Srinagar, July 30 (IANS) The restive Kashmir Valley stayed calm but tense on Saturday — the 22nd day of curfew and separatist-called shutdown — as the globally banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit threw its weight…
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) Simply repressing waves of unrest in Kashmir since the July 8 killing of militant commander Burhan Wani is “not going to produce the results” India wants, says a political science expert,…
Srinagar, July 30 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen killed a civilian in Sopore town of Kashmir region, police said on Saturday. Police said the gunmen barged into the house of a civilian identified as Fayaz Ahmad Rather…
Srinagar, July 29 (IANS) Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani on Friday condemned attacks on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims and tourists in the Valley and appealed people to beware of “those are out to defame the…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Porters in the forward areas of Jammu and Kashmir are a “vital link” in the supply chain of the army in high altitude areas and at times even carry sick…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar for a status report on the ground situation in the Kashmir Valley as it said that it could not ask…
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 29 (IANS) It was not a secret journey to be made in the dead of the night. It was rather a compulsion because chances of getting caught in Kashmir’s continuing…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Amid tension over violence in Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to travel to Pakistan to attend the Saarc Home/Interior Ministers Conference in August, official sources confirmed on Thursday….
By Aadil Mir Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), July 28 (IANS) Ishfaq Wani has paid a huge price for taking to the streets screaming slogans of ‘azadi’ – he will now limp for life. The young…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited the AIIMS here to enquire about the condition of five Kashmiri patients admitted with severe eye injuries from pellet guns, hospital authorities…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to identify “suitable land” in the Kashmir Valley for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, Minister of State for Home…
Srinagar, July 27 (IANS) Mobile phone services from various service providers were restored across the Kashmir Valley after 20 days on Wednesday. “The decision was taken to ensure that the common man is not put…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Following the furore over severe pellet gun injuries to protesters in the Kashmir Valley, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved the formation of an expert committee to explore…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday expressed surprise over CRPF Director General K. Durga Prasad’s statement that the force will continue using pellet guns in Jammu and Kashmir, and said he must…
By Aadil Mir Srinagar, July 26 (IANS) Violent protests broke out in Anantnag town on Monday night with an official building set on fire by protesters, while in nearby Achabal town thousands surrounded a police…
Jammu, July 25 (IANS) Over two lakh pilgrims have so far performed the Amarnath Yatra even as another batch of 1,000 left for the Kashmir Valley on Monday for the pilgrimage, officials said. “Another batch…
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 25 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s two-day Kashmir trip turned out to be a damp squib. Most people who were invited to meet him amid the current unrest -…
Jammu, July 25 (IANS) A border security force (BSF) trooper on Sunday escaped with a light machine gun (LMG) after stabbing his colleague at a an outpost on the international border in Jammu district. “A…
Panaji, July 23 (IANS) Accusing the BJP of mismanaging the volatile situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said that it wanted Kashmir without the Kashmiris, while his party wanted…
Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Saturday pulled up the state government for the use of pellet guns on protesters and asked it to relax, at least from “some peaceful…