Bashaarat Masood

Police book protesters under anti-terror laws, says some will be booked under Public Safety Act.

A joint team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Indian Army encountered a group of militants in the Kreeri village in Baramulla.

Seven J&K Police personnel have been killed in the Valley since the beginning of the year. While 42 security personnel were killed last year, half of them (21) were from the J&K Police.

The order asks officials to send samples of these welcome banners for approval before installing them.

In an interview with The Indian Express, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti talks about paying the price for the alliance with BJP, preparing for elections against odds, delimitation, and retaining hope.

On Tuesday, the Centre held three high-level meetings on Jammu and Kashmir, two of them on the Yatra's security. The government announced that every pilgrim would be insured for Rs 5 lakh and given Radio Frequency Identification tags for security.

All the four are residents of Jammu. The J&K government recently issued many licences for opening of wine shops in the Valley, despite opposition from religious parties and some locals.

On Sunday morning, PAGD leaders led by its president Farooq Abdullah called on Lt Governor Sinha at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar.

Cops say Altaf Hussain Pandit’s services were terminated because of his past association with militancy.

The Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor also says that the Union Territory administration will transfer Kashmiri Pandit employees to safer places in a week’s time, in the wake of the militant attacks on them in Kashmir.

Shoib Ahmad Ganie (22), a resident of Turkwangam village, Shopian, was killed in crossfire during the "chance encounter", police said.

Two days after Rahul Bhat was killed inside the tehsil office not far from this residential complex, the anger among the residents is palpable.

MY Tarigami said the Gupkar Alliance leaders held an “unscheduled meeting” Saturday after a delegation of the Kashmiri Pandit community members expressed their desire to meet them.

This is the first time the termination of a government employee allegedly for being a “threat to the security of the state” has met with protests.

Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ordered Dr Pandit's dismissal “with immediate effect” on Friday, declaring him a “threat to the security of the state”.

This is the third attack on a member of a minority community in the Valley this year.

While the party issued a statement, many thought it was too mild

Police said that Haider was behind the killing of two policemen Mohammad Sulan and Fayaz Ahmad. In February this year, Haider also killed special police officer Zubair Ahmad in Bandipore in an attack that left two policemen and a BSF officer injured.

They termed the killing of one of the most wanted militant commanders “on the [Amarnath] yatra route” as a major success. “Ashraf Molvi along with two other terrorists killed.

J&K delimitation: Delimitation panel report has added 6 Assembly seats to Jammu, 1 to Kashmir, and redrawn Assembly as well as Lok Sabha seats. What will the impact be?

After consultation with associate members, representatives of political parties, citizens and civil society groups, 9 ACs have been reserved for STs, out of which, 6 are in Jammu region and 3 ACs in the Valley.

Headed by Ghulam Mustafa Khan, the JKPM officially is still part of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), the coalition of mainstream parties which is seeking restoration of Article 370.

Jumat-ul-Vida prayers are traditionally the largest congregation of the year at the grand mosque and over 1 lakh worshippers attend

Mufti condemns move, Omar says not the India J&K acceded to