Jammu and Kashmir
- India
Govt ready to hold Assembly polls in JK; EC to decide: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: The government is ready to hold Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir whenever the Election Commission (EC) takes a final decision in the matter, Union minister Jitendra Singh said in…
- India
Classwork, exam suspended in 2 J&K colleges after protests
Srinagar: Academic activities were suspended at two colleges, including the National Institute of Technology (NIT), here on Thursday as a precautionary measure, a day after protests against a student’s social media post spread…
- Kashmir
Softer provision of UAPA invoked against arrested students: J-K Police
Srinagar: After it faced flak from a section of politicians, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday defended booking under UAPA seven university students who had raised objectionable slogans after the Indian cricket…
- Kashmir
7 Kashmiri students held under UAPA for ‘celebrating’ India’s WC’s loss
Srinagar: Seven students of an agricultural university have been arrested here under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for allegedly raising objectionable slogans and celebrating the Indian cricket team’s loss in the World…
- Kashmir
NC sacrificed for tricolour when others were selling ‘Azadi’ dreams: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday asserted that his party has always held the national flag high and rendered sacrifices to safeguard it when others were “selling dreams of Azadi”…
- Kashmir
‘Disappointment’, ‘fear’ among people in J-K: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: There is “disappointment” in Jammu and Kashmir and the people are living under “fear”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Sunday. “There is disappointment, people are being arrested, recently wife of…
- Bangalore
Mortal remains of Captain Pranjal, who died fighting terrorists, land in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The mortal remains of Captain M V Pranjal who was killed during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, arrived in the city on Friday. The 29-year-old from 63 Rashtriya…
- Kashmir
‘Proud of his martyrdom’, says uncle of soldier killed in Rajouri encounter
Ajote (Poonch): The uncle of Havaldar Abdul Majid who was killed in an encounter with the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district said he feels proud of his nephew’s martyrdom. Majid, a…
- Kashmir
Rajouri encounter: LeT commander, 1 more soldier killed; toll rises to 7
Rajouri/Jammu: Two militants, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander trained in Afghanistan, were killed in a gunfight with security forces on Thursday, November 23, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. The…
- Kashmir
Heartbreaking to see Army personnel lose lives in line of duty: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday expressed grief over the killing of four soldiers in an encounter with militants in Rajouri area of Jammu and Kashmir. “Terrible news…
- Kashmir
J&K: 4 army personnel, 1 militant killed in Rajouri encounter
Four Army personnel and one militant were killed in an encounter in the Dharamsal village in Kalakote tehsil in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, November 22.…
- Kashmir
Dismissed J-K teacher was paid salary while he was in jail: Officials
Jammu: The charge sheet against Farooq Ahmed Mir, who is among the four government employees dismissed from service by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday, November 22, shows that he was appointed…
- Kashmir
J&K admin sacks 4 officials over ‘anti-govt’ activities, Mehbooba cries foul
Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has expressed displeasure over the sacking of four government employees by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, who were accused…
- Opinions
Why J&K leaders have pinned hopes on SC for Assembly polls?
Will the Supreme Court of India decide when Assembly polls should be held in J&K? At least this is the hope of political parties in J&K, which have been waiting for polls over…
- India
Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah to finally walk free after HC grants bail
Kashmiri journalist and editor of the now-defunct magazine, The Kashmir Walla, Fahad Shah will finally walk free after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court granted bail on Friday, November 17. Shah was arrested…
