KASHMIR

US Republican Cong Members Plead To Attorney General To Probe Terror Links Of Pak’s New US Envoy

NEW DELHI: Scott Perry, W. Gregory Steube and Mary E. Miller, three  Republican members of the US Congress, on March 9, have addressed a letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, Department of Justice to investigate terror links with Masood Khan, Pakistan’s newly appointed Ambassador to the US, a letter The New […]

J&K: One Dead, 13 Injured In IED Blast In Udhampur

JAMMU: One person was killed and 13 others were injured, including six critically injured, in an IED blast outside the district court complex in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Official told The New Indian that the explosive was placed under a ‘rehri’ (hardcart) at Salathia Chowk near the Tehsildar office of the district. Additional […]

Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’ is No Small Feat 

It is not easy to write about movies or books which bare one’s bottled-up horrors and agony. But then, that is the strength of Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’. It has made me, a displaced Kashmiri Pandit (Hindu), to own it, to call it my story. And that is no small feat.  For the […]

Delimitation Commission favour BJP, alleges Farooq Abdullah

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 […]

2 Terrorists, Civilian Killed In Shopian Encounter: IGP Kashmir

Srinagar: Two terrorists of proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba and a civilian were killed in Shopian south Kashmir encounter on Friday, Inspector General of Police Kashmir (Zone) Vijay Kumar said. IGP said that civilian had given shelter to the terrorists and they later shot him dead. The encounter broke out in Amshipora village of Shopian after […]

JK Delimitation: Panel Gets 2 Months Extension

Srinagar: A day after Union Home Minister, Amit Shah announced that Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held within six to eight months after completion of the Delimitation Commission exercise, central government gave two month extension to panel on Tuesday. “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Delimitation Act, […]

Winds Of Change: Kashmiris No Longer Hostile To The Army

Srinagar: The Army, once referred to as an occupational force by the Kashmiri locals, has become a part of daily life in Kashmir today. It is welcomed and loved by all Kashmiri people now. Even the people of Sopore, once known as the so-called Chota Pakistan and home town of late pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed […]

One Terrorist Elminated, Two Jawans Killed In Action In Shopian Anti-Terror Operation

Two jawans of army were killed in action and a terrorist was gunned down in an anti-terrorist operation in Shopian district of South Kashmir.  The two jawans who laid down their lives while fighting the terrorists, are from 1 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and have been identified as Santosh Yadav and Romit Chohan. Preliminary reports identified the […]

Rising Acid Attack Cases: Kashmir’s Turn Towards Religious Orthodoxy Responsible?

Kashmir was once again rocked by yet another shocking case of acid attack on a young Kashmiri girl by a Kashmiri man. The man was angry at the girl for spurning his advances. The girl is admitted to the hospital in a grievously injured condition and is fighting for her life. What is alarming is […]

Kashmir: Class 12 Topper Trolled For Not Wearing ‘Hijab’

SRINAGAR: Aroosa Parvaiz, the class 12 topper of Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education, is being virulently trolled by a section of people after her picture, in which she’s not wearing hijab, appeared on the Internet. Her picture was taken after she was declared the topper by the Board. What meant to be a […]