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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaking at the Infantry Day event in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Twitter/rajnathsingh)

Pakistan will have to bear consequences for atrocities in PoK: Rajnath Singh

October 27, 2022 17:48 IST

The Defence Minister said, "Is the terrorist act done seeing whether there is a Hindu or a Muslim in front? Terrorists only know how to execute their plans by targeting India."

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti (File)

‘You have erased our identity’: On J&K Accession Day, Mehbooba Mufti slams BJPSubscriber Only

October 27, 2022 10:45 IST

In a hard-hitting speech in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti says the decision to sign the Instrument of Accession was right, not the 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370.

Police said that during the search operation, an infiltrator was challenged by the joint party, and he started firing indiscriminately, leading to an encounter.

LeT militant killed at LoC, Army says Pak trying to infuse terrorSubscriber Only

October 27, 2022 03:46 IST

The Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police foiled an infiltration attempt by militants on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.

Maulana Abbas Ansari, breathed his last on Tuesday morning in Srinagar. He was 86. (Twitter/@Junaid_Mattu)

Hurriyat ex-chairman, Shia cleric Abbas Ansari diesSubscriber Only

October 26, 2022 01:50 IST

Ansari was the founder of Ittihadul Muslimeen, a Shia socio-religious organisation that advocated unity between Shia and Sunni Muslims in J&K. He was also a key figure who helped to bring social, political and religious leaders under one political front – the Muslim United Front – in 1986.

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After govt order, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti says will vacate Srinagar houseSubscriber Only

October 23, 2022 07:50 IST

“Whether it is holding of my passport or questioning of my family through agencies like ED or this vacation of this house, I am not surprised at all,” former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti said.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti (File)

Mehbooba Mufti gets notice to vacate official residence

October 21, 2022 19:40 IST

Confirming this to The Indian Express, Mehbooba said, “Yes, I have got the notice.” She has been a resident of the Fairview Guest House since December 2005.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti at a press conference after a Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) meeting, in Srinagar, Saturday, Oct 15, 2022. (PTI/File)

J&K administration asks Mehbooba Mufti to vacate official bungalow

October 21, 2022 12:08 IST

Asked if she will challenge the notice in the court of law, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief said she will consult her legal team.

n Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh, mourning relatives of the two migrant workers who were killed in a grenade attack in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday. (PTI)

J&K: Militant held for grenade attack on migrants killedSubscriber Only

October 20, 2022 02:00 IST

Police said Ganaie was killed when some militants opened fire on security forces during a raid on a militant hideout at Nowgam village of Shopian, about 13 km from Hermain village from where he was arrested.

The police also said that “incriminating materials, arms and ammunition have been recovered from the hideout/site of contact". They added a search operation in the area is going on. (File/Representational)

J-K: Militant arrested for attack on non-local workers killed during raid in ShopianSubscriber Only

October 19, 2022 11:02 IST

According to the police, Ganaie was killed during the shootout with militants at Nowgam village of Shopian, some 13 kilometre from Hermain village, where he was picked up on Monday night, hours after the killing of two migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh's Kannau

Photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Sana Irshad Mattoo. (Instagram @sanna.irshad.mattoo)

Denied US visit to receive Pulitzer: J&K journalist Sanna Irshad MattooSubscriber Only

October 20, 2022 02:06 IST

This is the second time Mattoo was stopped at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. In July, she was barred from travelling to France to attend a book launch and a photography exhibition.

"The search operation is still going on," police said (Representational/File)

J&K: LeT ‘hybrid terrorist’ involved in labourers’ killing dies in anti-terror operation

October 19, 2022 08:49 IST

"Based on disclosure of arrested hybrid terrorist and in continuous raids by police and security forces, another contact has been established between terrorists and SFs at Nowgam, Shopian, in which hybrid terrorist Imran Bashir Ganaie (was) killed by firing of another terrorist," Kashmir Zone police said in a tweet on Wednesday

In Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh, mourning relatives of the two migrant workers who were killed in a grenade attack in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday. (PTI)

Two migrant workers killed in J&K grenade attackSubscriber Only

October 19, 2022 05:52 IST

Hours after the attack, police said they had arrested two local “hybrid militants” involved in the incident. According to police, hybrid militants are those who are not in their records, but are associated with militancy.

Sensing the mood, senior BJP leaders stayed away from attending Bhat's cremation. (Express)

Day after his killing, Kashmiri Pandit cremated in JammuSubscriber Only

October 17, 2022 02:02 IST

During the funeral, except for a few slogans against Pakistan and Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Pandurang Pole, there were no signs of protest by members of the Kashmiri Pandit community, even though many were visibly angry and there were rumblings of discontent against the administration.

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5 J&K govt staffers dismissed for being a ‘threat to security’Subscriber Only

October 16, 2022 07:14 IST

This comes two months after the termination of a professor and a scientist of Kashmir University, a Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officer and a manager of the J&K's Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI).

National Conference President Farooq Abdullah along with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti and other leaders addresses a press conference after a PAGD meeting, in Srinagar. (PTI)

Govt manipulation in garb of electoral roll revision: PAGD

October 15, 2022 18:41 IST

PAGD spokesperson M Y Tarigami also urged the Election Commission, and “those concerned with keeping democracy alive, to read the Jammu DC’s October 12 order on issuing certificates of residence, and understand its implications”.

Grieving relatives and neighbours of Puran Kishan Bhat in Shopian (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)

Militants gun down 48-year-old in Valley, fourth Kashmiri Pandit killed in a yearSubscriber Only

October 16, 2022 10:10 IST

The victim was attacked at Chowdhary Gund village in Shopian district

Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha with Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey during the latter's oath-taking ceremony as Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, in Srinagar, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (PTI)

Justice Magrey sworn in as Chief Justice of High Court of J-K and Ladakh

October 13, 2022 13:37 IST

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office to Justice Magrey at a ceremony at SKICC, they added.

People's Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti speaks to the media, outside party office in Jammu, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (PTI/File)

Centre’s ‘colonial settler project’ initiated: Mehbooba Mufti on latest ECI order

October 12, 2022 13:22 IST

The former J-K chief minister said the BJP's alleged attempts to create religious and regional divisions between Jammu and Kashmir must be thwarted.

The administrative council also given permission to the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation for retail sale of beer and RTD beverages in unserved/underserved areas. (Representational image)

J&K admin approves sale of beer in departmental stores in urban areas; NC demands rollback

October 11, 2022 22:11 IST

NC state spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said the administration claims it has waged a war against drug addiction and substance abuse, but is still promoting the sale of alcoholic beverages at public places.

Altaf Ahmad Shah was the son-in-law of late Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani. (Express Photo/File)

Jailed separatist leader Altaf Shah passes away at AIIMS, says daughter

October 12, 2022 03:43 IST

According to his daughter, Altaf Ahmad Shah was diagnosed with renal cancer that spread to other parts of his body.

The dog Zoom is undergoing treatment at the Army's Vet Hospital in Srinagar. (Twitter/@ChinarcorpsIA)

Assault dog ‘Zoom’ fought J&K militants even after being shot at twice: Army

October 10, 2022 22:28 IST

Zoom, the assault dog, received two bullet wounds after he located and attacked the militants.

Two militants were killed in an overnight gunfight in south Kashmir.  (Twitter/ ANI)

Two militants killed in south Kashmir gunfight: Police

October 10, 2022 09:25 IST

The police were yet to identify the slain militants as the military operation was still going on at Tangpawa village in Anantnag district.

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Jammu and Kashmir: ‘Shikara Post’ service for people living on Dal Lake

October 9, 2022 21:32 IST

The Department of Posts on Sunday launched a first-of-its-kind service on the Dal Lake, taking the postal facilities, including booking of parcels, to the doorsteps of the people living on the famous water body. On the very first day of the national postal week being celebrated from Sunday, Chief Postmaster General (Jammu and Kashmir Circle) […]

Mallikarjun Kharge said the election campaign was not about what a particular candidate will do if he becomes the president of the party, but what they can do together. (file)

Contest with Shashi Tharoor is for betterment of country and Congress: Mallikarjun Kharge

October 9, 2022 14:43 IST

Kharge said this during an interaction with party delegates at Congress office here, where he sought their support for the AICC presidential election.

The move primarily affects academic session in Kashmir since Jammu already adheres to a March session, barring some areas of the Pir Panjal region. (File Photo)

J&K to have uniform academic calendar in all schools

October 7, 2022 23:51 IST

This also affects admissions from the next session as the government in its order clarified that admissions to new sessions will begin in the month of March starting next year.

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