Union home minister Amit Shah chairs a meeting to review the security arrangements for the Amaranth Yatra in Srinagar on Wednesday. J&K governor Satya Pal Malik, Union home secretary Rajiv Gauba and other senior officials are also seen. (Photo: PTI)

Amit Shah to forces: Keep pressure on militants

The meeting discussed threadbare the security-related issues and overall ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir especially Kashmir Valley.

27 Jun 2019 3:28 AM

J&K daily editor held in 1993 terror case, gets bail

Qadri’s family and also Kashmir’s media fraternity were surprised at the police’s assertion.

26 Jun 2019 2:33 AM

Delhi will decide on Hurriyat talks after Amit Shah’s visit

The home minister was earlier due to reach here on a day-long trip on June 30.

26 Jun 2019 1:30 AM

Amit Shah will chair a high level security meeting in Srinagar and also address ruling BJP workers and Panchayat members separately during this visit. (Photo: File)

Decision on holding dialogue with separatists likely after home minister's J&K visit

'Our principled stand has been that the issue of Kashmir can be resolved through dialogue,' Mirwaiz said.

25 Jun 2019 5:14 PM

The authorities identified the slain militants as Showkat Ahmed Mir alias Arshid, Azad Ahmed Khanday alias Moulvi, Suhail Yusuf and Rafi Hassan Mir-all local Kashmiris. (Photo: AP)

4 more militants killed as security in J&K beefed up

The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter,” the spokesman said, adding that four militants were killed in the clash.

24 Jun 2019 10:04 AM

Mubeen Farooqi making a ‘victory’ sign outside the Court in Pathankot.

The Kathua crusaders

DNA and police investigations revealed that she was held inside a local temple where she was drugged, raped and killed.

23 Jun 2019 7:34 AM

Hurriyat ready for talks: Satya Pal Malik

Malik claimed that there has been a change of heart in everyone in Kashmir.

23 Jun 2019 1:49 AM

National Conference president and MP Farooq Abdullah inaugurating the Urdu book fair in Srinagar.

Srinagar Urdu book fair: A pleasant change from violent routines

The All India Urdu Book Fair is a 23-year-old event bringing together fifty-one exhibitors from across the country.

21 Jun 2019 2:41 AM

Local people gather outside the damaged houses where two top JeM militants were hiding during an encounter at Bijbehara area of Anantnag district on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

15 killed as Valley sees a spurt in militant attacks

Witnesses said that the grenade missed the intended target and exploded on the road outside the police station, causing injuries to passersby.

19 Jun 2019 6:58 AM

A police officer weeps near the coffin of colleague Arsheed Ahmad as he pays homage to Ahmad during a wreath laying ceremony in Srinagar on Monday. Police inspector Ahmad, who was critically injured in a militant attack in J&K’s Anantnag district on June 12, had succumbed to his injuries on Sunday afternoon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

J&K: Major killed, many injured in 2 terror attacks

The attacks took place a day after the authorities sounded a security high alert in the Kashmir Valley.

18 Jun 2019 2:41 AM

A file photo of Srinagar’s historic Lal Chowk (left) during a shutdown against ‘plight’ of political prisoners in response to a call from the separatists.

Detention law in Valley draws flak from Amnesty

Public Safety Act was introduced in J&K during the Sheikh Abdullah’s government in 1978 initially to discourage timber smuggling.

17 Jun 2019 2:14 AM

Tributes to Bukhari on first death anniversary

He was the eighteenth journalist killed since 1989-90 when the separatist campaign in the State burst into a major violence.

15 Jun 2019 12:57 AM

A militant was also killed in the security forces’ retaliatory fire whereas a woman resident received a bullet injury on her foot in the shooting incident, the officials said. (Photo: File/ Representational Image)

5 CRPF men killed in Kashmir terror attack

The authorities said that the security in the area was beefed up further recently in view of the upcoming Amarnath yatra.

13 Jun 2019 6:56 AM

A file photo of Khir Bhawani temple at Tulla Mulla near Srinagar

Thousands of Pandits return to Valley for Khir Bhawani mela

Hundreds of others drove in their own cars and other light motor vehicles.

11 Jun 2019 2:38 AM

Policemen who were killed a day after they deserted their unit to join militants' ranks in J&K' s Pulwama. (Photo: File)

Four militants shot dead in J&K; two among them fled from police service

The area is witnessing clashes between irate mobs and security forces amid fresh tensions set off by the killing of militants.

07 Jun 2019 12:27 PM

J&K police, the Army and other security forces have also been directed to take all necessary strong step to ensure militancy does not resurface in the Chenab valley of the State’s Jammu region following reports that some of the militants in the face of mounting pressure from the security forces in the Kashmir Valley may cross the ridgeline that separates it from eastern Kishtwar and Doda districts considered more “accommodative” for carrying out militant activities.

Security forces to be tougher on militancy

Expanded surveillance and human intelligence gathering will be other major features of augmented anti-militancy operations, the sources added.

07 Jun 2019 2:10 AM

The security forces have killed, at least, one suspected militant in a gunfight raging in Jammu and Kashmir’s southern Pulwama district since Thursday afternoon. (Representational Image)

Territorial Army jawan killed by gunmen in J&K

Soon after the security forces moved in the village, mobile internet services were suspended in entire Kulgam district “as a precautionary measure.”

07 Jun 2019 2:02 AM

A file photo of security personnel keeping an eye on the mischievous elements in Srinagar.

Hope and despair: Mixed reactions to BJP’s victory juggernaut

Some media reports have suggested that fresh delimitation in J&K is also on Mr. Shah’s agenda.

07 Jun 2019 1:57 AM

The official sources here said that the concerned police station has taken the cognizance of the incident and launched investigations to know why the officer took such an extreme step.

Colonel posted in Siachen shoots self

It has also been the scene of many natural disasters, leaving hundreds of soldiers dead or maimed.

01 Jun 2019 6:45 AM

Mirwaiz to PM: Accept peace offer from Imran Khan

Mirwaiz said that peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue could transform both India and Pakistan.

01 Jun 2019 1:19 AM

Yusuf Jameel