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Coffins lie at the CRPF camp in Budgam on February 15 (Photo: PTI)

War rumours leads to panic buying of essentials in J&K

Extra long queues could be seen also at the automated teller machines (ATMs) across Srinagar and other major towns of the Valley.

24 Feb 2019 7:50 AM

A cartoon that appeared in the Greater Kashmir newspaper.

Wave of gratitude towards Sikhs sweeps over Valley

A cartoon in Greater Kashmir newspaper showing a Sikh man in a boat holding out a hand to a drowning Kashmiri has gone viral on social media.

22 Feb 2019 6:43 AM

Questions were raised as to why troops are not allowed to travel by air to eliminat risk and threat of traveling on road. (Representational Image | PTI)

Free air travel for paramilitary forces to Kashmir: Govt post Pulwama

Jawans and sub-officers,will now be able to book tickets in regular commercial flights and claim reimbursement from their organization.

21 Feb 2019 3:04 PM

This was the first suicide car bomb strike in Kashmir since the 2001 attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly that left 41 persons, including three suicide attackers, dead.

CRPF cautions citizens against fake online pictures

The impact of the blast was so strong that the bodies were blown to smith-ereens and flung many feet away from the site of blast.

18 Feb 2019 3:23 AM

The force said that 'in memory of the martyrs of the terrorist attack, all formations of the Central Reserve Police Force observed two minutes of silence and the force flag will fly half mast on Friday'. (Photo: Twitter | @crpfindia)

Pulwama attack: CRPF says won't forget or forgive; vows to avenge heinous act

The CRPF will 'avenge' the death of 40 of its personnel in one of the worst terror attacks on its troops in J&K.

15 Feb 2019 4:03 PM

Members of Kashmir's Lakes and Waterways Authority collect weeds lying on the surface of Dal Lake. (Photo: AFP)

Kashmir: A land with a rich history is now in turmoil

The Tamil, Telugu, Kalinga, Bengali and other civilisations all have histories that go back several millennia.

08 Feb 2019 1:24 AM

According to the home ministry order, a number of cases have been registered by the Jammu and Kashmir police over the past few months where it was revealed that the Tehreek has played a major role in commission of terrorist acts and a number of its cadre have been arrested.

MHA bans militant outfit in Kashmir Valley

Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen provides financial, logistical support to other groups

07 Feb 2019 6:53 AM

Bipin Rawat reviews strategy to counter insurgency

The Army chief had spent the first day of 2019 with troops deployed along the Line of Control in Kupwara district.

03 Jan 2019 1:18 AM

Army soldiers raise their guns to celebrate the killing of four top Jaish-e-Muhammad militants, including one Pakistani commander, at Hajin Payeen area of Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

The divide is growing in a fragmented J&K

The BJP in the state represents mainly the Jammu region, which generally does not support the insurgency.

31 Dec 2018 12:00 AM

The security forces’ officials said violent mobs had made repeated attempts to go to the encounter site, chanted slogans to encourage the militants hurled rocks at the security forces. (Photo: PTI/File)

Valley shuts, Army urges Kashmiris to avoid march

It said the security forces make every attempt to avoid any loss of civilian lives in crossfire and minimise collateral damage to property.

17 Dec 2018 12:51 AM

Kashmiri villagers comfort the grieving father of Murtaza, a 14-year-old civilian, during his funeral procession in Pulwama. (Photo: AP)

J&K: All political parties fume over ‘killings’

At places, irate crowds of mainly youth clashed with the police and central armed forces, the witnesses and police sources said.

16 Dec 2018 4:57 AM

51 militants were killed between June 25 and Sept. 14 and another 85 terrorists were gunned down between Sept. 15 and Dec. 5 (Representational | PTI)

240 militants still active in Kashmir Valley

232 militants have been killed in Kashmir Valley so far this year.

09 Dec 2018 5:25 AM

10 arrested for helping militants in J&K Valley

It was on the basis of material evidence collected by the team that four persons were taken into custody for questioning.

04 Dec 2018 12:15 AM

Saffron growers in Kashmir. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

Kashmir Valley’s prized crop saffron goes to seed

The ideal environment for cultivation of saffron is cool dry climate and rich soil with excellent drainage and organic content.

12 Nov 2018 12:03 AM

Security force personnel stand guard behind a newly-built sandbag bunker in Srinagar. (Photo: H.U.Naqash)

New sandbag bunkers come up in Valley amid fears of spurt in violence

After killing of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar’s nephew, Usman Haider, militants may carry out deadly attacks.

03 Nov 2018 1:19 AM

Hundreds of J&K policemen and CRPF jawans and members of other central forces, fanned out overnight, patrolled the streets of Srinagar. (Representational Image)

Kashmir Valley observes ‘black day’ on 71st yr of Army’s arrival

rmy celebrated Infantry Day at its Northern Command (NC) headquarters in garrison town of Udhampur and other places across the state.

28 Oct 2018 4:38 AM

Government records being shifted from Srinagar to Jammu in boxes. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

‘Darbar’ move binds Jammu with the Valley

146-year-old practice shifts seat of power bi-annually between the state’s twin capitals.

27 Oct 2018 1:03 AM

Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI/File)

Ahead of Rajnath Singh visit, Valley shut over killings

The blast had taken place inside a damaged house in which an encounter had taken place in Kulgam’s Laroo village earlier on Sunday.

23 Oct 2018 1:50 AM

Rich in spiritual intellect, Kashmir’s Rishi-Sufis spoke in poetry and parables to highlight the universal human trajectories.

Mystic Mantra: Kashmiri mysticism

Rishi-Sufis focused not only on spiritual pursuits but also social, economic and cultural development of the Kashmir Valley.

22 Oct 2018 6:02 AM

Even when Jammu and Ladakh are accounted for, only 35 per cent of the 17 lakh electorate turned up to vote. (Representational image)

A strange democracy for J&K

The present dispensation has badly botched the political and security situation in Kashmir.

22 Oct 2018 6:01 AM

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