Srinagar Violence

As Manipur continues to battle a fresh round of violence, the Union Home Ministry today repatriated top Srinagar police official Rakesh Balwal to the northeastern state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah handed over appointment letters on Tuesday to the family of four Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel who were killed in terror-related violence in the valley, officials said.

People in Jammu and Kashmir are in distress as there is hardly a day without any violent incident, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday, asserting that the government should take steps to improve the situation.

Days after the killing of Kashmiri pandit government employee Rahul Bhat, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday blamed the Vivek Agnihotri directorial 'The Kashmir Files' for 'triggering' violence in the union territory.

The recent "uncoordinated" acts of violence in North Kashmir are "signs of desperation" by terrorists and are not finding resonance among people who want to get out of the cycle of violence - a fact visible in the sharp dip this year in the recruitment of local youths in terror groups, a senior Army officer has said.

The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is peaceful and no violence has been reported from anywhere in the state, the state police said on Saturday.

In 1990, Roshan Lal Mawa was shot four times by unidentified gunmen as violence against Kashmiri Pandits reached its worst phase. Left with no choice but to leave behind his beloved Kashmir, he picked up the pieces of his shattered life and moved to Delhi. Only, he could never be at home there.

With election fever gripping Kashmir, women were seen singing and dancing as National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah reached Nagam village as part of his poll campaign. This was in complete contrast to the 2017 bypolls, when Farooq Abdullah contested from here and nobody would come out to root for him. The bypolls had recorded a dismal 7% voting,...

Inmates of a jail in Srinagar burnt their barracks after the authorities tried to shift some of them outside Kashmir valley on Thursday night. The police said they have rushed more forces to control the situation.

A soldier has emerged as a key suspect in the killing of a police inspector in mob frenzy over cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Monday. Police sources say they are investigating whether Jeetu Fauji, an army jawan posted in Srinagar, could have fired the shot that killed Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. A senior officer investigating the...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appealed to the "misguided youths" of Jammu and Kashmir to shun violence and join the mainstream. He was speaking at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre in Srinagar, where he laid the foundation stone for the Srinagar ring road project. He is on a day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir in which he will...

The centre announcing a unilateral "ceasefire" with terror groups during the month of Ramzan seems to have brought down the incidents of violence in Jammu and Kashmir. In the last two days, only three terror incidents have been reported in the Kashmir valley.

A tourist from Tamil Nadu injured in stone-throwing in Kashmir has died, police said. The incident took place on Monday morning at Narbal on the outskirts of capital Srinagar. He had been moved to a hospital at around 10:30 am with serious injuries. He slipped into a coma and died at around 8:30 pm.

A tourism event in Srinagar is looking to ease people into visiting Jammu and Kashmir, where the tourism sector has been hit since the violence in 2016 following the killing of terrorist Burhan Wani. Tour operators say they want to create a welcoming, feel-good factor in the state so that more tourists can come

45-year-old Hadeesa says for the last 10 years she has been struggling to live with dignity and respect. A resident of Srinagar, she says early into marriage, her in-laws unleashed atrocities, her husband abandoned her, remarried and refused to pay any money to support her.

As Manipur continues to battle a fresh round of violence, the Union Home Ministry today repatriated top Srinagar police official Rakesh Balwal to the northeastern state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah handed over appointment letters on Tuesday to the family of four Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel who were killed in terror-related violence in the valley, officials said.

People in Jammu and Kashmir are in distress as there is hardly a day without any violent incident, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday, asserting that the government should take steps to improve the situation.

Days after the killing of Kashmiri pandit government employee Rahul Bhat, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday blamed the Vivek Agnihotri directorial 'The Kashmir Files' for 'triggering' violence in the union territory.

The recent "uncoordinated" acts of violence in North Kashmir are "signs of desperation" by terrorists and are not finding resonance among people who want to get out of the cycle of violence - a fact visible in the sharp dip this year in the recruitment of local youths in terror groups, a senior Army officer has said.

The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is peaceful and no violence has been reported from anywhere in the state, the state police said on Saturday.

In 1990, Roshan Lal Mawa was shot four times by unidentified gunmen as violence against Kashmiri Pandits reached its worst phase. Left with no choice but to leave behind his beloved Kashmir, he picked up the pieces of his shattered life and moved to Delhi. Only, he could never be at home there.

With election fever gripping Kashmir, women were seen singing and dancing as National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah reached Nagam village as part of his poll campaign. This was in complete contrast to the 2017 bypolls, when Farooq Abdullah contested from here and nobody would come out to root for him. The bypolls had recorded a dismal 7% voting,...

Inmates of a jail in Srinagar burnt their barracks after the authorities tried to shift some of them outside Kashmir valley on Thursday night. The police said they have rushed more forces to control the situation.

A soldier has emerged as a key suspect in the killing of a police inspector in mob frenzy over cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Monday. Police sources say they are investigating whether Jeetu Fauji, an army jawan posted in Srinagar, could have fired the shot that killed Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. A senior officer investigating the...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appealed to the "misguided youths" of Jammu and Kashmir to shun violence and join the mainstream. He was speaking at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre in Srinagar, where he laid the foundation stone for the Srinagar ring road project. He is on a day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir in which he will...

The centre announcing a unilateral "ceasefire" with terror groups during the month of Ramzan seems to have brought down the incidents of violence in Jammu and Kashmir. In the last two days, only three terror incidents have been reported in the Kashmir valley.

A tourist from Tamil Nadu injured in stone-throwing in Kashmir has died, police said. The incident took place on Monday morning at Narbal on the outskirts of capital Srinagar. He had been moved to a hospital at around 10:30 am with serious injuries. He slipped into a coma and died at around 8:30 pm.

A tourism event in Srinagar is looking to ease people into visiting Jammu and Kashmir, where the tourism sector has been hit since the violence in 2016 following the killing of terrorist Burhan Wani. Tour operators say they want to create a welcoming, feel-good factor in the state so that more tourists can come

45-year-old Hadeesa says for the last 10 years she has been struggling to live with dignity and respect. A resident of Srinagar, she says early into marriage, her in-laws unleashed atrocities, her husband abandoned her, remarried and refused to pay any money to support her.