Children walk past concertina wire during restrictions following the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Curbs in Srinagar back, march foiled

A day ago, posters from an obscure group had appeared in Srinagar and some other parts of the Valley asking people to march on the UNMOGIP office.

24 Aug 2019 3:38 AM

It was the 18th day of the security lockdown in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday, forcing a vast majority of people to stay indoors. However, several parts of Srinagar, where restrictions were lifted a few days ago, saw increased vehicular movement Thursday. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

18 days of lockdown, Srinagar is still coping

In several areas the locals have “secured” these by placing barriers at the entry points opening on main roads or side streets.

23 Aug 2019 2:41 AM

Official spokesman Syed Sehrish Asgar said the Jammu division was also peaceful on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP)

Trouble erupts in Valley areas

Clashes took place at two other places in the Valley at least, which resulted in injuries to two more persons.

22 Aug 2019 2:10 AM

Policemen patrol the Lal Chowk area after restrictions were lifted in Srinagar on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Journos tear into J&K normality claim

Senior govt officer faces barrage of questions over ‘calm’ situation.

21 Aug 2019 5:43 AM

Several retired security and intelligence officials who have served in the state and other Kashmir experts have corroborated this view. (Photo: AP)

‘Kashmiri anger may erupt into major violence’

Kashmir, under a security lockdown since August 4 night, has by its own standards been peaceful.

21 Aug 2019 5:22 AM

Over 1,000 primary schools reopened across Kashmir on Monday, for the first time in two weeks, as part of a slew of measures taken by the government to bring life back on the rails in the Valley.

Schools reopen in J&K, but few students attend

In Srinagar, where 196 out of 500 schools were made functional and 30-40 per cent staff reported for duty, there were hardly any students present.

20 Aug 2019 1:59 AM

Security personnel react as youth hurl brickbats on them during restrictions in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Major workforce crisis in Kashmir Valley

Kashmiris facing difficulty in their day to day lives due to absence of non-local barbers, tailors and other craftsmen.

19 Aug 2019 4:29 AM

Curbs eased further, Net services hit in Jammu

J&K government spokesman Rohit Kansal confirmed clashes took places in Srinagar areas but blamed the incidents on “hooligans and miscreants”.

19 Aug 2019 4:25 AM

Fresh protests in Kashmir Valley areas as curbs eased

The security forces fired teargas canisters and reportedly also pellet shotguns to disperse the stone-pelting mobs at a few places.

18 Aug 2019 1:11 AM

Why detain me, asks Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter

Iltija claimed Kashmir has been engulfed in clouds of darkness and that she fears for the safety of its people, including those who spoke up.

17 Aug 2019 2:30 AM

J&K chief secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam (centre) addresses the media in Srinagar. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

J&K curbs, phone links to be gradually eased in phases

All means of communication, including mobile and landline phones as well as the Internet, were severed simultaneously.

17 Aug 2019 1:52 AM

Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik salutes as he hoists the tricolour to mark Independence Day in Srinagar on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir Valley tense as shutdown total, I-Day peaceful

Your identity is not at risk, Governor Satya Pal Malik tells Kashmiris.

16 Aug 2019 1:12 AM

It is now learnt it also wanted to divert a greater part of over 40,000 security personnel requisitioned for the yatra to parts of the Valley for performing law and order duties in anticipation of possible uprising. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Amarnath Yatra to end quietly today

Though all rituals are likely to be held strictly under Hindu customs, it will be somewhat a subdued affair this time.

15 Aug 2019 1:29 AM

He and his family endured even the 2016 post-Burhan Wani killing unrest, the most difficult period seen in the Valley in the past decade. (Photo: AFP)

‘Outsiders’ in J&K targeted, thousands flee

The turbulence that has been an inseparable facet of Kashmir’s everyday life for years never bothered him.

14 Aug 2019 1:32 AM

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

NC president Farooq Abdullah, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and leaders of other mainstream parties at an all party meeting in Srinagar on Sunday. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

J&K leaders hold all party meet

Warn Centre scrapping special status would be seen as ‘aggression’.

05 Aug 2019 7:43 AM

Bodies of atleast four Pak SSG Commandos or terrorists is seen on Indian side of LoC, in close proximity of Indian Army’s posts. (Representational Image)

Army tells Pakistan: Raise white flag, take bodies

Indian Army gives option to Pakistan to retrieve bodies; Islamabad yet to respond.

05 Aug 2019 2:25 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)

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

Panic, fear engulf Valley

ATMs empty after panic withdrawals, people hoard food & fuel.

03 Aug 2019 1:47 AM

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