SRINAGAR: Amid outrage over the opening of wine shop in Srinagar last week, terrorists attack on a wine shop in Baramulla town of northern Kashmir left one dead and others injured. Officials said that the terrorists lobbed grenade at the newly opened wine shop at Dewan Bagh in Baramulla town which left four persons […]

   JAMMU: With Jammu and Kashmir being under the direct rule of the Central government since 2018 and Union Home Minister Amit Shah giving repeated assurances to hold elections in Union Territory soon after the delimitation commission’s report, all eyes are on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city on April 24. PM Modi […]

Srinagar: A day after Union Home Minister, Amit Shah announced that Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held within six to eight months after completion of the Delimitation Commission exercise, central government gave two month extension to panel on Tuesday. “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Delimitation Act, […]

It defies belief, but several among the separatist ranks are pleased with the way the delimitation commission wants to realign seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Consider this: the only new constituency they’ve created in the Kashmir Valley comprises people who, by and large, have been pro-Pakistan. The very name of the constituency sends a tingle […]

NEW DELHI: A day after Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi defended religious conversions in the state in an exclusive interview with the New Indian, several Sikh leaders leaders are now hitting out at him for hurting the sentiments of Sikhs. When asked about the conversion of impoverished and underprivileged Sikhs to Christianity in the […]

With every step, the government seems to unravel what it sought to achieve with the 2019 constitutional changes on J&K. Given the record, we can only try to imagine what the vision was. With just about everything the government has done in Jammu and Kashmir since taking hands-on control of the place in August 2019, […]

SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Former National Investigation Agency (NIA) cop Rakesh Balwal, a 2012-batch IPS officer, was on Thursday made the new SSP of Srinagar — a politically surcharged region of Jammu and Kashmir that has recently seen multiple attacks on innocent civilians, migrants and security forces even as joint operations have flushed out top terrorists over […]

KEDARNATH (UTTARAKHAND): A day after Diwali celebrations in Nowshera with jawans and Army officials near the Line of Control (LoC) of Rajouri Army Division, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reached Kedarnath early morning to offer prayers inside the shrine and inaugurate development projects in Uttarakhand. Also Read: Like In Past, Siachen To Jaisalmer, PM […]

JAMMU: Keeping in line with his decision to spend Diwali with soldiers on border since he became the Prime Minister in 2014, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday again visited the forward areas of Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, PM had visited Siachen in 2014, Amritsar in 2015, Lahaul Spiti […]

Seven civilians were killed by terrorists in Kashmir over three days recently. All except one belonged to minority communities. Soft targets and targeted killings is a return to the nineties. As life was slowly limping back towards normalcy over the last two years, this move has a double message for the people. The first is […]