Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar: In a first in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered premature retirement from service of senior IPS officer Basant Kumar …

Srinagar:  Over 30 years after the first spell of terrorist bloodshed in Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have decided to reopen investigations into at least 9 high- profile assassinations …

(In the first part of the article, our Srinagar correspondent Ahmed Ali Fayyaz had highlighted how anti-national forces were allowed to grow under Congress and the PDP governments as part …

London: Indians in London are eagerly awaiting the visits of Indian army veterans, Major General GD Bakshi and Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon – popularly known as Tiny Dhillon. The two …

Srinagar: In the surveys conducted by government agencies to assess the situation in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 8 years, three particular dates are important. The 5th of August, …

After a gap of 34 years, the Shia community in Kashmir took out a Muharram procession on its traditional route in Srinagar on Thursday. The procession, which began in Gurubazar …

Srinagar: With a new Bill to be moved in Parliament for amending the law, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is poised to get powers to nominate three persons, …

Srinagar: In a major breakthrough for security forces, six heavily armed Pakistani terrorists have been eliminated in three separate encounters in the last 48 hours in an area close to …

Srinagar: On an extraordinary approval of Lieutenant General Manoj Sinha, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has terminated the services of three employees, including the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of …

Srinagar:  The entire Pahari population of Jammu and Kashmir is poised to get Scheduled Tribe (ST) status as the Bill is likely to be cleared in the forthcoming monsoon session …

Srinagar: The two-month annual Amarnath pilgrimage started in Kashmir on Saturday amid tight security arrangements including deployment of sniffer dogs by the Army and the Crime Branch of the Jammu …

Srinagar: With the local Muslim population as usual eagerly waiting to receive the annual pilgrimage across the Kulgam and Anantnag districts in southern Kashmir, the first batch of the 3,488 …

Srinagar: On the second day of his visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday laid the foundation stone of Balidaan Stamb at Srinagar’s iconic Pratap …

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who started his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Friday—his third after abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019—blamed the Indira Gandhi-Sheikh-Mufti troika for …

Post abrogation of Article 370, Naya Jammu and Kashmir has written a new chapter in its history under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Himalayan region has become …

Srinagar: Five terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad, allegedly involved in the assassination of a circus worker in Anantnag have been arrested and a pistol used in committing the offence has been recovered …

The ongoing crackdown on secessionist remnants in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and their handlers in terrorist safe havens has yielded positive results, both intended and unintended. It …

Srinagar: With the security and intelligence agencies continuously receiving inputs and communication intercepts about terror plans being hatched at the behest of  Pakistan, the Jammu and Kashmir Government is seeking …

Srinagar: On a complaint from the Income Tax Department, the Jammu and Kashmir police’s crime branch has registered two first information reports (FIRs) against 405 individuals, including a chartered accountant, …

Suhail Salim, a 30-year-old from downtown Srinagar, has embarked on a noble endeavor to preserve and promote Urdu literature in the enchanting valley of Jammu and Kashmir. Through his literary …

Srinagar: In a significant development signaling changing times and shifting perspectives, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh declared that strike calls in Srinagar, once a common occurrence influenced by external forces, …