New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who led a delegation of opposition lawmakers from the state to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday, said that Kashmir is faced…
Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) The Indian Army on Thursday said its role was limited to security and anti-militancy operations in Kashmir while law and order continued to be the responsibility of the state police. Speaking…
Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) Security forces clashed with protestors on Thursday in the Kashmir Valley after the house of an MLA was attacked in south Kashmir, police said. An irate mob attacked the house of…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Fearing protests, staff of Amnesty International India were on Thursday advised not to come to their offices and work from other locations, following instructions from police. Officials from Amnesty International…
Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) The 48-day-long annual Amarnath Yatra, which started on July 2, ended peacefully on Thursday with ‘Puja’ inside the cave shrine, authorities said. “After the traditional Puja that followed the arrival of…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Congress leaders’ statements on Kashmir show the party is not only badly divided over the issue but is also guided by sheer political opportunism, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M….
Bhopal, Aug 18 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday described Kashmir as “India-occupied Kashmir” while criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s utterances on Pakistan. “Prime Minister Modi seems more concerned about Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start a dialogue with the Kashmiris to ensure peace in the Valley before talking about other things like “Balochistan”. “The…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Hitting out at the Narendra Modi government for its “inconsistent” foreign policy, the Congress party on Wednesday said the government must refrain from knee-jerk reactions vis-a-vis Pakistan. “This government’s foreign…
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) Three security personnel including two army soldiers and a policeman were killed and four others injured when the militants attacked an army convoy in Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. The militants…
Rewari (Haryana), Aug 16 (IANS) Amid escalating tension between New Delhi and Islamabad over the ongoing violence in the Kashmir Valley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said here that going to Pakistan was the…
Ranchi, Aug 16 (IANS) The funeral of CRPF commandant Pramod Kumar, killed in a terrorist attack in Kashmir, was held on Tuesday with state honours in Jamtara district of Jharkhand. The martyred trooper’s seven-year-old daughter…
Srinagar, Aug 16 (IANS) A sarcastic former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said it was time for India to sort out Pakistan’s Balochistan problem since the government was already doing “such a good job”…
By Chaitanya Mallapur As Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised Pakistan — without naming the country — for supporting terror groups, 671 infiltration incidents and 738 terrorist attacks were reported in Jammu and Kashmir over the…
Srinagar, Aug 16 (IANS) Five civilian protesters were killed in firing by security forces as fresh violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, taking the toll to 65 in the weeks of unrest triggered…
Srinagar, Aug 16 (IANS) One person was killed and three others injured on Tuesday when a mob clashed with security forces in Beerwah tehsil of Budgam district in Jammu and Kashmir. Police said a mob…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Aug 14 (IANS) A common Kashmiri shopkeeper is in a dilemma. To open or not. And if yes, when! In the war of wits between separatists and the government, small business…
Jammu, Aug 14 (IANS) Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions near the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday in Poonch district of Jammu region. Army spokesperson Lt Col Manish Mehta told IANS…
Srinagar, Aug 13 (IANS) Senior separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Saturday defied house arrest and staged a sit-in outside their residences as part of a separatist-called ‘referendum march’ in Srinagar….
Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) Dozens of people were injured post Friday prayer protests across the Kashmir Valley, despite the strict curfew and restrictions. According to police, protests appeared in Shopian, Sopore, Beerwah, Bandipora, Ganderbal, and…