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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
‘Forced to drink urine, eat human waste’, Ordeal of Kashmiri prisoners
The families of Kashmiri prisoners languishing in Delhi’s Tihar jail are worried over their safety as reports and pictures of thrashing of several inmates went […]
Heavy smoke hits visibility inside Chenani tunnel
Heavy smoke inside South East Asia’s longest tunnel is posing a serious threat to people’s lives, besides slowing the traffic flow on a regular basis. […]
Mehbooba Mufti expresses concern over torture of Kashmiri inmates in Tihar Jail
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the alleged harassment and physical torture of Kashmiri prisoners at the Tihar […]
‘One job, One family’, Non-migrant Pandits to get job package benefit
After facing neglect for 27 years, non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit youth living in the Valley will get jobs under the Prime Minister’s Employment Package. Following the […]
MS Dhoni welcomed in Kashmir with ‘Boom Boom Afridi’ slogans
Dhoni was in Kashmir for attending the final of the Chinar Cricket Premier League, a local tournament on Sunday. India’s limited-overs’ wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni is […]
Families being forced to ask sons to return home: Hizb Commander Riyaz Naikoo
Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo has alleged that government forces are forcing families of militants to make appeals to their sons to return home. […]