Pathribal accused to be tried in GCM
The Army will try in general court martial (GCM) its five officers involved in the infamous Pathribal fake encounter case of March 2000.
Budgam ‘arson’ adds to tension in Srinagar
Though the official investigating agencies have yet to determine the cause of the June 25 fire at Srinagar’s Sunni Dastagir Sahib shrine, an overnight alleged act of arson at a Shia place of worship i
Amarnath yatra death toll rises to 12
Three more Amarnath pilgrims died on their way to the 3,880m high shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas overnight in separate incidents, taking the death toll in the ongoing yatra to 12.
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Normalcy returns in Kashmir Valley
Normalcy returned to Kashmir on Saturday after witnessing five days of shutdown over the destruction of the 200-year-old Dastageer Sahib Shrine in a fire incident at Khanyar on Monday.
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Two more Amarnath pilgrims die, toll mounts to 14
Two more pilgrims, including a woman, died en route 3,880-mt high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas even as the number of devotees paying obeisance at the temple crossed the one lakh mar
Mystery over fire at Sufi shrine
The fire incident that devastated Srinagar’s nearly 250-year-old Sufi shrine on Monday, initially perceived to be result of electric short circuit, is fast turning into an intriguing mystery which pol
Omar orders immediate restoration of gutted shrine
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has ordered immediate restoration of gutted Dastageer Sahib Shrine at Khanyar strictly as per its heritage characteristics.
"The restoration of the
Difficulties of being a girl in Kashmir
The scriptures, whether Hindu or Muslim, Sikh or Buddhist, enjoin us to respect and protect all women be they mothers, daughters, sisters, wives.
Yet women in this country continue to be disadvantage
Undeclared curfew extended by a day
The predominantly Muslim Kashmir Valley continues to be in grief over the burning of a revered Sufi shrine as the majority of the population stayed away from work on the third straight day of the inci
Two more Amarnath pilgrims die, toll rises to eight
Two more Amarnath pilgrims died due to cardiac arrest even as the number of pilgrims who paid obeisance at the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas crossed 60,000.
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