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Irreverent, provocative, opinionated... Shobhaa De has been challenging status quo for four decades... and is at her best when she punctures inflated egoes. You can reach her at: @ShobhaaDe(Instagram) and @DeShobhaa(Twitter).
    Burhan WaniIndia
    Top Hizbul Mujahideen militant killed in shootout

    Burhan Muzaffar Wani, the “new-age” poster boy of militancy in Kashmir, and two of his aides were killed in...

    9 July 2016 10:50 PM IST

    (Photo: Twitter/ANI)India
    6 dead as Kashmir boils over after killing of militant Burhan Wani

    Authorities fanned out thousands of policemen in riot gear overnight to enforce the security lockdown in parts of state.

    9 July 2016 6:29 PM IST

    Separatists call for 3-day mourningIndia
    Separatists call for 3-day mourning

    Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who has called for a one-day shutdown in Kashmir to mourn and protest against...

    9 July 2016 4:09 AM IST

    Separatists use social media to counter curbsIndia
    Separatists use social media to counter curbs

    A Kashmiri saying goes “As the fisherman casts a net the fish discover how to jump over it”.

    4 July 2016 5:27 AM IST

    Amarnath yatra begins today, Rajnath Singh in first batchIndia
    Amarnath yatra begins today, Rajnath Singh in first batch

    The first batch of 1,282 Amarnath pilgrims arrived in the Valley from Jammu on Friday evening and will split into two...

    2 July 2016 1:57 AM IST

    Hizb commander killed in encounter with forcesIndia
    Hizb commander killed in encounter with forces

    A top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander was killed in a firefight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s frontier...

    29 Jun 2016 1:01 AM IST

    CRPF personnel patrol Pampore, 17 km south of Srinagar, after a militant attack. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)India
    LeT kills 8 of CRPF in Kashmir ambush

    Militants on Saturday killed eight CRPF personnel of the force’s 161 Battalion and wounded 23 others after...

    26 Jun 2016 6:44 AM IST

    J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti talks on her phone during an event at a college in Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)India
    Jammu & Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti wins big in Anantnag

    Jammu & Kashmir chief minister and PDP chief, Ms Mehbooba Mufti, was declared the winner of the Southern Anantnag...

    26 Jun 2016 1:51 AM IST

    Nadiya Nighat training under-19 players at the government-run Women’s College at Srinagar’s Maulana Azad Road.Life
    Now, ‘footie’ is ‘her’ green valley

    On a late peak summer afternoon in 2007, Nadiya Nighat walked into the sprawling lawns of Srinagar’s Amar Singh...

    25 Jun 2016 10:16 PM IST

    J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Photo: PTI)India
    J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti may free ‘misguided’ youth

    Scores of Kashmiri youth languishing in jails for their involvement in unrests over the years will be free ahead of...

    23 Jun 2016 6:51 AM IST

    Pedestrians strolling on the landmark Zero Bridge over the river Jhelum in Kashmir. — H.U. NaqashIndia
    Zero Bridge adds to Srinagar’s charm

    One can come to Kashmir to spend time, enjoy the cool breeze, beautiful scenery of Jhelum and, of course, relish wazwan...

    22 Jun 2016 7:03 AM IST

    LeT man, thought dead, held in Jammu and KashmirIndia
    LeT man, thought dead, held in Jammu and Kashmir

    The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday evening took into custody a top commander of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), earlier...

    22 Jun 2016 1:22 AM IST

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