Srinagar: 37 militants have been killed in gunfights with government forces across Kashmir in the month of November making it the bloodiest month of this year for the militants. The slain militants include top nine commanders. As per official figures, 227 militants have been killed in different parts of Kashmir so far this year. While they […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission, which has to hold fresh assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir before May 21 next, is likely to club it with the Lok Sabha elections due next year, highly-placed sources in the poll panel said Thursday. The state assembly was dissolved by Governor Satya Pal Malik on November 21 citing […]
Srinagar: Kashmir recorded over 19 per cent polling while Jammu registered more than 61 per cent voting till noon in the fifth phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections Thursday, officials said. The polling began at 8 am and ended at 2 pm in 2,512 polling stations, including 1,743 stations in Jammu division and […]
Srinagar: Former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik who was in Kashmir recently, has said that he told the Kashmiri separatist groups who he met during his visit that he does not share their views and that they must work through peaceful methods to resolve the Kashmir issue. Speaking to The Indian Express Bondevik, who […]
Srinagar: Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has said that the tolerance levels of the people in Kashmir have “reduced and perceived alienation” as the youth in the region is being “indoctrinated to act irrationally.” “In recent times, the tolerance levels of the public in Kashmir have reduced and perceived alienation is indicative of a definitive aspirational deficit amongst the local youth. The Kashmiri youth […]
Srinagar: Two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants have been killed in a gunfight with government forces in Khrew area of south Kashmir in Pulwama district Thursday morning. A police official said that a pre-dawn cordon and search operation was launched jointly by Jammu and Kashmir police, army and paramilitary forces following “credible” inputs about the presence of militants in Sharshali area […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday approved interim province status for Gilgit-Baltistan, following the recommendations by a reforms committee, Pakistan Today reported. According to the media report, the recommendations were presented in a meeting, held on Tuesday, chaired by the premier. The committee also suggested that the region should be given its due rights, the […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the core issue between India and Pakistan is Kashmir. He was speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of Kartarpur corridor in Lahore Pakistan. Khan said that he wishes to improve relations between the two countries and that all the parties in Pakistan are on same […]
Srinagar: Top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Naveed Jatt has been killed in a gunfight with government forces in Chattergam area of Budgam district in central Kashmir. Police sources confirmed that Naveed has been killed in the gunfight along with a local militant. Jatt was an A++ category militant who escaped from the SMHS hospital in Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar. […]
Srinagar: Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has said that India is taking benefits out of Pakistan’s weak diplomacy on Kashmir. Speaking during a seminar in Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad on Tuesday, Dr Mazari said the recent UN report is good but UN should have done this before. “Before releasing the report, UN asked […]
