Anantnag: In a world where even healthy people find excuses to sit home and do nothing, a 17-year-old Tabia Iqbal, a specially-abled girl qualified class 10th exam with 452 out of 500 marks and is earning appreciation for braving all odds. Tabia Iqbal from Shangus, Nowgam area of Anantnag, was born with a disability and […]
Budgam: A 15-year-old girl student from Buzgoo village in Chadoora area in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district attempted to end her life by consuming poison on Friday after failing to clear the Secondary School (Class 10th) Examination. The girl student (name withheld), daughter of Muhammad Akbar Dar, a resident of Buzgoo village in Chadooa Budgam tried […]
Srinagar: Regional National Conference (NC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and moderate Hurriyat Conference Thursday welcomed the fresh agreement between Indian and Pakistan armies over ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC). “A big & welcome development that India & Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC. Dialogue is the only way forward […]
Srinagar (KIMS): Dr. Rizwan Rumi, Regional Head, Line of Control (LoC) Peace Mission has welcomed the discussion between (DGMO’s) Director Generals of Military Operations of India and Pakistan over the established mechanism of hotline contact and agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC and other sectors. Both the countries reviewed the situation along the Line […]
New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission constituted by the Modi government last year to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland is likely to get an extension of another year, ThePrint has learnt. This means assembly polls in […]
Anantnag (KIMS): Two militants were killed in a gunbattle that broke out between Government Forces and Militants at Shalgul Forests in Sirhama area of Bijbehara town in Southern Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. The identification and affiliation of the slain militants is yet to be ascertained. Earlier, Government Forces including Indian Army’s 3RR, CRPF and […]
Pulwama: A leopard was killed by locals after it injured a person in Pathan village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. Locals told that a leopard attacked a local namely Bilal Ahmad in Pathan village after which he was shifted to a hospital for treatment. The locals subsequently attacked and killed the leopard in […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court has framed militancy, sedition and other charges against Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi and her two associates for allegedly waging war against the government of India and conspiring to commit terror acts in the country. The case relates to waging war against the country with support from Pakistan including militancy entities. […]
Srinagar: New York based international press freedom watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called upon the Indian government to drop investigations into the work of three Kashmir-based journalists and allow them to report without “harassment, intimidation, and criminal investigations.” In a statement issued on 22 February, the CPJ called upon the authorities to drop […]
Jammu: Chairman of the J&K United Kisan Front, Mohinder Singh, was arrested here on Monday night for alleged involvement in violence in Delhi on Republic Day. This is the first arrest from Jammu Kashmir in connection with the violence. According to family members, he was called by SP South at Gandhi Nagar police station from […]