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A security person stands guard during restrictions in Srinagar on Friday evening. (Photo: PTI)

Shutdown in Valley: Caged, unable to get the news out

After a quick breakfast, I left for my office but was stopped by the police at a makeshift checkpoint in Srinagar’s Nigeen area.

11 Aug 2019 2:24 AM

Security personnel stand guard during restrictions in Jammu on Monday. Restrictions and night curfews were imposed in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir as the Valley remained on edge with the authorities stepping up security deployment. (Photo: PTI)

Illusion of credibility to Pak J&K claim dented

The US and other leading powers have sought to advance their own interests by forging friendship with India.

11 Aug 2019 12:00 AM

A security person stands guard as students board a special train arranged to take them back to Hyderabad at Jammu Tawi railway station on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Chaos on rise in Kashmir Valley: Students, players flee

Among them were students of Srinagar’s NIT, who had reached the winter capital in a fleet of State Road Transport Corporation buses.

05 Aug 2019 1:47 AM

Tourists and Amarnath Yatris leave from the valley after government issued security advisory to curtail stay in Kashmir in Srinagar on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

India misses geopolitical signature in Kashmir

The wildest guesswork is gripping the Valley — from impending war with Pakistan to impending repression.

05 Aug 2019 12:28 AM

Amid J&K uncertainty, govt must reveal plans

The causes of the extreme disequilibrium in the political, social and security sphere are wholly unclear.

05 Aug 2019 12:07 AM

Army may take ‘bold steps’ to make LoC safer, more secure

Neither the government nor any of its representatives has — officially or privately — denied this.

04 Aug 2019 6:07 AM

Tourists and passengers wait for their trains at Jammu Railway Station on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Panic-stricken tourists, pilgrims leave Kashmir

Following the advisory, a total of 6,216 passengers reported at Srinagar International Airport on Saturday for travelling out of the Valley.

04 Aug 2019 2:48 AM

Amarnath Yatris, tourists advised to curtail their stay in Valley: J&K govt

The Principal Secretary (Home) issued a security advisory, saying pilgrims and tourists may 'return as soon as possible'.

02 Aug 2019 4:10 PM

Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat, along with Northern Command Chief Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh and Chinar Corps Commander Lt. Gen. K.J.S. Dhillon, meets J&K governor, Satya Pal Malik at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar on Thursday.

As LoC heats up again, Army Chief Rawat rushed to Valley

The Army Chief also visited the Army Goodwill School at Mazbug outside the Northwestern town of Sopore to interact with the students and staff.

02 Aug 2019 7:26 AM

Mosques’ probe by police sets off Kashmir Valley panic

It has also fuelled speculation by the regional parties on the fate of Articles 370 and 35A which give a special status to the state.

30 Jul 2019 2:27 AM

The Railways promptly clarified saying the communication had no basis and the official had no authority to issue it. (Representational image)

RPF officer shifted over letter

The Railways on Monday said that this communication had no basis and the official had no authority to issue such a letter.

30 Jul 2019 1:05 AM

Though the Kashmir Valley constantly draws the attention of the world media and the chancelleries in New Delhi, it is geographically a very small portion of the state and Ladakh is far more strategic for the nation, with two unfriendly neighbours on its borders. (Photo: PTI)

Tourism is changing Ladakh: It’s a boon, but it also creates new crises

The Lahaulis’ was the first of a long saga of daring acts by young officers who, since then, have bravely defended Indian territory.

30 Jul 2019 12:00 AM

While alienation has possibly deepened in Kashmir since the Narendra Modi government came to power over five years ago, the security situation has actually been stable for some months. Ordinarily, this should not require any additional force deployment. (Photo: PTI)

Fuelling fears in Kashmir

Pakistan alone can benefit in such a scenario. India suffers when the populace in the sensitive state is disaffected.

29 Jul 2019 12:00 AM

Lieutenant Colonel (honorary) M.S. Dhoni (Photo:Twitter)

Dhoni on patrol duty with Army in Valley in August

MS Dhoni will join the Territorial Army unit of the 106 Parachute Regiment (106 Para TA battalion) on July 31 and will stay with them till August 19.

26 Jul 2019 12:55 AM

Battle-ready BSF and CRPF jawans line Srinagar’s main roads for the Amarnath Yatris. None of this is necessary, they say. (Photo: ANI)

J&K bonds with India may deepen over time

Kashmir has this instant ability to exclude everything except the known and the immediate.

20 Jul 2019 12:00 AM

The Press Council of India has a disgraceful record on Kashmir.

Kashmir’s press and India: The disconnect

Newspapers that report excesses committed by the Army, the Central or the local police are intimidated if they perform their professional duty.

14 Jul 2019 12:05 AM

All the same, Indian security forces have never used inordinate firepower, aircraft, tanks or artillery to suppress the insurgency. (Photo: PTI)

Where is India’s narrative on Kashmir?

There are no concentration camps or a clampdown on religious activities.

12 Jul 2019 1:17 AM

The 45-day long Hindu pilgrimage would formally commence from Monday and end on August 15 coinciding with the Shravan Purnima festival. (Photo: PTI)

First batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath Yatra amid high security

During his first visit to Kashmir last year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in the valley

30 Jun 2019 11:26 AM

The succinct three-worded formula had also restricted the solution framework to the wounded Kashmir Valley itself, without burdening the same with additional angularities and possible misunderstandings that are imminent, when contextualised with the “rest of the country” in a trust deficit stage within a conflict zone. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

Not more of the same: How we can now defeat ‘alienation’ in Kashmir

Conveniently, temporary reprieves are simplistically read as substitutes for addressing the fundamental issues.

28 Jun 2019 12:39 AM

The security forces restricted the movement of people at a few places including in central Srinagar “to prevent breach of peace”. (Photo: File)

Kashmir Valley shuts over spate of violence in Ramzan

While most parts of the Valley remained shut on Friday, at places slogan shouting crowds took to the streets to denounce killings.

18 May 2019 5:27 AM

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