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Accompanied by police personnel, district officials bulldozed the two-storey concrete house at New Colony Rajpora area of Pulwama.

J&K admin razes house of Jaish militant accused in Pulwama strike

December 11, 2022 07:13 IST

Pointing out that the house was demolished because it was “illegally constructed on State land”, Deputy Commissioner of Pulwama, Baseer Choudhary, told The Sunday Express, “The house had been already sealed by the NIA (National Investigation Agency).”

Shah was arrested in February this year for "glorifying terrorism, spreading fake news, and inciting general public against law and order." Besides Jammu, cases have been registered against him in Pulwama, Shopian, and Srinagar. (Photo: Twitter/@pzfahad)

Kashmir journalist Fahad Shah granted bail by special court

December 9, 2022 12:49 IST

According to Shah's lawyer Umair Ronga, the editor of online portal 'The Kashmir Walla' was granted bail by a special court designated under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti addresses a youth convention at Sher-e-Kashmkir Park, in Srinagar, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. (PTI Photo)

BJP govt has failed to protect Kashmiri Pandits, says PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti

December 6, 2022 16:39 IST

Commenting on the leakage of a list of Kashmiri Pandit employees posted in Kashmir, she said it was unfortunate that such information was being made public.

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Low conviction, high pile-up: Jammu and Kashmir taps special units for UAPA casesSubscriber Only

November 28, 2022 10:25 IST

The result, according to officials, was that police secured 10 UAPA convictions over the last year. While the corresponding figures for previous years were not available, officials said it was marginally higher this time.

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Mehbooba to BJP: Don’t behave like tribal raidersSubscriber Only

November 28, 2022 07:44 IST

She was speaking at PDP’s first major show of strength since the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status — a convention organised by its youth wing — in Srinagar on Sunday.

Mehbooba Mufti, former legislators served eviction notices

November 27, 2022 19:37 IST

Other than Mufti, the notices were issued to Mohammad Altaf Wani, Abdul Rahim Rather, Abdul Majeed Bhat, Altaf Shah, Abdul Kabir Pathan, Bashir Shah and Choudhary Nizamuddin.

The searches were conducted simultaneously Thursday morning in central and south Kashmir.

Cops search houses of 3 more Valley journalists, others in ‘threat’ case

November 25, 2022 04:05 IST

According to police, the searches were carried out in connection with the recent threat issued to some journalists by a militant group, and were based on “leads received from searches done a few days ago”.

“Another Kashmiri accused of being a hybrid militant is killed in police custody. The same story is repeated where an alleged militant is taken to a hideout & subsequently shot at under mysterious circumstances. No accountability whatsoever,” former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said in a tweet on Sunday. (File)

PDP, Hurriyat deplore killing of ‘hybrid militant’Subscriber Only

November 22, 2022 09:06 IST

On Sunday, “hybrid militant” Shahid Tantray died of bullet injuries allegedly after militants attacked a police party that Tantray was accompanying for identification of a militant hideout in Checki Dudoo village of Bijbehara.

The police said Tantray had confessed to attacking two migrant workers in south Kashmir's Kulgam on November 13. (ANI)

Another hybrid militant killed while aiding search at hideout: J&K PoliceSubscriber Only

November 20, 2022 18:52 IST

The incident happened in the Checki Dudoo village of Bijbehara. On October 19, another alleged hybrid militant was killed in police custody in Shopian, a day after his arrest.

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J&K Police search homes of seven journalists; cite terror threat

November 20, 2022 04:15 IST

On November 13, a group of journalists from the Valley's two prominent local English newspapers received threat from the militant outfit The Resistance Front (TRF), which police say is a shadow group of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The searches were conducted in Srinagar, Anantnag and Kulgam districts of the Valley, police said. (File Photo)

Massive searches in J&K over militant threat to journalists

November 19, 2022 22:28 IST

The premises where the searches were conducted included residences of several journalists as well as some suspects, they said, adding that some suspects were questioned as well.

Three soldiers came under an avalanche in the Machil sector in the Kupwara district near the LoC. (Representational/ Express archive)

J&K: 3 Indian Army soldiers buried in avalanche in Machil sector

November 19, 2022 10:36 IST

The Army said the soldiers "couldn't survive and made supreme sacrifice in the line of duty."

"Anyone from the party can contest for the post. It is a democratic exercise," Abdullah, who is a Lok Sabha MP, said. (Express File Photo)

Farooq Abdullah to step down as chief of National Conference in Dec, will stay PAGD head

November 19, 2022 02:14 IST

The 85-year-old leader has served as the party president since August 1981, barring one term (2002 to 2009) when he passed on the leadership of the party to son Omar Abdullah.

Responding to a question about the Opposition's charge that the EC is acting on the directions of the government and the BJP, Rijiju said the poll panel is impartial and independent. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey/File)

EC an independent body, govt doesn’t make anyone dance to its tunes: Kiren Rijiju

November 17, 2022 20:17 IST

The government's role in the poll panel, the Union Law Minister said, is limited to making arrangements for its smooth functioning.

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Again denied entry into Kashmir, Sangrur MP says will contest next LS polls from Srinagar

November 15, 2022 09:10 IST

The member of parliament from Sangrur in Punjab had reached Kathua to appear before the chief judicial magistrate but was not allowed to move out of the hotel.

The Ganderbal District Magistrate did not respond to calls or text messages seeking his comment on the order. (File Photo)

Sub-zero temp, Ganderbal DM bans use of electric heating appliances, then amends orderSubscriber Only

November 13, 2022 07:18 IST

The order issued by the Ganderbal District Magistrate's office on Friday listed “blowers, heaters, radiators” among the banned appliances, but did not mention air conditioners, which are commonly used to heat government offices.

The JeI, one of the largest cadre-based organisations of J&K, was banned by the Centre in February 2019, few days after the Balakot strike. (Representational/File)

J&K: 9 assets of Jamat-e-Islami sealedSubscriber Only

November 11, 2022 01:09 IST

The agency on Thursday said it has unearthed assets worth crores of the socio-religious organisation, and sealed nine properties in south Kashmir's Shopian.

The six-bedroom bungalow at Khimber, where Mehbooba will be moving, belongs to her sister who lives abroad. (Express Photo)

Mehbooba Mufti goes house-hunting after getting notice to vacateSubscriber Only

November 10, 2022 11:14 IST

Surrounded by orchards, the Fair View guest house was allotted to Mehbooba's father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in 2005, after he completed three years as CM in a coalition government with the Congress party.

What was happening in the rest of the country is finally happening in Kashmir and Muslims are being treated in the same way as other places in India, the Mehbooba Mufti-led party said. (Representational/ File)

Do Kashmiri lives matter, asks PDP

November 6, 2022 22:32 IST

The PDP said belying Bharatiya Janata Party's claims of normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir, the spate of targeted killings has forced Kashmiri Pandit families in Shopian and other parts of the valley to leave for Jammu.

The migrant workers - one from Bihar and another from Nepal - were shot at a private school where they were working. Hospital sources say that while one of them is critical another is stable.

J&K: 2 Migrant workers from Bihar and Nepal shot by suspected militants

November 4, 2022 01:58 IST

"Terrorist fired upon two outside labourers (01 from Bihar & second from Nepal), who were working at a private SAPS school at #Bondialgam in #Anantnag district. Both of them are being shifted to hospital," the Kashmir Zone Police said in a tweet.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addresses the 'Rozgar Mela' in Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI Photo)

Make transparency your utmost priority: PM to new J&K appointeesSubscriber Only

October 31, 2022 01:17 IST

Asks J&K youth to leave behind old challenges and benefit from new possibilities

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Nadimarg Kashmiri Pandit massacre: Case in limbo for 11 years, HC orders swift trialSubscriber Only

October 30, 2022 07:37 IST

On the evening of March 23, 2003, gunmen wearing military-style clothing showed up in the remote Nadimarg village of Shopian and asked the Kashmiri Pandits there to assemble outside. The gunmen lined up the Pandits and then opened fire, killing 24 Pandits including several women and two infants.

The committee said that a “tribal bachao march” will be held across Jammu and Kashmir with the aim of spreading awareness regarding “the dilution of Scheduled Tribes status”. (Representational/File)

Jammu & Kashmir: Gujjar, Bakerwal leaders form joint panel, plan to resist ‘dilution of ST status’

October 29, 2022 01:30 IST

This comes after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said earlier this month that Paharis in Jammu and Kashmir would get reservations as a Scheduled Tribe on the lines of Gujjars and Bakerwals.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses Shaurya Diwas celebrations, in Srinagar, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Chinar Corps Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Aujla is also seen. (PTI Photo)

Rajnath Singh: We are walking north, have to reach Gilgit, BaltistanSubscriber Only

October 28, 2022 12:40 IST

Speaking at the Shaurya Diwas celebrations to mark 75 years of the landing of Indian Army troops at Budgam airfield to protect J&K from Pakistani raiders, Singh said some areas illegally occupied by Pakistan are still devoid of progress and rights.

A locked home of a Kashmiri Pandit family in Chowdhary Gund village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)

Kashmiri Pandits leave Shopian village, point to fear after killingSubscriber Only

October 28, 2022 07:12 IST

For decades, the Muslims and Kashmiri Hindus, locally known as Pandits, lived together in Chowdhary Gund. When militancy erupted in the Valley, only two of the 12 Hindu families in Chowdhary Gund left for Jammu. The others remained behind.