JAMMU — Congress general secretary Gulam Ahmed Mir on Monday strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, denouncing it as inhumane and barbaric, and said the party supports the government’s initiatives aimed at safeguarding the country and restoring peace and normalcy. Mir, the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Jammu and Kashmir, highlighted the […]
JAMMU — The unprecedented and spontaneous public outrage in Jammu and Kashmir over the Pahalgam terror attack has offered a glimmer of hope that terrorism may see its end soon with people’s help, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday. While assuring that his government would work to strengthen people’s crusade against the menace of […]
NEW DELHI — Amid demolition of houses of alleged terrorists in the wake of the Pahalgam attack, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sagarika Ghose on Monday said after “bulldozer justice” in Uttar Pradesh, which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, “bomb justice” is being witnessed in Jammu and Kashmir. In a post on X, Ghose […]
BANDIPORA — Pakistani wives of ex-militants rehabilitated here have asserted they would rather die than return to their old country. The Pakistani women, who had come to Kashmir under the 2010 rehabilitation policy for former ultras, have pleaded the government to allow them to stay or send them in “body bags.” Alyza Rafiq, married to […]
JAMMU — Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir has questioned the Centre’s motive behind the abrogation of Article 370, stating that the decision was more of a political move rather than an attempt to eliminate militancy in the region of Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly during a special session to address […]
NEW DELHI — A mess worker at the Jamia Millia Islamia Univeristy in the national capital has been detained for allegedly assaulting a Kashmiri woman student on campus, police said on Monday. The alleged assault took place around 9:30 pm on April 27 when a 24-year-old second-year MA student was allegedly assaulted by a 22-year-old […]
NEW DELHI — The government has written a formal letter to the BBC, conveying India’s strong sentiments on its Pahalgam terror attack reportage and terming terrorists ‘militants’, officials said. In a communication to Jackie Martin, BBC’s India Head, the Ministry of External Affairs has conveyed the country’s strong sentiments regarding their reporting on the terror […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities here have demolished the houses of three alleged active terrorists in Bandipora, Pulwama and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir as security forces continued their crackdown on the terror ecosystem following the Pahalgam terror attack. With this, nine houses of suspected terrorists and overground workers of terror outfits have been razed so […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday asked the Centre not to punish innocent Kashmiris in its quest for justice for the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. His remarks came in the wake of the demolition of the houses of several alleged terrorists in the valley. “While Kashmiri’s collectively condemn the […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has formally taken over the Pahalgam terrorist attack case, intensifying its search for evidence and questioning eyewitnesses to unravel the terror conspiracy, officials said on Sunday. They said the anti-terror agency registered a case in Jammu on Sunday following orders from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs […]