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Talks with Delhi may fetch passports, but not freedom: Hurriyat(G)

SRINAGAR: The Syed Ali Geelani-led faction of the pro-freedom amalgam Monday said dialogue with New Delhi will not yield any results until India shuns...

Fake tour operators’ racket busted, 3 arrested

Srinagar: Police Monday said they had smashed a fake tour operators' racket and arrested three persons who allegedly used to cheat gullible tourists by...

‘Shehjar apartments to pave way for vertical constructions’

Srinagar:  Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday  said time had come for paradigm shift from horizontal expansion of residential houses towards vertical constructions in the...

1953: Washington Cables US Mission at UN

“Reference (to) Kashmir: (The) following are (the State) Department’s present views (with regard) to next steps, which views we believe should be conveyed to...

India’s civil society behaves like State on Kashmir: Mirwaiz

Srinagar: “All Indian institutions, may it be administration, Army or courts, have common policy on Kashmir, they want to use every effort to suppress...

Police constitutes team to track culprits of anti-police messages on social media

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police has constituted a team to track the persons behind rumor about police strike next month. A statement issued by police...

Pakistan demands early repatriation of prisoner’s body

By Snehesh Alex Philip ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today demanded an early repatriation of the body of its national who had allegedly committed suicide in a Jammu...

Tripartite dialogue best possible solution to resolve K-issue: Shabir Shah

SRINAGAR: Terming the soft approach of United Nations and India’s stubbornness in resolving Kashmir issue as main reasons behind lingering of the longstanding Kashmir...

JKLF leaders detained en-route Kunan-Poshpora

SRINAGAR: Police on Sunday detained a group of JKLF leaders when they were on their way to Kunan-Poshpora villages of Kupwara district to attend...

24,631 SPOs working in JK: Omar

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday said 24,631 Special Police Officers (SPOs) are at present working in the state. In a written reply...

‘Flawed K-policy blamed for situation in Pakistan’

Islamabad: An official Pakistani document has blamed “flawed and myopic foreign policy choices” related to India, Afghanistan and Kashmir, prolonged military rule and poor...

JKLF vows to continue protest till justice is not done in Pathribal fake encounter case

SRINAGAR: Asserting that people of Kashmir will not keep silent on the closure of Pathribal fake encounter case, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)...

Guru hanging exposed India’s judiciary, Kashmir’s pro-India camp: Bar

SRINAGAR:  Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (HCBA) Saturday said the hanging of Afzal Guru without affording him the chance of a fair...

Kunan-Poshpora mass rape anniversary

SRINAGAR: On the eve of 23rd anniversary of infamous Kunan-Poshpora mass rape by army, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Saturday reiterated his...

Finance Min doesn’t own bungalow in Dubai: CM

JAMMU: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that allegation about one of his Cabinet ministers that he possessed a bungalow in Dubai has...

Govt employees detained in J&K

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday detained dozens of government employees who tried to take out a protest march in support of their...

Prof Talat gets 3-yr extension as KU V-C

JAMMU: Prof Talat Ahmad has been granted another term of three years as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir, an official handout said Saturday. It...

Ready to face Taliban challenge: Army

Srinagar: Army apprehends increased infiltration attempts by militants in Kashmir in view of the “depleting” militant leadership and upcoming elections but is prepared to...

ReZs to be regularised from Apr 1

Jammu: The Rehbar-e-Ziraat employees would be regularised in three phases, beginning April 1 this year, after completion of seven years of continuous service, the...

1991: Mass Rape in Kunan-Poshpora

At around 11 p.m. on February 23, 1991, soldiers from the 4 Rajputana Rifles cordoned off the village of Kunan Poshpora to conduct a...

By Mir Suhail

Union Home Minister beyond jurisdiction;can’t take action: ACB

New Delhi: In a U-turn, Delhi Government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has refused to probe a complaint of “misuse” of official position by a Union...

Police detain Hurriyat Conference JK leaders

SRINAGAR: Police on Friday detained leaders of Hurriyat Conference J&K when they were on way to Warpora area of north Kashmir’s Sopore town, a...

Par panel suggests special assistance to citizens above 80

New Delhi: Observing that there is no right- based law in the country to address disabilities arising out of ageing, a parliamentary panel has...

Rajmohan Gandhi joins AAP

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got a shot in the arm when Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, joined the party on...

Pulwama: Curbs, shutdown cripple life on second day

Srinagar:  Life remained paralyzed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, where curfew remained in place for the second consecutive day Friday to thwart anti-India protests...

Kashmiri youths make Kolkata winter home to sell woollens

By Pradipta Tapadar Kolkata: Driven by unemployment at home, hundreds of Kashmiri youths make Kolkata their winter abode selling a variety of woolens, mostly hand-woven,...

1988: India Rejects Pak’s ‘Kashmir First’ Line

The then Prime Minister of India, I. K. Gujral, hoped that the next round of Indo-Pak secretary level talks would start soon and cover...

Central Jail inmate dies at hospital

Srinagar: An inmate of Central jail Srinagar died at the  SMHS Hospital here on Friday, police said. Mukhtar Bhat son of Ghulam Mohiuddin Bhat of...

Corridor through ‘Azad Kashmir’ no detriment to K-dispute: China

By K J M Varma Beijing: Defending a proposed Economic Corridor through Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PAK), China on Thursday said the multi-billion dollar project will have...

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