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My now-banned book brought out many startling revelations

By David Devadas August 8, 2025 1931 uprising 1990s Kashmir 2008 protests 2010 protests 2016 protest academic tomes Afghan reverses army headquarters assassination book ban British Raj Cabinet Committee of Defence Chandrashekhar Dasgupta clash of civilisations constitution covert talks David Devadas ethnic cleansing exfiltration Foreign Office Gilgit Gujrat Hazratbal shrine Hideouts Hindu maharaja In Search of a Future independence india indoctrination infiltration jhelum jinnah KASHMIR Kashmir Conflict Kashmiri identity kashmiri pandits Ladakh militancy Mirwaiz Farooq Mountbatten myths Nehru New Delhi Agreement November 1947 Pakistan peace-making polemical reports poonch PRO PAKISTAN propaganda Quit Kashmir Agitation Ranbir Singh religious misconceptions security grid Sheikh Abdullah Sialkot Stone pelting terrorism terrorist infrastructure training Tsrar-e-Sharif UN reference West Punjab Zia-ul-Haq

Ever since my book, In Search of a Future was banned on Wednesday, people have been asking what it says. Relatively few know, for it…

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Dividing Jammu from Kashmir Could Be Dangerous

By David Devadas August 5, 2025 Akhnoor alienation antagonism bhaderwah BJP leader centre Chenab basin chief ministership communal distrust conflict-generating processes constitutional amendments coordinating council cultural diversity dangerous demographic diversity district development boards Dividing Jammu from Kashmir Doda Dogra dynasty elections foreign forces fragmentation geographic diversity hill development council Hindus JAMMU AND KASHMIR kargil Kathua Kavinder Gupta Kishtwar Ladakh Leh Lieutenant Governor minority multi-layered administrative system Muslims neglect new assembly Omar Abdullah Pahalgam massacre Pakistan Panchayats peace peaceable institution polarisation poonch President's rule propaganda rajouri ramban Ramnagar Reasi restore statehood ruling party rumours sacrifices separatism stability Supreme Court town councils Union Territories Unity victimhood

Just a few days after the Pahalgam massacre in late April, I first heard in Srinagar that the ruling party was looking for arguments with…

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SIA Jammu Raids Sawjian House in Cross-Border Drug Probe

By Emaad Makhdoomi June 10, 2025 2025 Abdul Rashid Mir Amargarh contraband substances Crime cross-border Drugs financial collaborations FIR number 02/2022 FIR number 19/2022 Gagrian B locality Jammu Kashmir Valley lashkar e taiba light weaponry local facilitators May 23 May 28 Mohd Jameel Mohd Latief Naib Tehsildar narco-terror financing Narco-terror Network narcotic consignments narcotics nexus operatives poonch proclaimed offender Sawjian police outpost Sawjian sector search operation separatist undertakings SIA SIA Kashmir Sopore SRINAGAR State Investigation Agency terror funding terrorism terrorist factions Terrorist Networks transnational Ward No. 06 Youth Zameer Sheikh

SRINAGAR: In a significant escalation of its ongoing inquiry into narcotics-fueled terror funding, the Jammu division of the State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday launched…

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Srinagar Police Books 23 Terror Associates, Lodges Them in J&K Jails

By TNI Team May 17, 2025 Abdul Hamid Ganie Ali Mohammad Rather Anti-national Elements anti-national infrastructure anti-social infrastructure Criminal Cases detention orders disruptive activities District Jails District Magistrate Srinagar dossiers Fahad Bashir Sidique Faizan Yaseen Sheikh Feroz Ahmad Najar habitual offenders Hashim Farooq Mir Ibrahim Rashid Ganie Irfan Ahmad Seeru JAMMU AND KASHMIR Jammu and Kashmir Police Junaid Zahoor Bangroo Kot Balwal major crackdown miscreants Musaib Ahmad Khan Muzaffar Farooq Mir National Security New Delhi Numan Qayoom Ganie Owais Altaf Bhat Owais Farooq Lone peace poonch proscribed terror outfits PSA public harmony public order public safety act Sajid Shahnawaz Mir Saqib Shafi Wani Sayar Ahmad Sheikh Shabir Ahmad Ghulam Showkat Ahmad Dar Srinagar Police stability subversive activities Tawseef Ahmad Khan terror associates terror infrastructure terrorism udhampur Uneeb Naseer Mir Waleed Aijaz Sheikh zero tolerance policy Zubair Ahmad Lone

NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on terror infrastructure and anti-national elements, Srinagar Police has booked 23 terror associates and miscreants under the stringent Public…

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Did India leap up the escalation ladder to force Pakistan down?

By David Devadas May 15, 2025 aggression air bases Air Chief Marshal AP Singh artillery missiles Azerbaijan ballistic missiles cave entrance Ceasefire China Chinese military consultants Colonel Sofiya Qureshi Drone War Drones enemy nuclear weapon storage escalation ladder Fire Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri france hangars IAF strikes IMF bail-out india India spokespersons Indian air defences Indian Air Force Jammu Karnah Kashmir Conflict Kirana Hills ladder of escalation landing strips Line of Control (LoC)media briefing military analysts military operations military warfare missile war missiles Mushaf air base nuclear arsenal off-ramp Pahalgam bloodbath Pakistan peace efforts poonch president trump rajouri retaliation Saturday morning Secretary of State Rubio Sialkot air base Smoke strikes terrorist training centres terrorist training hubs Tom Cooper Trade Deal Turkey Turkish drone operators UAVs UK uri US attitude US government Vice-president Vance war escalation Wing Commander Vyomkia Singh

If one looks at the war-like moves last week as a chess game, several bits of evidence suggest that India knocked a slew of Pakistani…

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India Exposes Pakistan’s 400-Drone Attack, Targets Religious Sites

By Khushboo Kumari May 9, 2025 AD radar aerial incursions aggression air defense sites Airbus A320 Akhnoor artillery shelling Assist models Bhatinda Christian convent civil airspace Colonel Sophia Kureshi diplomatic outreach drone attacks drone debris FlyNAS Aviation Foreign Secretary Vikram Mishri Gurdwara high-alert period indian armed forces Indian Army JAMMU AND KASHMIR Karachi Lahore Leh LINE OF CONTROL loc missile attacks New Delhi Norway Pakistan Pakistani UAV poonch rajouri retaliation S jaishankar Sikh community Sir Creek sovereignty Tangdhar Turkish-origin drones udhampur united kingdom United States uri western border Wing Commander Vomika Singh

New Delhi: In a high-level press briefing held in New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vikram Mishri, along with Colonel Sophia Kureshi and Wing Commander Vomika Singh,…

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India Strikes Pakistani ADS in Lahore Following Drone Attacks

By Khushboo Kumari May 8, 2025 2025 air defence radars air defence system artillery Baramulla civilian casualties civilian safety countermeasures Cross-Border Shelling defence ministry Drones india indian armed forces Integrated Counter UAS Grid JAMMU AND KASHMIR kupwara Lahore LINE OF CONTROL loc May 7 Mendhar military operation military targets missiles mortars non-escalation official report Operation Sindoor Pakistan Pakistani aggression Pakistani military peace poonch rajouri Security targeted operation uri

NEW DELHI: In a significant escalation of hostilities, India conducted a targeted military operation, “Operation Sindoor,” on the night of May 7, in response to…

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Pakistan Shells Near UN Post in Failed Attack

By Atul Krishan May 7, 2025 Bahawalpur Barnala cross border terrorism India Pakistan Tensions Indian Army Indian retaliation international security Jaish e Mohammed Kotli Lahore lashkar e taiba militant bases Muridke Muzaffarabad narendra modi Operation Sindoor Pakistan occupied kashmir Pakistan shelling Pakistani casualties PoK poonch precision strikes reckless aggression security sources Sialkot terror camps UN field station UNMOGIP viral video zero Indian losses

New Delhi: In a major embarrassment for Pakistan, its artillery shelling missed Indian targets and instead landed near a UN field station in Poonch, exposing…

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Pak National Caught Near LoC in Poonch by Army

By Emaad Makhdoomi May 6, 2025 Akhnoor Baramulla ceasefireviolation ChakkanDaBagh CrossBorderFiring hostilities IndianArmy IndusWaterTreaty jammukashmir kupwara loc Mendhar Naushera PahalgamAttack Pakistan PirPanjal poonch rajouri SecurityAlert Sunderbani

SRINAGAR: On Tuesday, Indian Army nabbed a Pakistani individual found moving suspiciously near the de facto border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, specifically in…

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Army, Terrorists Exchange Fire in Poonch; One Soldier Injured

By Emaad Makhdoomi April 15, 2025 Akhnoor sector Army Army casualties brigade-level dialogue communication protocols cordon and search operation counter-terror operation cross-border tension firefight frontier gunfire IED Improvised Explosive Device India-Pakistan Indian Army infiltrators injured trooper JAMMU AND KASHMIR JCO Lasana LINE OF CONTROL medical evacuation poonch security challenges security sweep social platform X soldier injured Surankote Terrorists White Knight Corps young captain

SRINAGAR: A sudden burst of gunfire erupted between terrorists and army personnel in a remote hamlet of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch region late Monday night,…

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Another J&K outfit quits separatism, blames APHC for failure

By Emaad Makhdoomi April 7, 2025 Advocate Mohammad Shafi Reshi AMIT SHAH APHC Article 35A Articles 370 Bashir Ahmad Andrabi Bharat Central government constitution of India constitutional commitment decline of separatism democracy democratic framework digital platforms hardliner harmony hurriyat conference india integration J&K Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Assembly Jammu & Kashmir People’s Initiative JAMMU AND KASHMIR JKLA JKPI kashmir politics Masarat Alam Bhat Mehbooba Mufti Ministry of home affairs Mirwaiz Umar Farooq modi government Mohammad Shahid Mir National Unity PDP peace political development Political shift poonch reorganization secessionism secessionist narrative separatism separatist separatist activism stability Syed Ali Geelani UDV Union Home minister Union Territories United Democratic Voice withdrawal Yasir Reshi young leadership

SRINAGAR: In the backdrop of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s ongoing three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, a fresh political development has taken center stage…

Security forces recover arms and explosives during a CASO in Poonch.

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Forces Bust Hideout in Poonch, Recover Weapons & Ammunition

By Emaad Makhdoomi March 24, 2025 Arms Seizure CASO J&K JAMMU AND KASHMIR National Security poonch security forces Terror threat

According to official sources, the seizure took place in Sangla, under the jurisdiction of the Surankote police station, after security personnel launched the operation based on specific intelligence from the area.

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My now-banned book brought out many startling revelations

Dividing Jammu from Kashmir Could Be Dangerous

SIA Jammu Raids Sawjian House in Cross-Border Drug Probe

Did India leap up the escalation ladder to force Pakistan down?

India Exposes Pakistan’s 400-Drone Attack, Targets Religious Sites

India Strikes Pakistani ADS in Lahore Following Drone Attacks

Pakistan Shells Near UN Post in Failed Attack

Pak National Caught Near LoC in Poonch by Army

Another J&K outfit quits separatism, blames APHC for failure

Forces Bust Hideout in Poonch, Recover Weapons & Ammunition

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