JAMMU AND KASHMIR

  SRINAGAR: A total of 64,827 families left the Kashmir Valley in 1990 due to “onset of militancy”, said the Jammu and Kashmir government in an RTI reply, which, activist Praffull Sarda, who sought the information, called “surprising”. The Pune-based businessman criticised the government for not acknowledging that Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave the […]

Srinagar: Braving the chill and rain that is lashing the valley, 10 lakh students are expected to attend their schools on Wednesday after about two years of closure in the wake COVID-19 Pandemic. On February 21, Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Government ordered for the reopening of schools for all classes from February 28, while […]

Srinagar: In a big setback to the Congress party in Jammu and Kashmir, Mubashar Azad, nephew of senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of the erstwhile state, joined Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Sunday along with dozens of supporters. Mubashar Azad, a youth leader from Doda, is also the nephew of […]

SRINAGAR: Stating that Delimitation Commission’s fresh proposal has increased alienation in Union Territory, National Conference president and Member Parliament Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said his party will fight elections in any case and it is too premature to say whether People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will go for polls together. Dr Abdullah said this […]

Srinagar: A Gallantry Award winner Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer, Arvind Digvijay Negi, the former Superintendent of Police with National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been arrested by the (NIA)  on the charges of conspiring with over ground workers (OGWs) of Pakistan based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiyyeba (LeT). NIA issued a statement saying that Negi has been […]

Srinagar: State Investigation Agency began its crackdown on anti-national activities and arrested 10 Over Ground Workers of terror outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) in different raids carried out in southern and central Kashmir. “These raids were primarily focused on the network of JeM. 10 identified persons who were part of OGW modules and taking instructions from JeM terrorist […]

CHANDIGARH: With the arrest of six alleged operatives of International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) group, Punjab Police claims to have busted a major terror module and solved the hand grenade attacks including one at Pathankot Army Camp, Punjab DGP claimed. The SBS Nagar police have also recovered six hand-grenades (86 P), one pistol (9mm), one […]

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Looks like there’s more than what meets the eye to the massive power outages that have left the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) crippled since Friday when over 20 thousand employees of Power Development Department (PDD) went on a strike in protest against the privatisation bid by the Centre. Administration officials claim […]

SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Former National Investigation Agency (NIA) cop Rakesh Balwal, a 2012-batch IPS officer, was on Thursday made the new SSP of Srinagar — a politically surcharged region of Jammu and Kashmir that has recently seen multiple attacks on innocent civilians, migrants and security forces even as joint operations have flushed out top terrorists over […]

NEW DELHI: In a throwback to deadly Pulwama terror attack, at least two personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police were left dead and at least 12 personnel of grievously injured on Monday after terrorists opened fire on their bus in Zewan area on the outskirts of Srinagar city, according to Kashmir administration. At the time of […]