Tag: Kashmir

Srinagar: Life across the Kashmir Valley was adversely affected on Wednesday due to the separatist called protest shutdown against the killing of three civilians in clashes with security forces. Authorities here and in all other district headquarters made sufficient deployment of police and paramilitary forces to maintain law and order. “Adequate deployments of security forces […]

New Delhi: Minister of State in the PMO Jitendra Singh on Friday urged the Congress and other opposition parties to refrain from criticising Army chief General Bipin Rawat for warning Kashmiri protesters. “I think regardless of our political affiliations, it is to be understood that politcking in the name of sceurity forces is ultimatley going […]

New Delhi: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday charged the central and the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir with “utter failure” to maintain law and order and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take immediate steps to understand the mindset of youths in the state. “It’s more than just a law […]

Srinagar: An Army major and three soldiers were killed while foiling an infiltration bid in north Kashmir’s Gurez sector, officials said today. At least two militants were gunned down in the operation, they said. The encounter between the Army’s patrolling party and the infiltrating group took place at Govind Nallah in Gurez sector of Bandipore […]

Jammu: BJP president Amit Shah today said his party will never allow the separation of Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of the country, as he lashed out at Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saifuddin Soz for being on the same frequency as the terrorists. “Mr Soz, you can take hundreds of births but […]

  Jammu: Abhishek Sharma, one of the 15 candidates from Jammu and Kashmir who qualified the prestigious civil services 2017 examination has a word of advice for the states stone-pelting youths — give peace a chance. Sharma, who secured 69th rank in the coveted examination whose results were announced yesterday, appealed to the youth to […]

United Nations: Taking a jibe at Pakistan, a top Indian diplomat has said Islamabad’s decision to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN, which has not been discussed at the world body for decades, is like ‘Miyan ki daud masjid tak’. India on the other hand is focused on progressive, forward looking agenda during the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight strongly condemned the dastardly terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims in Kashmir and asserted that India will never get bogged down by such cowardly attacks and evil designs of hate. He said he spoke to Governor N N Vohra and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and assured all possible assistance […]

Srinagar: A suspicious box found in the compound of the Kheer Bhawani shrine in Tulumulla ahead of an annual mela to be attended by thousands of devotees tomorrow triggered panic in the area, police said today. An anti-sabotage team of police found the empty ammunition box containing a bomb-like substance in the Kheer Bhawani complex […]

Pelling (Sikkim): Amidst the ongoing unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that the NDA government would find a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue. Addressing a public reception in this western part of the tiny Himalayan state, Singh said Pakistan had been trying to destabilise India by fomenting trouble in […]

Beijing: China today dismissed India’s concerns over the Belt and Road initiative, saying the mega venture has broad international support and the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project which is a part of it will not affect Beijing’s stand on Kashmir. Reacting to India’s reservations over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of […]

Srinagar: The repoll ordered by Election Commission of India in 38 polling stations of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, where the bypoll on April 9 was marred by violence, began today amidst tight security arrangements. The polling began at 7 am and will end at 4 pm. All these polling stations are located in central Kashmir’s […]

Beijing: China has denied any of its armed personnel were posted in Pakistani Kashmir, stating that these were “just stories”. A senior leader in charge of bilateral relations with India and Pakistan said that with modern technology and satellites no troops could remain undetected anywhere. “Even 5,000 ants cannot hide from being seeing,” Deputy Diretor-General […]

Srinagar: Three guerrillas were killed late yesterday in an ongoing gun battle with the Indian Army in Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Three militants were killed in Tangdhar town near the LoC (Line of Control) in a fierce gun battle with the army. The operation against the militants is still going on,” a senior police officer told […]

Srinagar: Separatist guerrillas yesterday shot at a man whose brother had given land on rent for a mobile phone tower in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. Militants fired at 25-year-old Imtiyaz Ahmad Nadroo in Pattan town, a police officer told IANS. Nadroo was admitted to a hospital for treatment. This was the third […]