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ormer J&K chief Minister Farooq Abdullah in Jammu. (PTI Photo)

Farooq seeks India, Pakistan peace dialogue

He warned that if the issues are not resolved amicably through a dialogue a Palestine-like situation might emerge in the region

27 Dec 2023 2:14 AM

Mr Shah claimed that terrorism in J&K has reduced and the stone pelting has become invisible. (PTI)

Statehood for Jammu & Kashmir after delimitation, polls: Amit Shah

Mr Shah is on a 3-day visit of J&K, his first since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state in August 2019

24 Oct 2021 11:49 AM

In Lahaul’s Udaipur, two tents of labourers and a private JCB were washed away in the flash floods around 8 pm on Tuesday. — Representational image/PTI

Cloudbursts, flash floods kill 17 people in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh

6 residential houses, a ration depot and a bridge were damaged in the impact of the cloudburst that hit Hanzor of Kishtwar’s Dachhan area

29 Jul 2021 9:36 AM

J&K Police is keeping a very close watch on elements who are attempting to leverage the unfortunate situation in Palestine to disturb public peace and order in the Kashmir Valley. — AFP

Graffiti artist among 20 arrested over anti- Israel protests in J&K

Valley's top cop warns netizens for making 'irresponsible social media comments'

16 May 2021 12:50 AM

The police sources said that Fida Hussain Yatoo, district general secretary of the J&K unit of BJP Yuva Morcha, and his associates Umar Ramzan Hajam and Umer Rashid Beigh were targeted by gunmen in Kulgam’s Yaripora village. (Representtaional Image from Jammu: AFP)

Militants kills BJP youth leader, 2 others in J&K

The trio was attending a wedding ceremony in the area when a group of masked gunmen arrived at the scene

30 Oct 2020 12:44 PM

A man waves from inside a bus after he is discharged from a makeshift coronavirus quarantine facility set up at a hotel requisitioned for the purpose by the authorities in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. Hundreds of local residents who were on their return from outside Kashmir were quarantined in such facilities. The authorities say that most of the 49 persons tested positive a have history of travel to various parts of India and abroad. (DC Photo: H U Naqash)

J&K takes up 'robust' contact tracing in Valley

About 2000 contacts of Covid-19 positive persons have been identified

02 Apr 2020 8:23 AM

Health workers spray disinfectant in a locality of Srinagar. (AA Photo by H U Naqash)

Why are so many fleeing quarantine in Kashmir?

Photographs of street dogs in the corridors of major hospitals put the focus on hospital conditions

31 Mar 2020 12:22 AM

A preventive lockdown continued in Srinagar for the seventh straight day on Wednesday to arrest the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 in Jammu & Kashmir. (Photo: H U Naqash)

Panicky Kashmiris rush to hospitals after COVID-19 cases swell in J&K

With 4 more testing positive for the deadly virus, authorities decide to get tough with lockdown violators

25 Mar 2020 10:37 PM

Former Jammu&Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah was released from detention on March 24, 2002. (AA Photo: Habib Naqash)

Omar Abdullah: It's callous and cruel to keep Mehbooba Mufti in detention

Former J&K chief minister says there was never any justification to detain her in the first place

25 Mar 2020 2:03 PM

In Nov, 6 soldiers and 2 civilian porters were killed after an avalanche swept two Army facilities in Siachen glacier area. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

4 Army soldiers killed in avalanche along border

Giving the details, defence spokesman Col. Rajesh Kalia said that three Army jawans died after they were buried under heaps of snow in Tangdhar.

05 Dec 2019 1:34 AM

The Army and police termed the killing of six Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Tayyaba militants in the gunfight as a “major success” against these outfits. (Representational Image)

J&K: Top Hizb and LeT militants, jawan killed in gunfight

Soon after the encounter, irate crowds took to the streets and clashed with the security forces.

26 Nov 2018 1:35 AM

Fifteen people, including 8 women, allegedly part of an inter-state drug racket arrested by the J&K police along with huge quantity of ‘fukki’, a narcotic substance in Budgam district on July 2, 2018.

J&K: Poppy growers’ free run may end soon

People hope cultivator-politician nexus will break under Governor’s Rule.

09 Jul 2018 4:01 AM

Joint Resistance Leadership, an alliance of key separatist leaders including Malik, has asked people on Saturday to register their protest against the Prime Minister’s visit. (Photo: Representational)

J&K: Separatist leader Yasin Malik taken into custody, security beefed up

Additional police and paramilitary forces are being deployed across the Valley for PM Modi's visit on May 19.

17 May 2018 5:40 PM

Kavinder Gupta is a former mayor of Jammu. He had won the 2014 Assembly election from Gandhinagar constituency in Jammu. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

J&K Cabinet reshuffle: BJP inducts new faces, Kavinder Gupta becomes deputy CM

Satpal Sharma, Rajiv Jasrotia, Devinder Kumar Maniyal and Shakti Raj were sworn-in as ministers for the state.

30 Apr 2018 12:36 PM

Youth throw stones at security personnel during clashes in Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir tense, 30 injured in fresh violence

Four civilians also died, three of them in security forces firing on protesters and stone-pelting mobs.

03 Apr 2018 5:23 AM

'Dialogue with Pakistan is necessary if we are to end bloodshed. I know I will be labelled anti-national by news anchors tonight but that doesn’t matter. The people of J&K are suffering. We have to talk because war is not an option,' tweeted Mehbooba Mufti.

War no option; let's talk to Pakistan to end bloodshed: Mehbooba Mufti

The entreaty came in the backdrop of constant cross-border firing and shelling incidents in which many people have been killed.

12 Feb 2018 4:09 PM

Jailed Pak LeT terrorist flees after hospital firing

Jhutt, along with five other detainees from Srinagar Central Jail, was taken to hospital on the advice of the jail authorities, police said.

07 Feb 2018 3:04 AM

The area around Shri Maharaja Hari Singh has been cordoned off and searches are on to track down the militants. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Pak terrorist flees after militants fire outside Srinagar Hospital, kill 2 cops

Police sources said during preliminary investigation it was learnt that Naveed himself snatched Carbon rifle and opened fire.

06 Feb 2018 12:37 PM

An Army convoy came under attack by a stone-pelting mob in Shopian’s Ganowpora village. The soldiers onboard responded by opening fire, injuring eleven persons. (Photo: File | Representational)

J&K: 2 killed, 9 injured after Army opens fire at violent crowd in Shopian

The Jammu and Kashmir police has registered a case against the Army and taken up investigations.

27 Jan 2018 6:59 PM

J&K’s Director General of Police, Shesh Paul Vaid announced the killing of two militants and the teenage boy on social media. (Representational image/ANI)

2 militants killed in encounter in J&K; teenage boy dies in crossfire

Fighting broke out in Shopian’s Chaigund village after the security forces laid siege to it on learning about the presence of militants.

24 Jan 2018 9:33 PM

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