Government forces on Thursday evening launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Warpora area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police official from Sopore said that after credible inputs about presence of militants in the area, joint teams of A...More

In the latest incident of assault on Kashmiri students after the Pulwama attack, Kashmiri students studying in a college in Yavatmal were attacked and threatened by members of the Yuva Sena, the youth wing of Shiv Sena, police said Thursday. The attack happened Wednesday nig...More

Congress leader and former Minister of State of Defence Jitendra Singh on Thursday claimed that Pulwama suicide attack was a “major failure” of Indian Intelligence agencies. “The Pulwama attack is highly condemnable, but I can’t deny that there was a...More

Kashmir remained an unresolved issue only because former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru tackled it in the wrong way, leading to Pakistan indulging in "terrorist" acts, BJP President Amit Shah said here Thursday asking the Congress not to politicise the issue. "Kashmir remai...More

Vice-president of National Conference (NC) and former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that Kashmiris targeted outside valley has New Delhi’s blessing. Addressing a press conference here, Omar questioned the silence maintained by Prime Minister Narendra Mo...More

State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), Thursday issued a notice to Police and district administration of Pulwama, asking them to file the requisite report regarding the killing of a civilian in Pinglena gunfight on February 18. On Monday (18 Feb, 2019), three militants, four ...More

Terming withdrawal of security to mainstream political workers and officer bearers as a "retrograde step" that will only weaken political activity in the valley, National Conference (NC) Vice-President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked Governor Satya ...More

Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered a case in connection with alleged raising of "anti-national" slogans by some stranded Kashmiri Muslims passengers here and issued a 'hue and cry notice' to trace three unidentified persons, officials said. Police said it has issued pic...More

Pakistan government has gifted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman a gold-plated assault rifle during his first official visit here, a media report said. The News International reported that Pakistan's Senate delegation called on the Crown Prince at the Prime Minister's H...More

The CPIM on Thursday demanded sacking of Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy over his support for calls of boycotting Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama attack. Describing Roy's comments as "outrageous", the CPI(M)'s Politburo in a statement said the governor's endorsement come...More

In wake of Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF men were killed on February 14, Inspector General of Police Jammu Zone, Manish Kumar Singh has issued advisory especially for the users of social media. The IGP said that various rumours were circulated to disrupt the peace and comm...More

Kashmir traders on Thursday called for a shutdown in Lal Chowk and adjacent areas from 3.30 pm on Friday against harassment of Kashmiris outside the state. The traders said that the protest will be observed by all trade bodies who will be assisted by the transporters and civ...More

Former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah Thursday said their stand on holding dialogue with Pakistan has been vindicated by the India-Saudi joint statement issued after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with oil-rich kingdom's Crown P...More

Paramilitary CRPF men and other forces personnel deployed in the Kashmir Valley will now be able to take a commercial flight to join duty or while going on leave as the government Thursday issued authorisation orders, in the wake of the killing of 40 jawans in a deadly attac...More

Authorities Thursday lifted day curfew in Jammu, facilitating resumption of normal activities in the city that saw massive protests following the Pulwama attack. Markets reopened and public transport was back on the roads. Schools also reopened after week-long closure due t...More

The Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) here has taken action against three Kashmiri girls for allegedly posting adverse remarks against the Indian Army on social media, a senior official said Thursday. After the deadly Pulwama attack on February 14, these girls all...More

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) and the BCCI have not prepared any note seeking a ban on Pakistan at the upcoming World Cup and even if such a move is made, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is bound to reject it. The Pulwama attack, that claimed the lives of ov...More

Some people want Kashmir to be part of India but don't want Kashmiris to be part of Indians, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday and asserted that the "irony of the situation is depressing". The former home and finance minister also took a dig at Meghalaya...More

After killing of a Pakistani prisoner in jaipur jail in Rajasthan, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday sought the shifting of Kashmiri prisoners to Kashmiri jails from other states of India, saying that the families of prisoners locked up in "Ind...More

The higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while the plains were lashed with rains overnight, the MET Office said on Thursday. An official of the MET Department said the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded 29 cms of snow, while Kupwara receive...More

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday a PIL seeking a direction to authorities to protect Kashmiri students who are allegedly being attacked across India in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Rnajan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and...More

The UN Mideast envoy says the prospect of peace between Israel and the Palestinians "is fading by the day as the specter of violence and radicalism grows" and "the risk of war continues to loom large". Nikolay Mladenov also told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that a...More

At least 69 people were killed as a massive fire on Wednesday night ripped through several buildings also used as chemical and plastic warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. The fire broke out at a chemical warehouse on the ground floor of a four-storey...More

Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway was halted after fresh snowfall in Bannihal sector and multiple landslides in Ramsoo-Ramban sector on Thursday. An official said over a foot of fresh snow has accumulated on the highway in Bannihal sector. "There have been multiple landsli...More