‘No Qaeda-J&K militancy link’
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday sought to put all speculation in media at rest and dispel apprehensions being voiced by certain political quarters in the country by saying that there was no credible evidence to show any link between Al Qaeda and the militancy in Jammu and Kashmir.
First Kashmiri pandit woman wins panchayat polls in Valley
A Kashmiri Pandit woman who won the panchayat elections in North Kashmir's Baramulla district said her victory is a message to other Pandit families to return to the Valley they left two decades ago.
OIC’s rights panel on J&K
The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has decided to set up a special human rights commission on Kashmir and also to raise the existing strength of Contact Group on Kashmir by including more me
Geelani calls for funeral prayers for Osama
Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has asked people to hold funeral prayers on Friday for Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda who was shot dead in Pakistan on May 2 by a US
J&K on high alert, awaits Pak reaction
Jammu and Kashmir was put on high alert on Monday with the police, paramilitary forces and Army troops in a state of alacrity to meet possible violent reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden by the US forces in Pakistan.
Geelani lone Kashmiri leader to condemn Osama killing
Syed Ali Geelani, who heads the hardline faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference, is the only leader to condemn the US operation to kill al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
Kashmir clash: 1 dead, 4 injured
A 75-year-old man was killed and four persons, including two policemen, were injured in clashes between two groups of Kashmiri Muslims which started from a place of worship at Kanihama on the peripheries of Srinagar on Friday. The police has arrested 16 persons on charge of fuelling a law and order situation whereas dozens of police and CRPF personnel have been deployed in the area to prevent further violence.
Jawan kills 4 soldiers in Kashmir, probe on
In the latest incident of fratricide in the Army, a soldier killed four colleagues and seriously injured a fifth at a 42 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Panzpora Chachkote, outside Awamtipora town in southern Kashmir, early on Thursday. The accused, identified as havildar Abhay Kumar of 42 RR, has been arrested and separate investigations into
Wah Taj! Kashmir's first luxe resort opens its doors
Sup on sambhar with onions all the way from Chennai, feast on smoked salmon with capers, throw in some golf or just sit back and take in the breathtaking scenery. It's the Vivanta by Taj, the first lu
JKLF Chairman, three others detained
JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and three of his associates were today detained by the police after they tried to stage a protest against the arrest of a youth in Maisuma area of the city.
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