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May 07, 2018
Stone-pelters attack tourist vehicle in Narbal on Srinagar-Gulbarg road; Chennai man killed, several injured
A tourist from Chennai, injured in stone pelting on Srinagar-Gulmarg road on Monday, succumbed to critical injuries in a hospital in Srinagar, police said. -
May 07, 2018
Kashmir University professor Rafi Bhat gets killed within 40 hrs of joining militancy; students, colleagues in shock
Lecturer-turned militant Mohammad Rafi Bhatt, who survived for less than 40 hours in his new incarnation as a militant, was perhaps the most educated militant in 27 years of insurgency in Kashmir Valley -
May 06, 2018
Shopian encounter: Five civilians die in clashes with security forces in Kashmir after terrorists gunned down
Five civilians were killed on Sunday in clashes with security forces after five militants were killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. -
May 04, 2018
Karnataka polls: Rahul, Modi trade corruption charges; Adityanath accuses Congress of supporting 'jihadis'
Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi led the political battle in Karnataka on Thursday ahead of the Assembly elections in the state, which are scheduled to be held on 12 May. Modi and Rahul traded allegations on several issues, ranging from corruption to divisive politics. -
May 03, 2018
Shopian school bus attack sparks uproar in Kashmir; separatists, pro-India leaders condemn incident
Separatists and pro-India leaders condemned the attack on the school bus in Kashmir. -
May 02, 2018
Shopian school bus pelted: Outrage serves little purpose, addressing radicalisation in Valley need of hour
The Kashmir Valley, and south Kashmir, in particular have plunged into the throes of radicalisation. -
May 02, 2018
J&K schoolbus attack: Omar Abdullah says amnesty granted to stone-pelters was to encourage 'reasonable behaviour'
Concerned over the incident of stone-pelting on a school bus in Shopian, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the amnesty granted to stone pelters was to encourage "reasonable behaviour". -
May 02, 2018
Shopian MLA Muhammad Yusuf Bhat's house attacked with petrol bomb; PDP leader, family unhurt
According to media reports, a petrol bomb was hurled at Bhat's Shopian residence in Memander area, following which the upper storey of the house caught fire -
May 02, 2018
Two children injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district after stone-pelters attack school bus
Two students sustained injuries after their school bus was attacked by stone-pelters in Zavoora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. -
May 01, 2018
Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet reshuffle: Kavinder Gupta, Rajiv Jasrotia and Sunil Sharma among 8 ministers sworn in
Eight legislators, including former Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker Kavinder Gupta, were sworn in as ministers in the state's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday. -
Apr 30, 2018
Jammu and Kashmir cabinet reshuffle: BJP inducts pro-Hindutva faces, MLA who defended Kathua rape accused
The BJP compounded the difficulties for Mehbooba Mufti by inducting some of the pro-Hindutva faces into the Council of Ministers, including Rajiv Jasrotia. -
Apr 30, 2018
Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet reshuffle: BJP, PDP to induct seven new faces; a look at the new ministers
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will induct five new faces in the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet and has also decided to drop three ministers in the much-awaited coalition ministry reshuffle slated to take place on Monday. -
Apr 26, 2018
As clamour for CBI probe into Kathua rape grows, a look at agency's track record in Jammu and Kashmir
A number of people in Jammu, including leaders of the BJP, Congress and Panthers Party have been demanding a CBI probe into the Kathua case -
Apr 25, 2018
Mehbooba Mufti, Congress disown slain political worker in Kashmir; Omar Abdullah tweets 'let’s just call him a NC worker'
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti also expressed her condolences saying such killings achieve nothing and leave the families devasted. -
Apr 23, 2018
Omar Abdullah urges Delhi HC to hold in-camera hearing on his divorce plea
Omar has sought divorce on the ground that their marriage has broken down irretrievably. -
Apr 22, 2018
Omar Abdullah says dialogue only way for India, Pakistan to move forward on Kashmir issue
India and Pakistan have squandered a lot of good chances to resolve the Kashmir issue, but there are still opportunities, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has said -
Apr 15, 2018
Mehbooba Mufti deserves kudos for avoiding politicisation of Kathua rape, preventing repeat of Shopian incident
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti deserves kudos for standing her ground against her coalition partner over investigations into the horrific rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua three months ago. -
Apr 13, 2018
Kathua rape case: BJP ministers backing accused quit but not before they mocked law, government and humanity
Chaudhary Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga addressed a gathering of more than thousand people who have been demanding a CBI probe in the brutal rape and murder of the eight-year-old girl. -
Apr 13, 2018
Kathua rape case: SC takes suo motu cognisance of lawyers' conduct, says they can't obstruct dispensation of justice
The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of the conduct of lawyers' associations in Kathua in the aftermath of the rape and murder incident there. -
Apr 13, 2018
Kathua rape: BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi hits out at Congress, accuses media of selective outrage
BJP national spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi in a press conference on Friday alleged that the Congress is politicising the Kathua rape and murder case.
