The Centre is planning to soften its surrender policy for terrorists at a time when footballer Majid Khan returned from the LeT after the security […]
Year: 2017
Gaw Kadal Massacre of 1990 back to haunt Govt, Police accepts 22 persons died in forces firing
After 27 years, police in a reply to State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) have accepted that 22 persons were killed and 12 others were injured […]
Focus on militancy left rising drug addiction unchecked; Political unrest and growing unemployment to blame
Drug addiction is a bigger challenge than militancy in Jammu and Kashmir today, the state’s director general of police, Shesh Paul Vaid, told a news agency […]
Over 3800 hit by pellets in Kashmir Valley last year: Govt to SHRC
The government has disclosed that at least 3896 people sustained pellet injuries in forces firing during over five month long unrest in Valley last year […]
‘Operation All-Out’ aimed at forcing us into submission: Joint Resistance
The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Wednesday said that the “Operation All-Out” launched by the government forces in May this year to wipe out militancy […]
Pakistan trying to revive Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in Kashmir
Forces on alert to foil infiltration bids Known for its war-time exposure in Afghanistan, the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), considered “dead on the Kashmir front” since its […]
State drops stone-pelting cases against 4,327 youth
On recommendations of DGP-headed panel, CM orders withdrawal Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today ordered the withdrawal of stone-throwing cases against 4,327 youth. The decision came […]
More than 3 lakh migratory birds arrive in Kashmir Valley
With the onset of winter, over three lakh migratory birds from central Asia and southern Europe have arrived at more than 400 water bodies in […]
North Korea fires ballistic missile near Japan’s economic zone, Trump says ‘will take care of it’
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the test an intolerable, “violent” act. North Korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, in a major […]
Farooq Abdullah hungry for publicity: Jammu West Assembly Movement
Terming former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah as ‘TRP hungry’, the Jammu West Assembly Movement (JWAM) on Tuesday said the Abdullahs only wanted to remain inthe […]