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What goes around comes around: Omar Abdullah over ‘downgrading’ of ex-JK governor Satya Pal Malik’s security

March 15, 2023 08:03 IST

Abdullah, a former J and K chief minister, accused Malik of "messing" with the security of several politicians including his and his party colleagues

The ‘Chenab Bridge’, hanging with its steel and concrete structure -- half-a-kilometre-long steel arch that defines it -- between Bakkal and Kauri, is 1,178 feet above the riverbed underneath, making it the world’s highest railway bridge. (Twitter/@RailMinIndia)

The world’s highest rail bridge over Chenab likely to be ready this monthSubscriber Only

March 14, 2023 14:19 IST

Once the 111-km stretch of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link is completed, a train to Srinagar can reach all the way to Kanyakumari uninterrupted.

The victim was buried at her home town on Sunday after medico-legal formalities.

Protests as J&K woman killed, body chopped

March 13, 2023 03:57 IST

The weapon of offence, a knife, has also been recovered by the police. The victim was buried at her home town on Sunday after medico-legal formalities.

Asia’s largest tulip garden in Kashmir ready to welcome visitors from March 19

March 12, 2023 11:58 IST

Tulip garden, a well-known landmark, will be open to the public from March 19.

Army unfurls 100-ft-high national flag in J-K’s Doda

March 9, 2023 16:29 IST

This was the second such high-mast flag hoisted by the Army in the Chenab valley region, which was once a hotbed of terrorism before it was completely cleared over a decade ago.

President of Peoples Democratic Party youth wing Waheed Para (File)

PDP’s Waheed Para can take oath as DDC member if no legal hurdles: HCSubscriber Only

March 5, 2023 11:56 IST

Para petitioned the Election Commission as well the J&K High Court seeking their intervention since his seat had remained unrepresented for over two years.

People took to streets in Kupwara on Wednesday, demanding justice and investigation into Dar's disappearance from Army's custody. “...a body was recovered from Zurhama-PK Gali forests and brought to SDH Kupwara where it was identified by the relatives of the missing person. After completing all formalities by a team of doctors, the body was handed over to the family for burial,” police said in a statement.

Body of man who ‘escaped’ Army custody foundSubscriber Only

March 2, 2023 02:15 IST

Dar was picked up by the Army from his house on the night of December 15. The next day, Army informed the family through police that he has escaped while being taken to a hideout.

Army personnel at the encounter site in Pulwama on Tuesday. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)

Terrorists who killed Kashmiri Pandit in Pulwama shot dead in encounter: J&K Police

March 1, 2023 01:40 IST

The Army jawan was identified as Sepoy Pawan Kumar of 55 Rashtriya Rifles. The encounter took place in Padgampora area of Awantipora in South Kashmir on Tuesday morning.

The separatist conglomerate's statement came as PDP chief and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and the BJP’s Jammu & Kashmir chief Ravinder Raina visited the family of Sanjay Sharma, who was killed by militants in Pulwama district on Sunday. (File)

Hurriyat says Pandits have become sitting ducks as Mehbooba, BJP’s Raina visit terror victim’s familySubscriber Only

February 28, 2023 02:44 IST

Mehbooba Mufti asks who was behind Sunday's killing if militancy has been eradicated, as claimed by the administration.

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Another ‘son-rise’ in J-K; Ghulam Nabi Azad’s son enters active politics

February 27, 2023 07:55 IST

Saddam Nabi Azad (41) was seen at the party's youth convention at Nigeen Club Sunday in the presence of his father and senior party leaders.

Family members mourn the death of Sanjay Sharma in Achan village of Pulwama in J&K, Sunday. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)

‘Militants’ gun down Kashmiri Pandit in Pulwama, first fatal attack on community member since OctoberSubscriber Only

February 27, 2023 13:28 IST

On Sunday morning, suspected militants fired at Sanjay Sharma in Achan village, Pulwama, according to officials. Sharma, who was critically injured in the attack, was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to injuries.

Her mother, Gulshan Mufti, was issued the passport on February 3 this year, after directions from the High Court. (File)

Delay in renewal of passport: Mehbooba writes to Jaishankar

February 20, 2023 22:46 IST

Stating that the matter has been “dragged on needlessly” for three years, Mufti wrote, “It has become a norm to arbitrarily reject passport applications of thousands including journalists, students and others by citing national interest as a pretext.”

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J&K halts demolition, officers told to ‘carefully handle’ driveSubscriber Only

February 20, 2023 06:46 IST

In addition, he has also directed that 'geo-referencing and digitisation' of all land retrieved should be completed at the earliest. “No further action shall be taken without consolidation of actions so far,” read the minutes of the February 15 meeting of the Committee of Secretaries chaired by Mehta.

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2 TRF militants held in Srinagar

February 18, 2023 03:42 IST

The police said while Zubair Gul, a resident of Zoonimar, is a Category C militant, Mohammad Hamza Wali from Safakadal is a “hybrid” militant.

He said cases under UAPA are being disposed of on priority and police have been successful in securing convictions. (Representational/File)

Busting terror funding our focus in J&K: ADGP

February 15, 2023 03:08 IST

Kumar was speaking on the sidelines of an event organised to pay homage to over 40 personnel of CRPF who lost their lives in a terror attack at Lethpora, Pulwama, this day in 2019.

‘Not heartbroken’, says NC after Supreme Court dismisses plea on delimitation process in J-K

February 13, 2023 16:12 IST

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the government's decision to constitute the delimitation commission for redrawing the legislative assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti near Boat Club in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (PTI Photo)

We have rejected delimitation commission, verdict doesn’t matter: PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti

February 13, 2023 14:21 IST

Calling the delimitation exercise a "tactical process of rigging before the elections," Mufti said, "That's what they have done, converting the majority into a minority, in favour of the BJP."

Mehbooba Mufti’s mother gets new passport three years after applying

February 11, 2023 22:28 IST

Gulshan Mufti’s granddaughter Iltija Mufti, who applied to renew her passport in June 2022 but is yet to receive CID clearance, says she will move the high court.

Omar Abdullah and PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti. (Express Photo by Shuaib Masoodi/File)

Anti-encroachment drive: Omar Abdullah questions legality, motive; J&K becoming Afghanistan, says Mehbooba Mufti

February 7, 2023 06:02 IST

Anti-encroachment drives began in both Kashmir and Jammu regions in the last week of January this year and have continued since.

Trilochan Wazir’s murder case: J&K Sikh United Front Chairman Sudershan Singh Wazir, two others arrestedSubscriber Only

February 2, 2023 11:00 IST

Pointing out that Sudershan Wazir was also chairman of the United Sikh Front, sources said the other two arrested along with him include Harjinder Singh Raina and Jagpal Singh, both residents of Nanak Nagar.

An avalanche hits the upper reaches of Gulmarg skiing resort, in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (PTI)

Gulmarg: Two Polish skiers killed in avalancheSubscriber Only

February 2, 2023 03:50 IST

While the police and rescue teams managed to safely pull out 19 skiers and their two local guides, the bodies of Krzysctof and Adam Grzech were retrieved from under a mound of snow.

Srinagar: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) officers put up the Notice of Attachment board at the office of Hurriyat Conference in the Rajbhag area as part of its investigation into a terror funding case, in Srinagar, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. (PTI Photo)

NIA attaches Hurriyat office in Srinagar after court order; separatists slam ‘dramatic action’Subscriber Only

January 30, 2023 03:25 IST

The Hurriyat Conference has termed the attaching of the office a "dramatic action under media coverage" and said attaching buildings of stone and mortar "will not detach people from their sentiment".

Drabu, however, said there is no question of retrieving any land from him since he does not “own any land in Shopian".

Administration ‘frees’ land ‘occupied’ by J&K ex-minister, he says don’t own any in ShopianSubscriber Only

January 29, 2023 07:01 IST

Drabu also said that the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Shopian later told him that the land was in a “family member's name”. Drabu said, “When I asked him how I am responsible for someone else, he said they would correct it (a tweet by the DC office's Twitter handle)".