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The locals have also been demanding the government to build a bridge so that children from underprivileged backgrounds, for whom, government schools are the last option, can attend schools on a regular basis. (Photo: ANI)

No bridge, J&K students forced to wade through river to attend school

The task, at times, turns out to be an ordeal as students cannot cross the river due to huge inflows of water during monsoons.

12 Aug 2018 2:01 PM

The Supreme Court posted the matter for further hearing on August 21. (Photo: File | ANI)

SC seeks J&K's reply on plea over custodial torture of Kathua case witness

A relative of Hussain sought his protection in police custody alleging that he had been brutally beaten up in an alleged fake rape case.

08 Aug 2018 12:55 PM

After an adjournment last year, on Monday the Supreme Court was to begin hearings on the Article 35A issue, brought before it by a RSS-linked NGO. (Photo: Asian Age)

Article 35A uncertainty is like playing with fire

If this article is struck down, the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh will cease to be citizens of India.

07 Aug 2018 12:16 AM

In wake of an increase in incidents of rape of minors, especially after horror at Kathua and Indore, the Union Cabinet approved number of measures to amend POCSO Act in April. (Photo: File/PTI)

J&K Guv promulgates ordinance on death penalty for rape

J&K has carried out certain amendments in Criminal Laws on analogy of amendments made in Central Criminal Law in 2018.

17 May 2018 5:59 PM

J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti has welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to transfer the Kathua gangrape and murder case from Jammu and Kashmir to Pathankot in neighbouring Punjab. (Photo: PTI | File)

J&K CM welcomes SC decision to transfer Kathua case to Pathankot

Supreme Court has transferred Kathua rape case trial from J&K to Pathankot court; it has also ruled out CBI inquiry.

07 May 2018 8:36 PM

The gangrape and murder of 8-year-old girl in Kathua has sparked nationwide outrage. (Photo: PTI/File)

SC shifts Kathua rape case to Pathankot, says fear, fair can't co-exist

J&K govt submitted to Supreme Court that it is ready for a fair trial of Kathua rape case in the state.

07 May 2018 3:18 PM

Kashmiri women pray in Srinagar for end to violence that has rendered orphan over 2 lakh children in the past three decades. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

Orphans suffer as special homes pocket donations

According to a survey, J&K has 2,15,000 orphans of which more than 37 per cent have lost one or both parents to the conflict.

28 Apr 2018 2:09 AM

Meanwhile, the home ministry has also assured the state police that it can investigate the Kathua rape case without pressure from any quarters’’ and stern action should be taken against the accused persons.

Kathua rape case: Govt plans security to protect nomadic tribes

Home ministry sources said the Centre was even willing to provide additional central para-military forces for this purpose.

15 Apr 2018 5:37 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

PM’s package gives big push to J&K growth

Both Centre and the J&K government has been able to give a major push to development activity in the state in the last almost two years.

14 Apr 2018 7:28 AM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Photo: PTI)

Use LoC bus for pilgrimage too, urges Mehbooba Mufti

Mufti assured the delegation that she will raise the issue with the Central government.

01 Mar 2018 2:34 AM

Minister of State in the PMO Dr Jitendra Singh (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

LoC firing: MHA to reimburse money used on aid

The Centre has also asked the state government to expedite the process of finalising the amount so that it can be reimbursed by the Centre.

27 Feb 2018 2:54 AM

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat. (Photo: ANI)

J&K militants getting younger, dying sooner

At present, about 300 militants are operating in the state, of which about 180 are locals and 120 are of foreign origin.

12 Feb 2018 4:02 AM

Rajnath Singh said this humanitarian step aims to give students and youth another chance to rebuild their lives and careers without being under any kind of stress of being declared criminals. (Photo: ANI)

Rajnath Singh announces fresh measures to restore normalcy in J&K

Approval to use an amnesty scheme to give relief to 3,685 students, youth held for participating in stone pelting incidents given to J&K.

24 Jan 2018 6:27 PM

Over 11,500 cases have been registered against stone pelters since July last year when unrest broke out. (Photo: PTI/File)

J&K: First-time stone pelters to be set free

Director general of police S.P. Vaid said that they are looking into the cases to ascertain who can be let off.

24 Nov 2017 12:56 AM

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Photo: PTI)

Keep dialogue process with separatists open, says Manmohan Singh

The party delegation is on a two-day visit to Kashmir to attend a series of meetings on the current situation in the Valley.

17 Sep 2017 7:07 AM

The official sources said that the evidence gathered during the police investigating included the footage and photographs of the accused waving and hoisting the ISIS flag within the compound of the historic place of worship on October 17, 2014. (Photo: AP)

J&K: 9 face prosecution case for waving ISIS flag

Meanwhile, two more militants were killed in a firefight in southern Kulgam on Sunday night.

12 Sep 2017 2:15 AM

Earlier, the apex court asked the Centre and State Government to sit together and deal with the issue jointly. (Photo: PTI/File)

Minority status to non-Muslims: SC gives last chance to J&K govt to file reply

Earlier the apex court asked the state government to constitute a committee to decide on the anomaly.

08 Aug 2017 12:56 PM

Pilgrims, on the Baltal route, cross mountain trails on their way to the Amarnath cave shrine on the Baltal route. (Photo: PTI)

The yatra’s journey

The pilgrimage to Amarnath had acquired political connotations — it was an assertion of Hindu identity and India’s claim on Kashmir.

16 Jul 2017 6:23 AM

Social bee: Valley’s ‘Internet kid’ overcomes social media ban

Zeyan Jeelani, a 16-year-old tech-savvy kid, has created a social networking site, Kashbook, for Kashmiris to connect in the Valley.

21 May 2017 2:29 AM

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during a conversations on C Peter Mc Colough Series on International Economics at Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. (Photo: PTI)

Terror footprint in cyberspace disturbing, says Arun Jaitley

India and Russia share a special strategic partnership, which has stood the test of time, says Jaitley.

27 Apr 2017 1:11 AM

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