Burhan Muzaffar Wani

Kashmir fears more violence as number of local youths joining militancy rises

According to security officials, though they have been trying to contact the families of the militants to persuade them to surrender, the move has not achieved any major success.

Pakistan money passed by Hurriyat leaders to stone-pelters, militants, reveal NIA investigation

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has established that top Hurriyat leadership has been receiving funds from Pakistan, which was then making its way to stone-pelters and militants.

Police dossier on Kashmiri youth, separatist leaders helped NIA probe on terror funding

Much of the evidence collected against Hurriyat leaders in the NIA investigation was made possible by a dossier created by the Jammu and Kashmir Police while investigation cases of burning of schools and anti-India marches in the Valley

Pulwama attack: One civilian killed, trooper critical in South Kashmir assault that injured five

The incident was reported from the Muran Chowk area of the Pulwama district, when some militants lobbed a grenade targeting a police party in the area

Kashmir needs the army, not sermons from liberals, to wipe out jihadis

Good-governance and restoration of Kashmiriyat are keys to the peace and prosperity of Kashmir, not talking to the Islamist separatists.

After Burhan Wani's death, Hizbul Mujahideen appoints 21-year-old Mehmood Ghaznavi as new leader

Days after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani was killed, the terrorist organisation has reportedly appointed Mehmood Ghaznavi as the new leader.

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's Burhan Wani takes to social media to influence youth in Kashmir

The idea of Khilafat - different from traditional demands of Kashmir's ageing separatists asking for implementation of UN resolutions in Kashmir — was Wani’s way of communicating with Kashmiri youth, and with Islamist movements elsewhere.

Kulgam encounter: Cops kill Dawood Ahmed Sheikh, the 'second most wanted' Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander

Dawood Ahmed Sheikh, 21, was a resident of Qaimoh village of Kulgam. He was allegedly a close aid of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander, Burhan Muzaffar Wani

The curious tale of Ishaq Newton, a brilliant student who picked up a gun instead of a stethoscope

Ishaq Newton, 19, as he was known in Laribal, was famous for his sheer academic brilliance and for being an ‘exceptionally intelligent boy’ in school

Aspiring doctor Ishaq, 20, among three militants killed in Tral encounter

Ishaq had become part of the Hizbul Mujahideen group and was part of a local unit of militants, all of whom are residents of Tral in Pulwama district.