J&K: Doctor, six labourers killed in terror attack in Ganderbal
Srinagar: A doctor and six labourers were killed when terrorists struck a tunnel-construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday, officials...
View ArticleFight against terror, infiltration, religious tension to continue, says Amit...
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the fight against terrorism, infiltration and conspiracy to create religious tension will continue even though the country has established...
View ArticleNo talks should be held with Pakistan till it stops terror attacks: Farooq...
Srinagar: Former chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday lashed out at Pakistan for perpetrating terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, saying Islamabad will have to...
View ArticleOmar Abdullah visits residence of slain doctor in J-K’s Budgam
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday visited the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, who was killed in a terror attack in Ganderbal on Sunday. Abdullah visited Dar’s...
View ArticleJ&K: Over 40 suspects detained for questioning in Gagangir attack
Srinagar: Officials said on Tuesday, October 22 that over 40 suspects were detained for questioning by the investigators in connection with the Gagangir terrorist attack in which seven people were...
View ArticleSrinagar airport goes on high alert as Indigo flight receives bomb threat
Srinagar: The security grid at Srinagar International Airport on Tuesday went on high alert mode after a hoax call about a possible bomb threat, officials said. The officials said a call was received...
View ArticleChidambaram demands full statehood for Jammu & Kashmir
New Delhi: A day after Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha held a security review meeting, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said people have elected a chief minister and government to...
View ArticleJ-K: LG Sinha orders security audit of infra projects, area domination in...
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday, October 24 directed for a security audit of infrastructure projects, round-the-clock nakas at the strategic points, and night...
View ArticleJ&K govt to introduce Article 370 resolution in Assembly, restore ‘Darbar Move’
Srinagar: The J&K government will bring a resolution on Article 370 in the upcoming session of the Legislative Assembly and also restore the practice of ‘Darbar Move’, NC MLA and party...
View ArticleEr Rashid leads protest demanding darbar move restoration or Srinagar as capital
Srinagar: Lok Sabha Member Engineer Rashid said on Friday, October 25 that the Jammu & Kashmir government should restore the tradition of Darbar Move or declare Srinagar as the permanent capital...
View ArticleNDA govt’s policies failed to ensure security, peace in J&K: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday, October 25 slammed the NDA government at the Centre over the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg, saying its policies had completely failed to establish...
View ArticleJ&K L-G vows to avenge every drop of innocent blood spilled by terrorists
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha said on Saturday, October 26 that the security forces have devised a new strategy to deal with the emerging terrorist threat and assured that...
View ArticleJ-K terror attack: LG pays tributes to slain soldiers, porters
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha paid floral tributes on Friday, October 25 to the soldiers and porters who were killed in a terror attack in Gulmarg a day before. Sinha...
View ArticleEngineer Rashid seeks clarity on J-K CM’s meetings with PM Modi, Shah
Srinagar: Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Sunday asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah if restoration of Article 370 and the release of political prisoners were discussed during his...
View ArticleJ&K: Terrorists fire at army vehicle, encounter starts in Akhnoor
Jammu: Terrorists tried to ambush an army vehicle on Monday in Jammu & Kashmir’s Akhnoor area in Jammu district. Subsequently, an encounter started there. Officials said that terrorists fired at...
View ArticleMP Engineer Rashid surrenders to Tihar after interim bail expires
New Delhi: Baramulla Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as ‘Engineer Rashid’, surrendered to Tihar authorities on Monday after his interim bail expired and a court here reserved its...
View ArticleJ&K: Fresh gunfight in Akhnoor as security forces look to kill 2 terrorists
Jammu: A fresh gunfight erupted in a village in the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu region on Tuesday morning as security forces made a push for a final assault against two terrorists holed up in the...
View Article2 more terrorists killed in Jammu encounter following attack on army convoy
Jammu: Security forces on Tuesday morning gunned down two terrorists holed up in a forest area near a village in the Akhnoor sector in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of militants killed in the...
View ArticleJ-K: 1 terrorist killed in operation after army convoy targeted in Akhnoor
Jammu: One terrorist was killed on Monday, October 29 as special forces were mobilised to neutralise a group of recently infiltrated ultras who attacked an army convoy in a village in the Akhnoor...
View ArticleHelp release prisoners held without trial: MP Aga Ruhullah to Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: Srinagar Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Tuesday, October 29 urged Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah to facilitate the release of prisoners “who have been held...
View ArticleKashmir siblings make CM Omar Abdullah’s portrait using Rubik’s cubes
Srinagar: Three siblings from Kashmir are making waves on social media with their portrait of Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah made with Rubik’s cubes. Abdullah, who re-posted a video of...
View ArticleJ-K: Omar Abdullah govt reverts to November academic session
Srinagar: In a major decision, the newly formed Jammu and Kashmir government led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday reverted the academic calendar from March session to November. This is the...
View ArticleToday is ‘black day’ for people of J-K: Mehbooba on UT Foundation Day
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said the Union Territory Foundation Day is a “black day” for the people of Jammu and Kashmir as it marks “disenfranchisement...
View ArticleKashmiri Muslims will regret exodus of Pandits one day: Union min
Jammu: Asserting that the majority community in Kashmir will one day regret the “exodus” of Kashmiri Pandits, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said Kashmir is incomplete without their...
View ArticleJ-K BJP MLA Devender Singh Rana passes away at 59
Jammu: Senior BJP leader and Nagrota MLA Devender Singh Rana, brother of Union minister Jitendra Singh, died on Thursday at a private hospital in Haryana’s Faridabad. He was 59. According to a senior...
View ArticleGrand Diwali celebration held at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk
Srinagar: For the first time, a grand Diwali celebration was held near the historic clock tower at Lal Chowk here on Thursday as hundreds of locals and tourists lit diyas to mark the festival of...
View ArticleIn photos: Diwali celebrations in Kashmir
A girl reignites a blown-out lamp (Photo: Muzamil Bhat/Siasat.com) A man captures the essence of Diwali on his phone after lighting a lamp (Photo: Muzamil Bhat/Siasat.com) A woman places an oil lamp...
View ArticleJ-K: 2 migrant workers shot at in Budgam
Two migrant workers were injured when a gunman suspected to be militant opened fire at them in the Mazhama Magam area of Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir on Friday evening, November 1. The injured have been...
View ArticleFarooq Abdullah demands ‘independent probe’ into spurt in J&K violence
Srinagar: Former chief minister and NC president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday demanded an independent probe to find out the reason for the spurt in violence in J&K after the formation of an elected...
View ArticleKashmir: Debate intensifies over scrapping reservation; NC, PDP call for review
A heated debate has emerged in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir over the reservation policy as leaders from local parties like the National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
View ArticleSat Sharma appointed J-K BJP president
New Delhi: The BJP leadership on Sunday appointed Sat Sharma as president of the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit, replacing Ravinder Raina. A party communication said Raina has been made a member of...
View ArticleJ-K: Grenade attack at Sunday market in Srinagar, 6 injured
Srinagar: At least six individuals were injured in a grenade attack that took place in Jammu and Kashmir’s capital, Srinagar on Sunday, November 3. The injured have been shifted to Shri Maharaja Hari...
View ArticleWaheed Para moves resolution against abrogation of Article 370 in J-K Assembly
Srinagar: PDP MLA Waheed Para on Monday moved a resolution in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly opposing the abrogation of Article 370 and calling for the restoration of special status to the erstwhile...
View ArticleJ-K Assembly: Omar Abdullah says MLA’s private resolution on Article 370...
Srinagar: J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, while commenting on PDP MLA Waheed ur Rehman Parra’s resolution opposing abrogation of Article 370, said on Monday that the resolution tabled by a...
View ArticleOmar Abdullah says had Vajpayee been alive, J-K wouldn’t be a UT
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the erstwhile state would not have been downgraded to a Union Territory had the road map of former Prime...
View ArticleJ-K Assembly passes resolution to restore Article 370 amid uproar by BJP
Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir legislative Assembly passed a resolution for the restoration of Article 370 amid an uproar on Wednesday. The resolution was moved by the Deputy Chief Minister,...
View ArticleHalf-hearted effort: Mehbooba on J-K resolution
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the resolution passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for restoration of special status to the erstwhile state was a “half-hearted” effort...
View ArticleVideo: J&K Assembly adjourned after brawl over Article 370 resolution
Srinagar: A brawl broke out between BJP MLAs and marshals of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Thursday after the speaker directed eviction of opposition members who had stormed the well during their...
View ArticleOmar condemns killing of village defence guards in Kishtwar
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday condemned the killing of two village defence guards by terrorists in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. “Deeply saddened & concerned by the...
View ArticleRuckus in J-K Assembly, BJP MLAs marshalled out
Jammu: BJP MLAs continued their protest on Friday against the resolution to restore Article 370 passed by the J&K Assembly as the Speaker ordered marshals to take them out of the house and not...
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