New tome on Kashmir only restates the obvious
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) A new book on Kashmir restates the obvious but would be of interest to both scholars and the lay reader as it provides an overview of the…
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Army chief visits forward areas in Jammu region
Jammu, March 3 (IANS) To take stock of the operational preparedness of forces, Army chief General Bipin Rawat visited forward areas on the border in the Jammu region on Sunday. Defence ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel…
CRPF constable’s body to reach Ghaziabad on Sunday
Ghaziabad, March 2 (IANS) A CRPF constable, Vinod Kumar, a native of Ghaziabad, was among the four security personnel killed in an encounter with militants in the Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday….
Police arrest LeT militant involved in weapon snatching
Srinagar, March 1 (IANS) The police on Friday arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant who was involved in weapon snatching incidents. “Based on a specific input regarding the movement of a suspected person near the Bone…
Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami J&K, not the first & probably not the last
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, March 1 (IANS) For Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Jammu and Kashmir the ban imposed on the socio-political religious organisation by the union government is not the first and perhaps not the last. The…
India issues demarche to Pak, protests unprovoked act of aggression
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s Acting High Commissioner to India and lodged a strong protest at the unprovoked act of aggression in the morning when Pakistani fighter jets entered Indian…
Pulwama fallout: Travel agents, tour operators rue cancellation of bookings to Kashmir
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Uncertainty clouds trips to the picturesque Kashmir Valley with tour operators witnessing cancellations of advance bookings while new bookings have dried up following the Pulwama terror attack that…
Air Strike: It’s trade as usual across LoC
Srinagar, Feb 26 (IANS) Despite the Indian Air Force’s air strikes early Tuesday, trade across the Line of Control (LoC) continued as usual between the two sides of divided Kashmir. Officials said 34 trucks carrying…
Pakistan, Chinese ministers discuss Pulwama attack over phone
Beijing, Feb 26 (IANS) Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to exchange views on the recent suicide attack in Kashmir. Qureshi informed…
Omar cautions Centre ahead of Article 35A SC hearing
Srinagar, Feb 25 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday urged the central government to look at the situation in Arunachal Pradesh before trying to tinker with Article 35A. Article 35A…
Fear of war haunts Kashmiris even as weekend panic subsides
Srinagar, Feb 25 (IANS) Although life started limping back to normal in the Valley on Monday after an intense weekend panic, most Kashmiris are keeping their fingers crossed over what might happen next between India…
Centre, J&K, NHRC to reply on armed forces’ rights in insurgency-hit areas
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, the Jammu and Kashmir government and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a PIL seeking a policy to safeguard…
Tripura youth in 4-day police custody for supporting Pulwama attack
Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS) A local court in Tripura on Monday sent to four-day police custody a tribal youth who was arrested from Mysuru in Karnataka for uploading on Facebook video clips supporting the Pulwama…
Weekly cross-LoC bus service resumes in J&K
Jammu, Feb 25 (IANS) The weekly cross-Line of Control (LoC) bus service “Karvan-e-Aman” resumed on Monday, the first time after the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama. The bus service had remained suspended since the…
We will finish militancy soon: J&K police chief
Jammu, Feb 25 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir police chief said here on Monday the police and the security forces will soon finish militancy in the state. Speaking to media, Director General of Police (DGP)…
Run on petrol pumps, grocery stores, chemists as rumours spread like bushfire in Valley
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Feb 25 (IANS) Even by Kashmir’s standards, where rumours always travel ahead of news, what happened in the Valley over the weekend was quite unexpected as a run on petrol pumps,…
India, Pakistan armies exchange fire on LoC in Poonch district
Jammu, Feb 23 (IANS) Indian and Pakistani soldiers traded fire on the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Defence ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand said, “Around…
FATF keeps Pakistan in ‘grey’ list
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday said Pakistan has not done enough to curb finances of terror groups, which means it continues to remain in ‘the grey list’,…
India has more options than war to punish Pakistan: Former Army vice chief
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) India has more options than just war to deal with its unruly neighbour Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, former Vice Chief of Indian Army Lt. General…
Civil engineer in Bengal receives threat for saying ‘no to war’
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) An engineer posted in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district was threatened for a social media post where he condemned war, police said on Friday. “Dipayan Dhar, a civil engineer working here…