J&K

SRINAGAR: Seven inmates were injured and two critically injured following a gas cylinder explosion inside Kupwara Jail in North Kashmir on Wednesday. According to reports, the injured were immediately taken to a local hospital. The blast occurred in the kitchen of the district jail in north Kashmir, an official stated. The seven injured inmates were […]

Bandipora: A senior Army officer announced that a terrorist affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba was killed in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, marking a significant achievement for security forces. The terrorist, identified as Umar Lone, a resident of Pattan in Baramulla district, was killed in an encounter on Monday. “Lone had been active […]

Kashmir has long been a favorite location for Bollywood, but for the past three decades, filming there has been challenging due to regional tensions. Following the abrogation of Article 370, normalcy has begun to return to Kashmir. In a candid conversation with Aarti Tikoo, Editor-in-Chief of The New Indian, actor Jackie Shroff discusses life in […]

Srinagar: On Wednesday, the scrutiny of nomination papers for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat concluded at the Office of the Returning Officer 02-Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency. Out of 39 nomination papers received, 29 were deemed valid by Returning Officer Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, in adherence to Election Commission guidelines. Among the approved candidates are Aga Syed […]

When analysts, commentators, and Kashmir experts write that abrogating Article 370 and converting J&K into two Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh was fraught and that statehood should be restored, native Kashmiris like me wonder what is next.

Abrogation of Article 370 has been upheld, Kashmir is fully integrated into India, the ambiguous, confused identity of Kashmiri Muslims has been solved and they now have the chance to reverse the damage that these thirty years of jihad inflicted on the social fabric of the region.

SRINAGAR: On December 6th, the vice president of the Jammu Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) Omar Abdullah stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has harmed the bond between J&K and the rest of the country with the abolishment of Article 370 provisions. Omar said, “The delay in holding assembly elections in the Union territory […]

KARGIL: Voting for the fifth Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil (LAHDC-K) concluded on Wednesday with a huge turnout of over 77.61%. This is the first time polls were held since Ladakh was converted into a Union Territory in 2019. Counting will begin on October 8. An electorate of 74,026, including 46,762 women, exercised their franchise […]

SRINAGAR: Sheikh Adil Mushtaq, the J&K Police officer who allegedly helped a terrorist evade arrest and tried to implicate fellow officer, has been sent to 10-day judicial custody by a Srinagar-based special anti corruption court on Tuesday. The deputy superintendent of police (DSP) rank office will be lodged in the Central Prison in Srinagar till […]

SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday raided the premises of several suspected LeT overground workers (OGWs) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the January 2023 attack in Dhangri village of Rajouri district, in which five civilians were killed and several others injured. “Raids were conducted today at five locations […]