jammu and Kashmir is deep-rooted and the only way out is a political solution, said a MP who was part of the all-party delegation to the state led…
Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said that people of Kashmir will continue to get Islamabad’s support on diplomatic front, adding that the country was strong even before, and…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The central government has decided to take a hardline posture vis-a-vis separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir and may soon order scaling down of their official security as well as…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) A delegation of Muslim clerics of the Barelvi school met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday on the Kashmir issue and urged him to lead a delegation of Sufi…
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IANS) Another youth injured in clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir succumbed on Tuesday raising the death toll in the ongoing unrest to 76. Naseer Ahmed, 21, injured in…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The central government is planning to harden its stance against Kashmiri separatist leaders who are spearheading an unending street unrest in the valley for the past two months, according to…
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IANS) The authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in the old city areas of Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as the toll in ongoing unrest rose to 75,…
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Kashmir Valley is reeling under the bloodiest unrest it has seen in years and, to nobody’s surprise, the two-day visit of the all-party delegation of parliament…
Srinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and working president of the regional National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the government can neither tire out nor buy the ongoing agitation in the Kashmir…
Srinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) Top Kashmiri separatist leaders on Saturday refused to talk to national opposition leaders who were part of an all-party delegation that arrived here on a mission to restore peace in the…
Srinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said there have been enough words on the Kashmir problem but the need of the hour is some concrete action, referring…
Srinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) Two members of the all-party delegation — Sitaram Yechury and Asaduddin Owaisi — on Sunday held a meeting with moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at the tourist resort here where…
Srinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) Separatist leaders have rejected Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s invitation to meet an all-party delegation of parliamentarians who are in Kashmir on a mission to restore peace in the valley rocked by…
Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) A day before an all-party delegation reaches the state, another youth was killed on Saturday during clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, taking the toll to…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The all-party delegation going to Srinagar in the wake of continued unrest in the Kashmir valley will leave in a special Air India flight on Sunday morning, an official said….
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) On the eve of an all-party delegation’s Kashmir trip, the government on Saturday said members were free to hold talks with anyone, including separatists, but urged them to speak in…