NN Vohra first Governor to address joint session for 10 yrs
History was scripted in the Central hall of the Legislative Assembly today when Governor NN Vohra addressed the joint session of the state Legislature for...
Rare role of Kashmiris in suicide attack sparks concerns, 16-year-old Pulwama attacker urges Kashmiris to fight India
Jaish-e-Mohammed, the terror group responsible for the Pulwama attack, justified using a minor as a suicide attacker saying the trio offered themselves for “the mission.”...
Getting militants to mainstream part of ‘Operation All-out’: DGP Vaid
Claiming that ‘Operation All-out’ is a holistic strategy to bring back normalcy, J&K Police chief Shesh Paul Vaid today disclosed that they had been able...
Muslim women can now perform Hajj without ‘Mehram’: PM Narendra Modi
Calling the policy allowing Muslim women to perform Hajj only in the company of a male guardian as “injustice”, Prime Minister NarendraModi said on Sunday...
Triple-talaq bill getting ‘Full Support’ from J&K BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party, an ally of ruling People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir, said on Friday that it fully supports the legislation criminalizing...
Induction of Tassaduq Mufti brazen promotion of dynasty rule: Vakil
President Jammu Kashmir Bachao Tehreek and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil Friday said that induction of Tassaduq Mufti brother of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as...
Govt’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma keeps hope afloat
While Dineshwar Sharma’s appointment as the Central government’s special representative to hold peace talks with all stakeholders in J&Kis not the first such attempt, his...
Congress taunts BJP, NC says empowering one family
The State Congress chief G A Mir Thursday questioned BJP's silence over the induction of Tassaduq Mufti, younger brother of chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, in...
Politics of Separatism faces an uncertain future after being sidelined this year
It wasn't all that long ago that Kashmiri separatists were seen as 'untouchables' for the security establishment. There seemed to be an unwritten rule somewhere...
Kashmir under security lockdown as night patrols, security checks curb movement in Valley
Security personnel patrolling the roads and checking vehicles is not an unusual sight for Kashmir. But to see them making drivers and passengers alight on...