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Left parties announce 7-day nationwide protests from Jan 1

New Delhi: The Left parties on Thursday announced a seven-day nationwide protest from January 1 to 7 and a general strike on January 8...

Army chief criticises those involved in violent protests

NEW DELHI: Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday criticised people leading violent protests over the new citizenship law, saying leadership is not about...

Woman, solider killed in intense shelling along LoC in Uri

BARAMULLA: Intense exchange of fire and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Uri on Wednesday claimed life of a woman...

Shelling along Kathua border

Jammu: Pakistani rangers shelled mortars and fired at forward areas along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district all through Tuesday...

Citizenship Law: Notices served to 60 in UP for property damages

Rampur/Gorakhpur (UP): Over 60 people have been “identified for violence” during last week’s anti-citizenship law protests in Rampur and Gorakhpur and issued notices, asking...

NPR will serve as database for NRC: Arundhati Roy

New Delhi: Author-activist Arundhati Roy on Wednesday claimed that the National Population Register (NPR) will serve as a database for the NRC and asked...

Such suppression of dissent not seen even in colonial period: Irfan Habib

Aligarh: Noted historian Irfan Habib on Wednesday said it would be wrong to look upon the recent outburst of public sentiments against the Citizenship...

DGP calls for intensifying anti-militancy operations

Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh on Thursday pressed for intensifying anti-militancy operations in Kashmir. Chairing a meeting of top police officials about security...

Over 7,000 troops withdrawn from Kashmir

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has ordered “immediate” withdrawal of over 7,000 paramilitary troops from Kashmir after a security review, officials said on...

Official data suggests significant decline in man-animal conflict incidents in Shopian this year

Shopian: There has been a significant decline in man-animal conflict this year in south Kashmir’s Shopian with wildlife department attributing it to their measures...

Dearth of residential facility at KU affects research work

Srinagar: Acute shortage of residential facility for Kashmir University’s scholars is drastically affecting their research work. Currently, the varsity’s lone boarding facility ‘Gani Kashmir Research...

No-confidence motion against Srinagar mayor

Srinagar: The crisis in the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) deepened on Tuesday as 40 corporators moved a no-confidence motion against its Mayor Junaid Mattu,...

Councillors suspect fake signatures used to support removal

SRINAGAR: A new twist emerged in Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) after a group of corporators suspected their signatures were used for the removal of...

Kashmir handicraft export revenue declines from August

SRINAGAR: For the fourth time in last six years, Kashmir handicraft sector, which is one of the main drivers of the economy, has suffered...

High Court bans brick kilns within 8 kilometre radius of Srinagar Airport

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High court on Tuesday directed that no brick kiln be permitted to operate their furnaces or take any activity...

Sanctioned in 2004, industrial estate in Qazigund still not functional

Anantnag: Much to the dismay of entrepreneurs and industrialists, the industrial estate in Qazigund remains a distant dream even as 15 years have passed...

Home minister reviews Kashmir situation with top officials

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting on the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to discuss...

China backed efforts to defuse Indo-Pak tensions post-Pulwama attack: Wang

Beijing: China had supported the efforts of India and Pakistan to defuse tensions and manage their differences through dialogue following the deadly Pulwama attack,...

Srinagar records coldest night of season

Srinagar: Kashmir reeled under intense cold conditions on Tuesday with Srinagar experiencing the coldest night of the season so far, the weather office said. The...

Citizenship Law: Students from universities across Delhi hit streets

New Delhi: Women with young daughters, students, politicians and civil society activists all came together for a march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar...

Protests continue in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Huge anti Citizenship Amendment Act protests continued in parts of Tamil Nadu like Salem and Krishnagiri on Tuesday. Hundreds of people gathered in Salem...

Rahul, Priyanka stopped by police from entering Meerut

Meerut: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were on Tuesday stopped by the police from entering Meerut on their way to meet...

No confidence motion moved against SMC deputy mayor

SRINAGAR: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s deputy mayor Sheikh Imran received a major setback on Monday when a sizeable number of councillors moved a no...

NC, PDP hold maiden meetings, demand release of detainees

Jammu/Srinagar: National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party on Monday held separate meetings in Srinagar first time after the abrogation of Article 370 in August. The...

Citizenship Law: Oppn intensifies protests

New Delhi/Chennai/Guwahati: The opposition on Monday stepped up protests against the amended Citizenship Act with the Congress holding a ‘Satyagraha for unity’ at Mahatma...

104 held, thousands booked in Maharashtra

Aurangabad: More than 100 people have been arrested and over 12,000 booked in three districts of Marathwada in connection with violence during protests against...

Protests continue in Assam

Guwahati: Protests against the contentious citizenship law continued in Assam with agitators staging sit-ins across the state on Monday. However, no violence from anywhere in the...

ACB files charge sheet in illegal appointments in J&K Bank

Srinagar: The anti-corruption branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed a charge sheet naming 23 people, including two former chairmen of...

NGO recommends appointment of retired professor as KU pro-VC

Srinagar: A major controversy has erupted at Kashmir University as a ‘non-government organisation’ has written to the Jammu and Kashmir government to appoint a...

Srinagar-Jammu highway re-opens

Banihal/Jammu: The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar highway was cleared on Monday after remaining closed for over 42 hours following a massive landslide in Ramban district which...

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