Srinagar: A Sikh organisation in Srinagar June 30 demanded the implementation of the Inter-Caste Marriage Act and the enactment of an anti-conversion law in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes amid a row over the allegations of forced conversion of four women from the Sikh community to Islam in the unionContinue Reading
Srinagar, June 14, 2019: Authorities here on June 12 refused permission to Amnesty International to hold a briefing on alleged misuse of the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA), which provides for detention of a person up to one year without trial. An Amnesty spokesperson said the authorities had not givenContinue Reading
Srinagar, Nov. 2, 2018: BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet were shot dead at point-blank range by unknown gunmen. The incident occurred on November 1 evening at Kishtwar in Jammu division, some 215 km southeast of Srinagar, the state capital. The authorities have imposed anContinue Reading
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12 pilgrims injured as terrorists opened fire on their bus on July 10 eveningContinue Reading
The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the big fat weddings to curb the wastage of food in these social events. The numbers of guests and meal courses risen phenomenally in recent years and Kashmiri’s often spent their entire life savings either on a house or a wedding. The restructuring,Continue Reading
Udhampur: Over 5,500 police and central security forces personnel have been killed while on duty in Jammu and Kashmir ever since armed insurgency broke out in the state 25 years ago, a senior police officer said here today. “Jammu and Kashmir Police played a pivotal role in fighting terrorism andContinue Reading
Militants attacked an Indian army brigade headquarters near the de factor border with Pakistan on Sunday, killing 17 soldiers in one of the most deadly attacks in the northern region of Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency. Four “fidayeen” – or commando-style gunmen willing to fight to the death – wereContinue Reading
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Social Welfare Sajjad Gani Lone on Thursday said Muslims of Kashmir should be “merged” into the mainstream of the country and provided a “healing touch” as they had “suffered immensely” in the last 20 years. Muslims of the Valley needed to be merged intoContinue Reading
Jammu: Ten people, most of them labourers working on a tunnel project, were charred to death in a fire incident in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir today. “There was a fire caused probably by a short circuit at the barracks of labourers working on a tunnel project in TalwasContinue Reading