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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).
    Mother of Captain Tushar Mahajan cries near her sons coffin in Udhampur on Monday. (Photo: PTI)India
    Army kills all 3 militants, Pampore encounter ends

    The 48-hour-long armed stand-off outside Jammu and Kashmir’s highway town of Pampore ended on Monday afternoon...

    23 Feb 2016 3:28 AM IST

    Smoke billowing out of the JKEDI building where militants took refuge after launching an attack on a CRPF convoy at Pampore.India
    J&K encounter: 48-hour long gunbattle ends, Army kills all 3 militants

    While bodies of two terrorists have been recovered, a search operation is on to find the third body.

    22 Feb 2016 5:02 PM IST

    Two captains, corporal die in J&K encounterIndia
    Two captains, corporal die in J&K encounter

    Two Army officers and a corporal were killed Sunday fighting militants holed up in a multistorey building outside...

    22 Feb 2016 6:27 AM IST

    Army soldiers take positions near the site of a gunbattle on the outskirts of Srina-gar on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)India
    Efforts on to flush out militants in J&K

    After troops stormed multistorey building outside Pampore in J&K, the militants scattered and started moving from room...

    22 Feb 2016 6:26 AM IST

    Mehbooba Mufti waves at the gathering at a convention of party workers at the PDP headquarters in Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)India
    Involve people in peace talks: Mehbooba Mufti

    Only time can tell progress of talks between PDP and BJP: Mehbooba Mufti

    22 Feb 2016 5:03 AM IST

    Indian army soldiers arrive near the site of a gun battle between Indian security forces and militants on outskirts of SrinagarIndia
    5 including another Army personnel killed in ongoing J&K gunbattle

    Eleven CRPF jawans were wounded, two of them fatally, in the militant ambush and subsequent gunbattle.

    21 Feb 2016 4:58 PM IST

    Security forces personnel take position outside the JKEDI building where militants have taken refuge.Inset: Captain Pawan KumarIndia
    Army captain killed in militant firing as stand-off in J-K's Pampore...

    22-year-old Captain Kumar was critically injured in a barrage of gun fire when he and his team stormed the building.

    21 Feb 2016 11:36 AM IST

    CRPF new.jpgIndia
    2 jawans, civilian die in J&K encounter

    Security forces personnel take position outside the JKEDI building where militants have reportedly taken refuge after...

    21 Feb 2016 5:13 AM IST

    CRPF to launch final assault todayIndia
    CRPF to launch final assault today

    The civilian who died in the J&K encounter on Saturday was Abdul Gani Mir, 48, who worked as a gardener at the campus.

    21 Feb 2016 1:18 AM IST

    JNU debate results in stone throwing in Jammu and KashmirIndia
    JNU debate results in stone throwing in Jammu and Kashmir

    Clashes erupted between stone-pelting mobs and the riot police in central Srinagar soon after Friday congregational...

    20 Feb 2016 6:02 AM IST

    Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain BassiIndia
    Omar Abdullah: Don’t make Kashmiri students easy scapegoats

    Former chief minister and working president of the National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday said that...

    18 Feb 2016 6:17 AM IST

    Mehbooba Mufti meets Ram Madhav on govt formationIndia
    Mehbooba Mufti meets Ram Madhav on govt formation

    Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday evening closeted with BJP national general...

    18 Feb 2016 12:13 AM IST

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