By Ruwa Shah Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) They have proved to be the unsung heroes: doctors in various hospitals of the Kashmir Valley have been working day and night, without proper food, facilities and beyond…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Expressing their deep concern over the turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir , prominent Gandhians on Saturday cautioned the government over the violence in the state and appealed to the local…
Jammu, July 16 (IANS) After remaining suspended for two days, Amarnath Yatra resumed on Saturday as another batch of pilgrims left here for the Valley. “After remaining suspended for two days, Amarnath Yatra was resumed…
By Ruwa Shah Srinagar, July 16 (IANS) Thousands of tourists who were caught up in the turmoil in the Kashmir Valley have left, dealing huge blows to the tourism industry. But some of the tourists…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday charged the central and the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir with “utter failure” to maintain law and order and demanded that…
Jammu, July 16 (IANS) The army on Saturday foiled an infiltration bid across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, killing three intruding guerrillas, officials said. “Alert troops detected movement of…
By Aadil Mir Anantnag, July 16 (IANS) Jabeena is waiting endlessly for the post-surgery care she needs desperately. But with curfew imposed in the Kashmir Valley, this 20-year-old woman cannot go to the district hospital…
Srinagar, July 15 (IANS) Celebrated IAS topper from Jammu and Kashmir Shah Faesal, who heads the education department in the Valley, Friday lashed out at the “national media” for making him part of its “sadistic…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Congress on Friday condemned Pakistan’s attempt to “intenationalise the sensitive issue of Kashmir” and accused the Narendra Modi government of failing to craft a coherent policy towards the neighbouring…
Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) The Pakistan government on Friday decided to observe a nationwide black day on July 19 to mark solidarity with Kashmiris in the wake of clashes in Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) In the wake of “acute food shortage” in violence-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Food Ministry on Friday assured the state authorities that it will provide advance three-month rations for…
Jammu, July 15 (IANS) The annual Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Friday because of the prevailing law and order situation in Kashmir Valley, officials said. “No yatri was allowed on Friday to move from Bhagawati…
Srinagar, July 15 (IANS) Fearing large scale violence after Friday prayers, authorities clamped curfew in all the 10 districts of the Valley on friday. To prevent the spread of passion-stoking rumours and posts on social…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Condemning the killings in the violence-hit Kashmir Valley, students and right activists on Thursday took out a protests march demanding demilitarisation in Kashmir. Shouting slogans and carrying placards denouncing the “state…
Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) Normal life across the Kashmir Valley remained crippled for the sixth day on Thursday due to strict curfew and a separatist-called shutdown amid calm on the streets rocked by days of…
By Aadil Mir Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), July 14 (IANS) As thousands massed at the Idgah at Achabal town to mourn the death of Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani, a speaker roared: “It is time for…
Srinagar: A view of deserted roads of Srinagar as curfew continued for the 6th day in most parts of the Kashmir valley where 37 people died in the vicious cycle of violence that plagued the…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) Has the death of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani acted only as the trigger to set off the kind of widespread violence Kashmir hasn’t seen for many years? If…
Jammu, July 14 (IANS) A day after 7,000 pilgrims had ‘Darshan’ inside the Amarnath Cave Shrine, another batch of 15,000 Yatris reached the north Kashmir base camp early on Thursday, an official said. “Over 15,000…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) A 17-year-old Delhi boy, who left home 14 months ago fed up by his father’s beatings, has been traced to the home of a Kashmiri family in Srinagar where he…