Sikh delegation meets J&K CM
A delegation of Gurduwara Prabandhak Committee here on Saturday called on Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and discussed the issue of anonymous letters asking Sikhs to embrace Islam or l
Clashes injure 20 in Valley
Kashmir Valley on Thursday again witnessed clashes between protesting mobs and security forces at a number of places leaving over twenty people injured, half a dozen of them with bullet injuries.
Valley Sikhs get threat letters
Leaders of Kashmir’s Sikhs said on Thursday that many families of the minority community in various parts of the Valley have been receiving unsigned threat letters over the past couple of weeks asking
Cop, forgiven by Omar, errs again
The Jammu and Kashmir policeman who threw a shoe at chief minister Omar Abdullah during an Independence Day function here but was pardoned by him and subsequently released Wednesday chanted “We want freedom” before a huge crowd that had gathered at his village house near here to greet him.
20 hurt in clashes in J&K
At least 20 persons, including eight security personnel, were injured on Tuesday as fresh clashes erupted in parts of the Valley, where curfew remained in force in three towns as a precautionary measure following the death of an injured person at a hospital here.
Rahul, Raju survey Leh flood-hit areas
A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to pay a visit to Leh devastated by the recent flash floods and mudslides following a cloudburst, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and minister of state for defence M.M. Pallam Raju were in the town on Monday to share the grief of the victims’ families and also oversee the rescue and relief operations underway.
Suspended J&K cop hurls shoe at Omar
A suspended J&K policeman facing criminal cases hurled a shoe at chief minister Omar Abdullah from the VIP stand’s back row at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium on Sunday morning as the CM was about to unfurl
Omar calls for serious initiative
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday asked for a serious political initiative by the Centre towards addressing the Kashmir issue but reiterated his plea that the separatist should
Curfew clouds I-Day in Srinagar
For the first time in two-decade-old turmoil in Kashmir, Srinagar and several other towns were under curfew on Independence Day on Sunday whereas a strike called by separatists continued to disrupt no
Suspended J&K cop hurls shoe at Omar
A Jammu and Kashmir police official on Sunday hurled his service shoe at chief minister Omar Abdullah during the Independence Day function at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium while the simmering Valley witne