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  • Two Rebels, Youth killed scores injured in Shopian Gunfight - An 18-year-old youth was killed and over 50 others suffered injuries during intense clashes between government forces and protesters near encounter site at Kundalan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Two militants were killed during the encounter in the initial phases of which two soldiers including an officer...
  • One Dead, Scores injured as forces open fire in Pulwama - One youth was shot dead by the government forces near the gunfight site at Chatpora area of district Pulwama on Friday. The deceased youth has been identified as Faizan Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Gani Khan of Ladoo, Khrew area of the district. A medico at District Hospital Pulwama confirmed...
  • Jhelum approaching danger mark at Sangam, I&FC declares flood alert - Fear of flood is again haunting the Srinagar residents, as the water levels is continuously increasing in Jhelum due to incessant rains in the Valley. As per the Irrigation and Flood Control Department Kashmir there is a possibility of flood like situation in the city. Chief Engineer Irrigation and Flood...
  • Shutdown against civilian killings today: Joint Resistance Leadership - Expressing concern over resumption of Operation All-Out and CASOs in Kashmir which has resulted in killing of four civilians in past one week, the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has called for a complete shutdown against “planned genocide of Kashmiri youth”...
  • Four militants among six killed, Scores injured in Anantnag gunfight - Four militants, including ISJK chief Dawood Salafi, a policeman and a civilian were killed and dozens others injured after a gunfight broke out between militants and the government forces in Srigufwara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday. A police official confirmed that four militants were killed in the...
  • Normal life hit across Kashmir with Separatist Sponsored Strike - Normal life was affected in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday due to a strike called by separatists against the killing of journalist Shujaat Bukhari. Most of the shops, petrol pumps and other business establishments in Srinagar were shut, a police official said. He said public transport was minimal in the...
Sajad Lone holding trump card in J&K govt formation?

Jul
2018 10 Sajad Lone holding trump card in J&K govt formation?

‘You don’t need any security as you are our guests’: Hizb welcomes Amarnath pilgrims

Jun
2018 27 ‘You don’t need any security as you are our guests’: Hizb welcomes Amarnath pilgrims

Security forces working to stop recruitments at funerals of militants in Kashmir

Jun
2018 22 Security forces working to stop recruitments at funerals of militants in Kashmir

PDP & BJP era comes to an end, BJP pulls out of J&K coalition govt with PDP

Jun
2018 19 PDP & BJP era comes to an end, BJP pulls out of J&K coalition govt with PDP

CRPF vehicle ran over demonestrating crowd, One dead one critical

Jun
2018 02 CRPF vehicle ran over demonestrating crowd, One dead one critical

Geelani says no talks with India till it accepts Kashmir as a ‘Dispute’

May
2018 28 Geelani says no talks with India till it accepts Kashmir as a ‘Dispute’

Top Officials, Politicians, Spymasters advocates for Kashmir talks

May
2018 25 Top Officials, Politicians, Spymasters advocates for Kashmir talks

Objecting to army’s Iftar 4 persons injured in Shopian after soldiers fired into a gathering

May
2018 22 Objecting to army’s Iftar 4 persons injured in Shopian after soldiers fired into a gathering

Two Rebels, Youth killed scores injured in Shopian Gunfight
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Two Rebels, Youth killed scores injured in Shopian Gunfight

Violence sees new high across Kashmir Valley in last three years: MHA
Kashmir

Violence sees new high across Kashmir Valley in last three years: MHA

Handcarts of street vendors ablaze in Soura by security forces
Business

Handcarts of street vendors ablaze in Soura by security forces

Sajad Lone holding trump card in J&K govt formation?
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Sajad Lone holding trump card in J&K govt formation?

General News

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July 19, 2018 No Responses

BJP seeks abrogation of Articles 370, 35-A, Dineshwar Sharma on...

After snapping ties with the Peoples Democratic Party, the BJP has again started raking up the issue of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35-A of the Constitution. During a meeting on Wednesday with Centre’s special r...
July 18, 2018 No Responses

UN Human Rights Chief Hits Back on Claims of Bias...

Over a month after UN human rights commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein released a report which was greeted by claims of personal “prejudice” from New Delhi, his office has denied any collusion with Pakistani activis...
July 17, 2018 No Responses

Government orders major reshuffle in administration

Owais is DC Shopian, Hashmat Special Secy to Governor, Zubair Chairman JKSSB Anayatullah is FC Revenue, Razdan CEO ERA, Jeelani Director Tourism, Sarwar Director R&D Kashmir The government Monday ordered massive resh...
July 16, 2018 No Responses

Do not have numbers to form govt says BJP, Denies...

Priority to establish peace in state, says party’s in charge for Jammu & Kashmir In charge of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir Avinash Rai Khanna has said that since the party did not have the numbers to form the gover...
July 14, 2018 No Responses

PDP rebels go all out against Mehbooba, says they are...

For the first time, the rebel group of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) jointly came out in public on Friday to counter the statement of party president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who earlier in the day caut...

Kashmir

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July 18, 2018 No Responses

Violence sees new high across Kashmir Valley in last three...

A total of 256 incidents of violence — a steep hike from 2017 and 2016 — have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir in just six months of 2018, Home Ministry data presented in Parliament on Wednesday revealed. Min...
July 17, 2018 No Responses

From Stones to Guns — Kashmir’s vicious cycle of violence

The road to Tral in a remote sub-district in south Kashmir crisscrosses wet rice fields and icy streams as the Himalayan Mountains arch high on the horizon. An insurgency against Indian rule has been resurrected here in ...
July 16, 2018 No Responses

Rebels release another group photo 2 months after last of...

The new group photo came just a week after Hizbul flooded the social media with individual pictures of around 18 young men holding guns on the second death anniversary of Burhan Wani on July 8. Jammu and Kashmir police a...
July 14, 2018 No Responses

United Nations report on human rights violation in Kashmir baseless:...

The United Nations (UN) report on the human rights situation in Kashmir is baseless and without seeing the ground realities, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Friday. On Thursday, UN Secretary-General Anto...
July 13, 2018 No Responses

July 13, a day of Ironies and Sacrifice

Barring the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jammu-based National Panthers Party, the entire spectrum of political ideologies in Jammu and Kashmir, including separatists observe July 13 as Martyr’s Day. Though J&K Ch...

Jammu

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July 18, 2018 No Responses

Ram Madhav’s upcoming Jammu visit fuels ‘Alliance’ rumours

Amid rumours of the BJP trying to stitch an alliance with the rebel legislators of its erstwhile partner PDP, saffron party’s national general secretary Ram Madhav is reaching Jammu on a two-day tour on July 21. During...
July 16, 2018 No Responses

Tragic Sunday: Rock crushes 7 to death under Siar Baba...

Seven people were crushed to death and 33 were wounded Sunday when a rock slipped off cliff and fell on them as they bathed under the famous Siar Baba waterfall in Reasi district. Two of the dead were women. All the inju...
July 14, 2018 No Responses

Jammu divided over Martyr’s Day, Governor skips ceremony in Srinagar

NC pays tributes, BJP says ‘not martyrs’ for us There should not be holiday on this day: Congress There is a sharp divide among people and the political parties in some of the districts of Jammu region with regard to...
June 29, 2018 No Responses

Create Union Territory in Kashmir to resolve our problems: Panun...

The Panun Kashmir, a frontal organisation of 3.50 lakh displaced Hindus of Kashmir, on Thursday called upon the Central government to treat displacement of Pandits as a political issue. Reiterating the demand for creatio...
June 28, 2018 No Responses

Lal Singh holds torchlight march in support of handing over...

The scion of the erstwhile royal Dogra family on Wednesday joined the campaign launched by former minister and Basholi MLA Choudhary Lal Singh in support of handing over the Kathua rape and murder case to the CBI. On Wed...

Ladakh

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July 11, 2018 No Responses

Governor NN Vohra meets Dalai Lama in Leh

Governor NN Vohra, who visited Leh on Tuesday, called on His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the latter’s residence at Jive-tsal Choglamsar. They both interacted on the growing tensions across the world. During his interact...
May 19, 2018 No Responses

Ladakh in festive mood ahead of PM Modi’s visit

Festive mood has gripped the Ladakh region ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Leh on Saturday. The Prime Minister is scheduled to join the 100th birth anniversary celebrations of Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, t...
May 17, 2018 No Responses

Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone of Zojila tunnel on...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Asia’s longest bi-directional Zojila tunnel, connecting Kashmir’s Sonamarg with the Gumri area in Kargil district, on May 19 during his visit to Ladakh. T...
May 10, 2018 No Responses

President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Siachen base camp today

President Ram Nath Kovind will visit the Siachen base camp, world’s highest battlefield, on Thursday and interact with soldiers. President Kovind, who is also the Supreme Commander of the armed forces, will be the firs...
April 28, 2018 No Responses

PM Narendra Modi likely to visit Leh on May 19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Leh on May 19 to address a public gathering to mark conclusion of the birth centenary celebrations of 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, the architect of modern Ladakh. The Prime...

Community

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July 19, 2018 No Responses

J&K Govt orders ban on 30 Islamic, Pakistani channels, Cable...

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered for an immediate ban on 30 Islamic and Pakistan-based religious and spiritual channels across all cable television networks. A notification, issued by the A...
July 18, 2018 No Responses

Joint Resistance Leadership urges global rights bodies to visit Kashmir...

Expressing strong resentment over the extension of judicial remand for Asiya Andrabi and her two associates, the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin M...

Education

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June 2, 2018 No Responses

Three IT giants innovate to save Kashmir education

Three IT majors – Microsoft, Tech Avant-Garde and Efee Online – have come together to help Kashmiri students to make up for their academic losses due to frequent shutdowns and curfews in the insurgency-rava...
May 30, 2018 No Responses

Frequent Govt closure orders put academics in jeopardy in Kashmir

With PDP-BJP led coalition facing tough time over running academic institutions amid volatile situation and rising protests, various colleges across Kashmir region have lost their academic session due to freque...

Business

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July 12, 2018 No Responses

Handcarts of street vendors ablaze in Soura by security forces

Police and paramilitary forces Wednesday set the handcarts of five vendors of Soura ablaze along with their merchandise and cash boxes, locals and eyewitnesses said. They said youth were engaging Police and paramilitary ...
July 11, 2018 No Responses

Mission Impossible or Mission Kashmir? Tom Cruise visits the Valley...

Hollywood icon Tom Cruise along with his Mission Impossible team lands in Kashmir to stop a sinister plot. Before you jump the gun, that’s how India finds a place in the narrative of the upcoming Mission: Impossible &#...
June 29, 2018 No Responses

‘Valley Weekends’ set to return from tomorrow

The Tourism Department will be resuming ‘Valley Weekends’, which will have cultural and sports activities for tourists and locals from the wee hours to the evenings, from Saturday. An official of the Tourism Departme...
June 7, 2018 No Responses

Centre must step in to check rising airfares: PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday asked the state and the Central governments to take immediate measures for addressing the skyrocketing air fares to Kashmir during peak tourist season. In a statement issue...
June 5, 2018 No Responses

GST roll-out hit industrial production, forced employee layoffs: FCIK

Appalled by ‘callous’ performance of government departments, the Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir claimed that rollout of Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has hit Kashmir industry badly resulting in huge e...

Articales

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We Find A Voice: Kashmir Once again shot into international headlines
Jun
2018 25

We Find A Voice: Kashmir Once again shot...

Historically, Kashmiris since 1819 have always greeted the voices raised from outside the state against their oppression and in support of their cause....
A hard outlook will have pitfalls in Kashmir
Jun
2018 22

A hard outlook will have pitfalls in Kashmir

KASHMIR is happy, somewhat. The PDP-BJP split was much awaited; by people who were unable to reconcile to the rule of the saffron...
Infinite quest for permanent solution in J&K: An unconventional roadmap towards a permanent solution
Jun
2018 05

Infinite quest for permanent solution in J&K: An...

Well, as a fiction author, I often am in a position to take liberties which policy makers and people in decision making positions...

Environment

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July 16, 2018 No Responses

Surrounded by glaciers, Kashmir faces drought-like conditions as precipitation levels...

In 2002, the Jammu and Kashmir government set up a water-treatment plant at Pokhribal in Srinagar to supply drinking water from the Dal Lake to the households of the area. But local people objected saying the lake water ...
July 16, 2018 No Responses

Wular has lost its primary function of flood absorption basin...

Not so long ago Wular in Bandipore was considered to be one of the largest freshwater lakes in Aisa, acting as a natural flood reservoir for Jhelum River to prevent floods in the Valley. Today, the lake is however gaspin...
June 27, 2018 No Responses

Heavy rains likely across Kashmir Valley in next few days

Kashmir is likely to receive downpour over the next few days with the state weather department predicting heavy rainfall at isolated places in the region. A spell of rain is expected to begin tonight or tomorrow and will...
June 6, 2018 No Responses

Heavy militarization of Kashmir Valley risking Environment, Ecology

Policy Group, civil society ask Govt to adopt concrete measures to save environment Several members of Environment Policy Group (EPG) and civil society Monday asked the government to adopt concrete measures to save the e...
June 5, 2018 No Responses

What happens to the plastic you throw away every day?

In the absence of proper segregation of waste inside homes, the danger from hazardous plastics falls on the trash collectors, most of whom are poorly paid. And, landfills are still non-scientific dump sites that pose gra...
June 2, 2018 No Responses

Dal Lake gets dull as waste dumping goes on

“Perhaps in the whole world, there is no corner as pleasant as the Dal Lake,” said Sir Walter Lawrence in his book ‘Valley of Kashmir’. But today, the Dal Lake, which used to be the top attraction for tourists in...

Sports

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July 12, 2018 No Responses

Jammu and Kashmir Premier League begins in Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir Premier League tournament for Srinagar district commenced on Wednesday. The tournament organized by Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association would be played at least on four different venues across the cit...
June 28, 2018 No Responses

Two Valley students to represent India at Kick Boxing Championship...

Two Kashmiri students will represent India at the World Kick-boxing Championship, which will be held in November at Buenos Aires in Argentina. The participants, Aabid Hamid and Hashim Ashraf, are students of Army Goodwil...
May 31, 2018 No Responses

Real Kashmir FC qualify for I-League, becomes first J&K club...

Real Kashmir FC on Wednesday became the first football club from Jammu and Kashmir to qualify for the country’s top tier I-League after they won the second division league by beating Delhi side Hindustan FC 3-2. Th...
March 30, 2018 No Responses

Irfan Pathan joins J&K Criket Team as Mentor-cum-Player

After months of uncertainty, the air was cleared on Friday as international cricketer Irfan Pathan officially joined Jammu and Kashmir cricket team as mentor cum player at Sher-i-Kashmir International Cricket Stadium, So...

Health

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June 13, 2018 No Responses

Caught between the limited resources, Kashmiri’s are forces to eat...

Punjabi poultry farmers have used politics to retain Kashmir as their main market to sell used layers and parents’ chicks’ that otherwise is dog food. We report the costs that consumers pay for making the cheap and s...
May 29, 2018 No Responses

Valley doctors mitigate Nipah Virus fear

Doctors and health authorities Monday said there was no immediate threat of the deadly Nipah Virus (NiV) in Kashmir, but advised people to take precautions. The virology division of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sc...
May 26, 2018 No Responses

Nipah mystery deepens as lab report rules out bats as...

The mystery over the source of the deadly Nipah (NiV) virus infection that has claimed 12 lives in north Kerala deepened after the blood and serum samples of 21 bats tested at the National Institute of High Security Anim...
May 25, 2018 No Responses

Antibiotic resistance linked to global warming, rising population

The resistance to antibiotics among the human pathogens is spreading like a wild fire and will have serious consequences on the spread of infections and how our doctors treat them in the future. It is estimated that by 2...

Technology

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April 17, 2018 No Responses

Gmail will soon let you send emails with an expiry...

Google recently confirmed it is working on redesigning its popular Gmail service. However, it’s not just the design that will be new as it looks like the service will get new features as well. One of the features has b...
March 22, 2018 No Responses

Zuckerberg says sorry after allegations of Cambridge Analytica data misuse

Facebook is facing growing scrutiny in Europe and the US about allegations that political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed user information to build profiles on American voters which were later us...
February 24, 2018 No Responses

Huawei, Airtel conduct India’s first successful 5G network trial in...

Airtel says that during the test trial over 3Gbps of user throughput was achieved. Chinese technology giant Huawei and telecom services provider Bharti Airtel on Friday announced to have successfully conducted 5G network...
February 22, 2018 No Responses

4G Speed in India slowest in world

India may be going digital, but high-speed internet on mobile phones still remains a challenge, even on 4G. Despite telecom companies announcing massive rollout of 4G services, the average network speed in India remains ...
February 1, 2018 No Responses

Earth’s satellite turns red, stargazers see ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’...

Moon-gazers saw a super moon, when it looks bigger and brighter than ever because it is closer to the earth, a blue moon, which is the second full moon in a calendar month, and a blood moon, a reference to the red colour...

News From Across India

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July 13, 2018 No Responses

RSS-affiliate Rashtriya Muslim Manch sponsored Namaz on river bank called...

There were also rumours about Rashtriya Muslim Manch cancelling the event under pressure from the district administration. The Rashtriya Muslim Manch cancelled the grand namaz and Quran recitation session on the banks of...
July 12, 2018 No Responses

If BJP wins 2019 polls, India will become Hindu Pakistan:...

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins 2019 Lok Sabha elections, it will create a condition leading to the formation of a ‘Hindu Pakistan’. Addressing an event in Thi...
June 30, 2018 No Responses

After triple talaq, Centre targets nikah halala and polygamy

After moving to criminalise instant triple talaq + , the Centre is all set to throw its weight behind a clutch of petitions filed in the Supreme Court to declare “nikah halala” and polygamy “unconstitutional”. So...
June 29, 2018 No Responses

Sacrifice of soldiers cannot become political tool: Oppn accuse BJP...

The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP of using the September 2016 surgical strike for political gains, inviting strong reaction from the ruling party which charged its principal rival with lowering the morale of armed...
June 25, 2018 No Responses

Ahead of Eid-Uz-Zuha (Bakra Eid), Govt backs campaign against animal...

The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) is launching a campaign to crack down on the slaughter of animals for sacrifice, ahead of the Muslim festival of Bakrid, or Eid al-Adha (festival of sacrifice), which will be cele...

World News

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Geelani, Mirwaiz congratulate Tayyip Erdogan on election success
Jun
2018 25

Geelani, Mirwaiz congratulate Tayyip Erdogan on election success

Hurriyat conference (g) chairman Syed Ali Geelani extended his congratulations to Tayyip Erdogan for “his success” in the June 24 presidential elections and...
World Bank asks Pak to accept India’s offer of appointing a neutral expert on Kishan Ganga dispute
Jun
2018 06

World Bank asks Pak to accept India’s offer...

The World Bank has asked Pakistan that it should accept India’s offer of appointing a “neutral expert” on the Kishanganga dam dispute instead...
Pak warns of dangerous situation over water issues with India
May
2018 25

Pak warns of dangerous situation over water issues...

Pakistan warned on Friday that water issues with India can lead to a dangerous situation and that Islamabad wants a peaceful resolution of...