Jammu and Kashmir
- Kashmir
Key 2-lane viaduct link completed on J&K highway
New Delhi: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday announced the completion of the construction of a two-lane 224 m viaduct at Sherebibi on the Ramban to Banihal section of…
- India
‘Provocative speeches’ case: Delhi LG approves Arundhati Roy, Kashmir prof’s prosecution
New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has accorded sanction for the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy and a former Kashmiri professor in a 2010 case related to alleged provocative speeches,…
- Kashmir
Teacher booked for tearing student’s hijab in J&K’s Bandipora district
Srinagar: A teacher was booked on Tuesday for allegedly tearing the hijab of a student in Jammu & Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Official sources said that a female student lodged a police complaint…
- Opinions
Why Opposition in J&K is so desperate for polls
Why Opposition Parties in Jammu and Kashmir are desperate for all sorts of elections? If some think that it is due to their urge to clinch the electoral battles in their favour, it…
- Kashmir
Mahatma Gandhi’s statue unveiled in J&K Civil Secretariat on his birth anniversary
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi and a Charkha installation as a mark of tribute to the Father of the Nation on his birth anniversary,…
- Kashmir
J&K: Infiltration bid foiled on LoC, 2 killed
Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Saturday as security forces foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. Based on intelligence input…
- Kashmir
BJP issues disciplinary action notice to eight leaders in Kashmir
Jammu: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday issued a disciplinary action notice to eight party leaders belonging to the Valley for indulging in anti-party activities. The notices have been issued to Altaf…
- Kashmir
UP: Kashmiri students assaulted in Jhansi school in ‘retaliatory action’
Jhansi (UP): Students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in UP’s Jhansi have alleged that they were assaulted by local students. This was an apparent retaliation after the beating of UP students in…
- India
Khalistani Pannun plans ‘democratic republic of Urduistan’ to separate Kashmir
New Delhi: The NIA has alleged that Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had planned to create a territory called the ‘democratic republic of Urduistan’ in an attempt to separate Kashmir from…
- Kashmir
10 arrested for ‘vitiating peaceful atmosphere’ outside Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid
Srinagar: Ten youths were arrested on charges of vitiating the peaceful atmosphere outside the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar during the congregational payers a day earlier, police said on Saturday. “10 Hooligans arrested…
- Kashmir
India-Canada row political gimmick: Sikh body in Kashmir
Srinagar: A Kashmir-based Sikh body on Saturday said the India-Canada row was “a political gimmick” by the establishment to garner votes in the elections and that the community was an integral part…
- Kashmir
Don’t disrupt peace, we will succeed: Mirwaiz to Kashmiri youth
Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led the Friday congregational prayers at Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid for the first time in four years after being released from house detention. Mirwaiz was…
- Kashmir
Mehbooba Mufti attacks BJP for felicitating religious preacher booked under PSA
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday hit out at the BJP for allegedly felicitating a religious leader, jailed under the stringent Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), after his release.…
- Middle East
Kashmir issue a challenge to region’s security: Saudi FM
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s minister of foreign affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, on Wednesday, September 20, said that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir constitutes one of the pressing challenges…
- Kashmir
J&K: Soldier killed, another injured as service rifle goes off
Srinagar: A soldier was killed and another injured on Sunday in an accidental firing inside an army camp in J&K’s Bandipora district. Also ReadJ-K: Anantnag operation continues for 4th day, drones, helicopters…
