Srinagar: The police and other government forces are using 70,000 tear gas shells on an average every year after 2016 mass pro-freedom protests rocked Kashmir, reported the Outlook Magazine. The news outlet reported that in 2016 over 100,000 (one lakh) tear gas shells were used in Kashmir to quell the protests “Approximately one lakh-plus tear-gas […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that granting citizenship on the basis of religion is appalling and disgusting in equal measure. “We are full of venom when it comes to Pakistan but are matching some of its policies in spirit,” she tweeted. The Peoples Democratic Party president said: “But even […]
Srinagar: The NIA’s investigations into the suspected Amroha-Delhi module of the Islamic State have now found a Kashmir link to the alleged conspiracy. Interrogation of Saqib Iftekhar — a Hapur-based muezzin under arrest for allegedly helping the group acquire weapons — is learnt to have revealed that he had travelled to Jammu and Kashmir twice in […]
Srinagar: Hitting out at Union Minister Jitendra Singh over his comment that J&K IAS topper’s resignation indicates the lack of conviction to be ready to condemn the act of terrorism, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said no one more than Dr Sahib Shah Faesal knows the pain and suffering militancy and violence have brought […]
Srinagar: The Army has managed the situation well along the borders with China and Pakistan and there should be no cause for concern, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said Thursday. Rawat, speaking at his annual press conference, also said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir needs to be improved further. “We are only facilitators for peace […]
Srinagar: The minimum temperature improved across Kashmir on Thursday leading to a little relief from the intensecold wave sweeping the valley. Meanwhile Kashmir weather department has forecast a fresh spell of rain and snow from today evening. The weather officials said that a western disturbance is approachingJammu and Kashmir and under its influence, another spell of intermittent rain andsnow is […]
Srinagar: While India is making constructive efforts to engage Taliban in talks, autonomy for Tibet and Tamil areas in Srilanka but shows less encouragement and projects double standards when it is the resolution of Kashmir-issue, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti tweeted reaching a common denominator after earlier twitter battle. In a direct onslaught on Government […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State assembly elections will be held along with the 17th Lok Sabha elections that are due to be held across mainland India between April and May this year. Huffpost India while quoting a senior government official reported that discussions on the state and general elections in Jammu and Kashmir are likely […]
Srinagar: After months of speculation, Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal is learnt to have finally resigned from the services to join politics. New Delhi based The Print quoting sources said the 2010 batch topper sought voluntary retirement Monday to join the Farooq Abdullah-led National Conference. Faesal, 35, who comes from the Lolab valley in north Kashmir’s Kupwara, […]
Srinagar: Without naming Pakistan, Army Chief Bipin Rawat has said that that “terrorism was here to stay,” and there was a need to curb social media to stop radicalization. He also said misinformation and falsehoods about religion are being used to radicalise young people in Jammu and Kashmir. “That is why you find more and […]
