JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that “ India will win any type of war and will finish off terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that he has full faith in the Indian Army.”

SRINAGAR: The Indian Army on Sunday shifted a Brigadier level and three other officers looking after anti-terrorist operations in Surankote. Official sources said that disciplinary action might be allowed after thorough internal investigations. The Jammu and Kashmir Police have also lodged a First Information Report (FIR) in the matter. Official sources confirmed that Brigadier Padam […]

SRINAGAR: Retired Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohammed Shafi Mir was killed while offering ‘azaan’ prayers at his local mosque at Baramulla in North Kashmir, on Sunday morning.  Following the attack, the Jammu and Kashmir Police proceeded to cordon off the area.  Mir retired from the position at the 12th Armed Battalion of the Indian […]

SRINAGAR: Two terrorists were killed, while another two were injured when the Indian Army foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Khour sector of Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday morning. Official sources said that the infiltrators hailed from Pakistan. Reportedly, the Indian Army had observed the movement of the four terrorists […]

SRINAGAR: Three civilians were found dead under suspicious circumstances near the site of an ambush in Surankote Tehsil of Poonch district in Jammu on Friday evening. The deaths are reportedly connected with the terrorist ambush on two Indian Army vehicles at Dera Ki Gali, on Thursday. The deceased were among nine civilians who had been […]

Three to four terrorists are believed to have taken positions atop the hill from where they targeted the Army vehicles which had to slow down their speed at the blind curve and bumpy road. A civilian dumper was also caught in the firing.

JAMMU: The Ministry of Railways has approved the final location survey of five lines, all of which fall in the Kashmir division while a survey of no new line has been approved in the Jammu division. This information was provided by Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday in a comprehensive reply in Lok […]

NEW DELHI: BJP’s National General Secretary, Tarun Chugh, who also serves as the party in charge for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh, issued a stern warning to former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for allegedly inciting public sentiment against the Supreme Court’s verdict on the abrogation of Article 370. Chugh strongly condemned […]

SRINAGAR: 47 Former MLAs of the 12th Jammu and Kashmir Assembly including Cabinet Ministers are yet to repay the loans taken from the erstwhile state assembly for building, repairing or purchasing homes. In all, they owe around Rs 5.7 crores to the state exchequer, an RTI reply has revealed. Jammu-based lawyer Advocate Sheikh Shakeel applied […]

A gentleman who used to be an editor asked me why I hadn’t written `an obit for 370’ after the Supreme Court’s orders. It’s frustrating to hear that sort of thing from well-informed people. For, of all the constitutional changes concerning Jammu and Kashmir, making Article 370 of India’s constitution non-operational was the least important. […]