Musa, who is believed to have been killed in the gunfight with security forces, was the so-called head of the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. read more

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which had won all three Kashmir seats in 2014, drew a blank with party chief Mehbooba Mufti losing from Anantnag. read more

Masoodi, a retired high court judge, was leading Mir by 7,600 votes with 18,000 votes to be counted, election officials said. read more

The Lok Sabha results are seen as a crucial test for Jammu and Kashmir’s mainstream parties – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC) -- as the outcome will decide their and their top leaders’ futures. read more

In contrast, there were just four encounters between security forces and militants between April 11 when Kashmir’s Baramulla voted in the first phase and May 6 when the polls ended in the valley. Eight militants were killed in those four encounters. read more

A 41.3% turnout was recorded in the panchayat polls in Kashmir while it was 83.5% in the state’s Jammu region. Across South Kashmir’s Shopian, Pulwama, Kulgam and Anantnag districts, there was no polling in the absence of candidates in a majority of... read more

The slain militant, identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Sofi alias Umar, belonged to the Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK), police claimed. read more

The soldier is being discharged from the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre, Phase 6, in Mohali in the last week of this month. read more

Additional director general of police Muneer Ahmad Khan will conduct the probe, an official statement said. He has been asked to submit a report within 15 days. read more

Ladakh and two districts of the volatile Anantnag constituency polled in the fifth phase of the ongoing general elections in Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday. read more

Militants had killed BJP’s vice president for Anantnag Ghulam Mohammad Mir, 55, inside his house in Nowgam area of Verinag on Saturday night and shot at former political worker Abdul Rashid Bhat at Tral on Thursday. read more

A grenade was lobbed towards Rohmoo polling station in Pulwama but there were no reports of any casualties in the the blast, police said. read more

For the first time in the state’s history, polling in Anantnag Lok Sabha seat was conducted over three phases on account of security reasons. In the first phase, Anantnag district recorded 13.63% polling. read more

Former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, contesting from her pocket borough of Anantnag, faces main challenge from Congress and National Conference candidates along with 15 other candidates. read more

Officials said 6,97,148 electorate will exercise their franchise at 1254 polling stations in Ladakh and the two south Kashmir districts on Monday. read more