Kashmir News

"Hogwash": Mehbooba Mufti On Lifting Of 2-Day Curfew In Jammu And Kashmir

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Wednesday August 5, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti this morning called the J&K administration's order to lift the two-day curfew in the union territory a "hogwash".

Curfew In Kashmir A Year After Union Territory Move, Article 370 Scrapped

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Debanish Achom | Monday August 3, 2020

Curfew has been imposed in Kashmir valley on Tuesday and Wednesday as the country's newest Union Territory marks a year since it was formed. The Srinagar district magistrate in an order said they have got information about "separatists and Pakistan sponsored groups planning to observe August 5 as Black Day".

Top Jaish IED Expert Among 3 Terrorists Killed In Jammu And Kashmir's Kulgam

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday July 17, 2020

A top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad known to be an IED expert was amongthe three terrorists killed during an encounter in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir this morning, police said. He was responsible for a large number of attacks on security forces, including an IED attack, in the recent past, they added.

No 4G In Jammu And Kashmir Yet, Supreme Court Appoints Panel For Pleas

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday May 11, 2020

The Supreme Court Monday ordered setting up of a high-powered committee headed by MHA Secretary to consider pleas seeking restoration of 4G internet services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Mehbooba Mufti Shifted To Her Residence, But Detention Continues

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 7, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, at present detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA), was shifted from a make-shift jail to her residence, officials said in Srinagar today.

Second Coronavirus Death In Jammu And Kashmir, 52-Year-Old Man Dies

India News | Written by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Swati Sharma | Sunday March 29, 2020

A 52-year-old man who had tested positive for the coronavirus died at a Srinagar hospital on Sunday, taking the death count in Jammu and Kashmir to two, officials said.

Suspended J&K Cop Davinder Singh, 4 Others Sent To Different Jails In Terror Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 7, 2020

Suspended Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Davinder Singh, who was arrested for helping terrorists, was on Thursday sent to Hiranagar Jail in Kathua district on 15 days judicial remand, officials said.

In Supreme Court's J&K Order, Opening Lines From Charles Dickens Classic

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 10, 2020

Suspension of free movement, Internet and basic freedoms cannot be an arbitrary exercise of power, the Supreme Court said today, ordering the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review within one week all restrictive orders in place since the decision to end special status in August.

J&K Internet Curbs, All Restrictions To Be Reviewed In A Week: Top Court

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Arvind Gunasekar; Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 10, 2020

Bringing massive relief to the people of Kashmir after months of communication and internet lockdown, the Supreme Court today said right to internet is part of the constitutional right to freedom of speech and ordered the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review within one week all restrictive orders in place since the government ended special st...

Internet Services Being Restored In Kashmir In Phased Manner: Ram Madhav

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 26, 2019

Internet facilities were snapped on August 5 ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah announcing the repeal of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state into two union territories.

765 Arrested For Throwing Stones In J&K Since Scrapping Of Article 370: Home Ministry

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Tuesday November 19, 2019

The government today informed the Lok Sabha that as many as 765 persons have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir since August 5, the day the special status of the state was removed. This is the first time the Ministry of Home Affairs have given an exact figure to parliament.

"There Is No India Without Kashmir": Indian Columnist At US Congress

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Friday November 15, 2019

India has successfully defeated insurgencies in Punjab and the Northeast and it is now time to strengthen New Delhi's fight against insurgencies in Kashmir, columnist Sunanda Vashisht told a US Congressional hearing on Human Rights in Washington on Thursday. Terrorists trained by Pakistan had caused "ISIS level of horror and brutality" in the Kashm...

Pakistan Has "DNA Of Terrorism": India's Reply On Kashmir At UNESCO

India News | ANI | Friday November 15, 2019

At UNESCO meet, Ananya Agarwal, who led the Indian delegation, said that Pakistan is home to all shades of darkness, from extremist ideologies and darker powers of radicalisation to the darkest manifestations of terrorism.

5 Labourers From Bengal Killed By Terrorists In Kashmir's Kulgam

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday October 30, 2019

Jammu Kashmir Kulgam: Five labourers were killed and another injured in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Tuesday. All of them were from West Bengal.

Jammu Kashmir: 15 Injured In Grenade Attack By Terrorists In Sopore

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Monday October 28, 2019

Fifteen civilians were injured in a grenade attack by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town on Monday, police said. This comes two days after six security personnel were injured in a similar incident in Srinagar's Karannagar area.