Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) A day before an all-party delegation arrives here from Delhi, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti strongly pitched for talks with separatist leaders for peace in the Kashmir Valley. “The country’s political leadership…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) The 28-member all-party delegation headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arriving here on Sunday should not expect a red carpet welcome in the Kashmir Valley, which has…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that problem of Jammu and Kashmir is an “old one” dating back to Independence, and hoped that youth of the state will not…
Srinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) As his colleagues battle violence in the Kashmir Valley, a junior level police officer has found time to marry a girl born in Muzaffarabad — the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Owais…
Srinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) Over 50 people were injured in clashes between stone-pelting mobs and security forces in the Kashmir Valley on Friday even as strict curfew was imposed to foil separatist-called protest rallies, police…
Srinagar, Sep 1 (IANS) A man drowned in the Jhelum river in Srinagar after he and hundreds of other demonstrators were chased by security forces during a stone-pelting protest on Thursday, witnesses and police said….
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) A teenager was killed and over 100 persons were injured in firing by security forces as fresh violence erupted across the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday, prompting the authorities to re-impose a…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Union government on Tuesday appointed Sanjay Roy, Director (Media) in the Home Ministry’s Jammu and Kashmir Division as the nodal officer for grievances relating to Jammu and Kashmir’s people….
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The members of the all-party delegation during their two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, beginning September 4, will be free to meet any leader or individual or groups “including separatists”,…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of Kashmiri separatist leader and former member of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen Ashiq Hussain Faktoo for review of its verdict sentencing him…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The government has created a grievance redressal cell in the Union Home Ministry for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. “The Ministry of Home Affairs has…
Jammu, Aug 30 (IANS) A soldier was killed and another injured on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jammu district even as the army foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC), defence…
Jammu, Aug 30 (IANS) A soldier was killed on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district even as the army foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC), defence sources said. A…
Jammu, Aug 30 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir were the principal stakeholders of any process to bring peace and solve the problems in the strife-torn state….
Hyderabad, Aug 30 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government should adopt a consistent approach on Jammu and Kashmir and take follow-up action after the proposed visit of all-party delegation…
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) The Indian government has been “pro-active” in resolving the situation in the Kashmir valley and the violence is “coming from across the border”, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said at a joint…
By Arnab N. Sengupta In this age of bloody bomb attacks on soft targets ranging from wedding parties in Turkey to tourist towns in Thailand, the turmoil in Kashmir is a ticking bomb the Indian…
Leh, Aug 29 (IANS) Aiming to save rivers and the water streams from pollution due to absence of sewerage system, Union Ministers Harshvardhan and Narendra Singh Tomar along with over 25 religious heads belonging to…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Home Ministry-appointed expert committee, which was to explore alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons to deal with protestors in the Kashmir Valley, submitted its report to the central…
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) After 51 long days, the Kashmir Valley on Monday saw curfew lifted from most places as police said the overall law and order situation generally remained calm. The development comes ahead…