In a paradigm shift, United Jehad Council chief Syed Salahuddin has backed separatists' move to relate public issues in Kashmir with "occupation" ahead of local bodies' polls and pledged more attacks saying "role of gun has become more important in present scenario".
In a first, the army on Wednesday conferred gallantry awards on Jammu and Kashmir police officers. The list of five, however, included two officers whose names had surfaced in connection with a custodial death in Sopore district in 2011, HT reports.
One militant was today killed when a gunbattle broke out between ultras and security forces near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted on Thursday: "Today (Thursday) marks another year of an incomplete #Kashmir. Need to redouble efforts to facilitate the return of #Pandits to their rightful homes." Arun Joshi reports.
With over 3,100 vehicles, mostly trucks and tankers, stranded on the 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway due to snowfall and landslides, state authorities are trying to clear them before allowing fresh traffic on the arterial road.
Leh town in Ladakh recorded the coldest night of this season as mercury settled at a low of minus 21.8 degrees Celsius, an official of the MeT department said.
The pilot of an IndiGo Airlines flight, carrying 168 passengers, on Saturday had to use emergency brake while preparing for takeoff as a bus ferrying people to an IAF plane appeared on the runway at the airport in Jammu.
The angry reaction to the issue of conversion of Muslims in Kashmir is scaring the Christian community no end. "It's making me nervous," says Carin Jodha Fischer, a German working in Kashmir's rural areas since 2006.
Kashmir Valley continued to reel under extreme cold today as minimum temperatures across the region remained below freezing point.
The Kashmir Valley remained cut off from the rest of the country for the third day today even as snowfall has stopped after 60 hours.
Ruling National Conference and coalition partner Congress on Monday issued a party whip asking MLAs and ministers to stay in Kashmir valley, facing crisis due to heavy snowfall.
A decision on revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (Afspa) in Jammu and Kashmir will be taken by the defence and home ministries, a senior Indian Army commander said on Sunday, underlining that the act was a "must for national security".
Intensifying its drive to curb terror funding, the government has asked the Jammu and Kashmir Police as well as the Enforcement Directorate to seek help from the RBI in monitoring transfer of funds meant for separatist groups for alleged anti-national activities, including disturbing peace in the state.
Heavy snowfall lashed the Kashmir Valley on Sunday and the Srinagar-Jammu highway was closed for traffic to prevent accidents.
The way things are, very soon, Kashmiris might have to go without their daily diet of news with the first cup of kehwa. A growing population of canines with a penchant for a violent game of chase has created panic among newspaper hawkers, affecting circulation. Ashiq Hussain reports.