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September 02, 2019 04:45 IST
“They were allowed to meet after the family members approached the administration for permission. The families met them twice recently. They can meet the detainees twice a week,” a senior official said.
Mon, Sep 02, 2019
September 01, 2019 00:04 IST
In a Srinagar school, as anxious parents come with questions — about assignments, exams — they find few staff, fewer answers. The biggest concern now are the state board Class 10 exams, slated for October
Sun, Sep 01, 2019
August 31, 2019 04:37 IST
Mir was one of the leading wholesale dealers in Srinagar’s Parimpora area. His family told The Indian Express on Friday that at the time of the incident, Mir was overlooking the unloading.
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
August 31, 2019 04:30 IST
General Rawat, who arrived in Srinagar on a two-day visit to the Valley today, "shared intelligence reports of a large number of terrorists ready to infiltrate from multiple launch pads across the Line of Control,’’ said an Army release.
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
August 29, 2019 02:29 IST
A senior leader of the Peoples Conference, Shia cleric Imran Reza Ansari is among those being detained at the Centaur.
Thu, Aug 29, 2019
August 28, 2019 02:28 IST
"We recovered one body last night and another body was recovered today morning (Tuesday),” Superintendent of Police (SP) Awantipora police division Tahir Saleem told The Indian Express on Tuesday.
Wed, Aug 28, 2019
August 28, 2019 01:32 IST
Our case was not the only one at the hospital. Every patient has his or her own story — of despair, agony and helplessness.
Thu, Aug 29, 2019
August 25, 2019 01:45 IST
Amidst a communications clampdown in the Valley, a daughter gets in touch with her father
Sun, Aug 25, 2019
August 25, 2019 01:37 IST
At the daily briefing in Srinagar on Saturday, J&K administration’s spokesperson Rohit Kansal called it the “next step towards operationalising and institutionalising the Panchayati Raj mechanism in the state”.
Sun, Aug 25, 2019
August 23, 2019 04:15 IST
While the attendance in government offices here is well below normal, the employees say that going to work is a daily struggle that entails risk.
Fri, Aug 23, 2019
August 22, 2019 02:47 IST
The SPO was identified as Bilal Ahmad. The identity of the militant is being ascertained, officials said.
Thu, Aug 22, 2019
August 22, 2019 02:34 IST
The administration said attendance of students and teachers has improved in over the last two days.
Thu, Aug 22, 2019
August 21, 2019 04:52 IST
While the government said that landline services were being restored slowly across the Valley, in Srinagar’s Lalchowk, where the main exchange is located, subscribers said that services were restored for two hours Monday and then disconnected again.
Wed, Aug 21, 2019
August 20, 2019 04:55 IST
On Monday, The Indian Express visited 13 schools in Srinagar - all in the city’s relatively peaceful Civil Lines area. Of these, 11 schools were locked while security guards at the two remaining schools said neither students nor the staff had arrived.
Tue, Aug 20, 2019
August 18, 2019 04:30 IST
Kashmir has been under an unprecedented communication blackout since August 5, the day the Centre moved to end the special status of the state.
Sun, Aug 18, 2019
August 18, 2019 00:30 IST
Clampdown in Kashmir came in post-Ramzan wedding season. Among those who have to wait now are Zubair Guroo and his bride.
Sun, Aug 18, 2019
August 17, 2019 04:34 IST
“Keeping in view the evolving situation, as well as the cooperation of people in maintaining calm and peace, we are now taking measures to ease the restrictions in a gradual manner,” Subrahmanyam said.
Sat, Aug 17, 2019
August 16, 2019 01:20 IST
Irfan Malik, who works for Greater Kashmir, the largest circulating English daily in Kashmir, was picked up from his home on Wednesday night. The journalist is a resident of Tral in district Pulwama.
Fri, Aug 16, 2019
August 15, 2019 02:24 IST
Independence Day in Kashmir: “We are ready for the main function tomorrow. It will be held in Srinagar where the national flag will be hoisted by the Honourable Governor. In Jammu, the celebrations will be led by the Advisor to the Honourable Governor,” Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal said.
Thu, Aug 15, 2019
August 14, 2019 01:55 IST
The restrictions have also made it difficult for residents to reach the shops that are open.
Wed, Aug 14, 2019
August 12, 2019 04:33 IST
Srinagar DM meets Imams, administration lists 300 phone booths, delivery of vegetables. Meanwhile, sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the government was assessing the situation and would gradually lift restrictions.
Mon, Aug 12, 2019
August 11, 2019 05:19 IST
In Jammu, most people did not come out of their houses as they were not aware of the lifting of prohibitory orders, said local Muslim leader Zahoor Ahmed. There were less buyers at animal mandis set up on the outskirts of the city, he said.
Sun, Aug 11, 2019
August 11, 2019 05:09 IST
While local newspapers are forced to reduce the number of pages, Kashmir Press Club general secretary Ishfaq Tantray on Saturday appealed to the Press Council of India and international journalists’ associations to take up with the government the issue of this “media gag”.
Sun, Aug 11, 2019
August 11, 2019 05:00 IST
With TV channels and newspaper reporters limited to a small perimeter in Srinagar, news from other parts of the Valley, both from north and south, and even peripheries of the city, is only trickling in through patients and their attendants travelling to Srinagar hospitals.
Sun, Aug 11, 2019
August 10, 2019 05:11 IST
The Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital, usually packed with patients and attendants every night, now receives a trickle. Its corridors and wards are more or less empty and ambulances are stationed outside, in a row.
Sat, Aug 10, 2019


