Shikara owners at Dal Lake in Srinagar protest against the attack on tourists in Pahalgam, southern Kashmir. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, has cast a shadow over Kashmirâs booming tourism industry. A new nationwide survey reveals that six out of 10 families with travel plans to the…
Image for representative purpose | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock A civilian was shot dead by the Army in north Kashmirâs Baramulla after allegedly speeding away from a checkpoint on Thursday (February 6, 2025). In Jammuâs Kathua, a civilian was found dead after allegedly facing torture in the police custody.  An official identified the victim as Waseem…
Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid. | Photo Credit: PTI The authorities in Kashmir on Friday (January 31, 2025) denied permission to the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) to hold a hunger strike in favour of incarcerated Member of Parliament (MP) Engineer Rashid, who sat on an indefinite hunger…
Picture for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: PTI âTwo heavily-armed terrorists were killed as alert troops scuttled their attempt to infiltrate from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmirâs Poonch district,â officials said on Friday (January 31, 2025.) âThe incident took place in the Khari Karmara area of Poonch district…
ADGP Vijay Kumar. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Vijay Kumar, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who became the public face of the police in volatile Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, was transferred from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi on Thursday. Mr. Kumar is among four IPS officers who received transfer…
From December 21 every year, the Kashmir Valley experiences 40 days of the harshest winter spell, locally known as Chillai Kalan. Freezing temperatures and snow-covered mountain peaks reflect the beauty and resilience of the Kashmiris steeped in hundreds of years of tradition. In preparation for the harsh winter spell, they brace for surviving the challenges…
Facing an outcry, the J&K Department of Youth Services and Sports on Saturday withdrew an order allowing the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) a kabaddi and wrestling championship in the Chenab Valleyâs Doda district. âWe have withdrawn the order. A few days ago, students from Doda came for a permission related to sports activities. The…
More persons, including relatives who had come in contact with the victim families, were sent on January 24, 2025 to quarantine as a precautionary measure. File | Photo Credit: PTI Authorities have cancelled all leaves of doctors and paramedics in the wake of a medical alert following the deaths of 17 people from Badhaal village…
âMulti-tier security arrangements, including drones and spotters, are in place to ensure a smooth conduct of the Republic-Day functions in Kashmir, the valleyâs top cop,â V.K. Birdi, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone, said in Srinagar on Friday (January 24, 2025.) “Proper and secure arrangements have been made for those who want to participate…
Security personnel at a containment zone after the outbreak of a mysterious illness, in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) provided an update on the mysterious illness in Rajouri, stating that initial tests conducted by a toxicology laboratory in…
