Seven civilians were killed and three dozen others injured in trigger-happy force personnel’s firing on protestors near encounter site at Sirnoo village of south Kashmir’s […]
Year: 2018
His killing didn’t hurt but what they had done to his face did: Saqib Bilal’s Mother
Mehbooba, the mother of Saqib Bilal Sheikh, one of the four youngest militants to have been killed by government forces in gunfights recently, picks up […]
JRL calls for three-day shutdown, Mobile Internet suspended across Valley
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Saturday called for a three-day shutdown and mourning in Kashmir against the killings of seven civilians and three militants in […]
Govt Notifies 75 Services in J&K now ‘Online Only’
The Jammu and Kashmir government December 14 declared 75 services in various departments to be ‘online only’ as a part of Business Reforms Action Plan […]
Now ‘Sextortion’ is a crime, J&K first in the country to pass law banning ‘Sextortion’
In a historic decision to curb sexual exploitation of women, the J&K Government on Friday enacted a law explicitly banning such abuse in government offices, […]
Blood Bath in Kashmir: 7 Civilians, 3 Rebels killed, scores injured during Pulwama gunfight
The civilian death toll in clashes near a gunfight site in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday mounted to seven as four more civilians succumbed […]
Deadly XDR tuberculosis spreads tentacles in state
Detection of 12 patients with extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has increased the worries of health officials in the state. It may pose a challenge […]
At -9.7°C, Pahalgam sees record cold night, One-way traffic allowed on National Highway
As the cold wave tightened its grip over the Kashmir valley, a famous tourist resort in south Kashmir recorded its coldest December night of the […]
BJP has devil’s luck: Omar on timing of SC verdict on Rafale
In a funny aside to the Supreme Court verdict ruling out a probe into the Rafale deal, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the order […]
Modi was not Vajpayee, Alliance with BJP was a suicide: Mehbooba Mufti
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday termed her party’s alliance with BJP a suicide with […]