Arshad Farooq
Srinagar, Sep 17 (KINS): Pawan Khera, media advisor for the Indian National Congress, has criticized the Union Home Minister’s assertions that “terrorism has been eradicated, highlighting an increase in terrorist activities, particularly in the Jammu region”.
Speaking at a press conference in Baramulla , Khera, accompanied by senior Congress leader Salman Anees Soz and the party’s candidate for North Kashmir, stated, “Terrorist activities have escalated despite claims of ...
Arjumand Shah
Srinagar, Aug 28 (KINS): The National Conference (NC) has largely retained its old guard, while the BJP has introduced mostly new faces in the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The nomination process for the Assembly elections, covering 24 constituencies in the first of three phased polls in Jammu and Kashmir, concluded on Tuesday. A total of 279 candidates have filed their nomination papers across 24 constituencies—16 in Kashmir and 8 in the Jammu region....
Arshad Farooq
Srinagar, Aug 26 (KINS): In a significant development ahead of the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections, the National Conference (NC) and the Indian National Congress have formalized a seat-sharing agreement aimed at enhancing their electoral prospects.
Under the agreement, the National Conference will contest 51 of the 90 available seats, while the Congress will field candidates in 32 constituencies. Additionally, five seats will feature friendly contests between the two...
By: Dr. Ramees Raja Beig
From Mid-2023 there was a surge in terror attacks in Jammu which was considered to be a safe place and declared terror-free by the Jammu and Kashmir Police many times. The geographical landscape of Jammu is harsher than Kashmir because of the vast and thick forests which lies between the LOC.
July 16, 2024: Four Army soldiers were killed in action in Doda, July 8, 2024: Five Army personnel were kille...
Sadaf Wani is a Kashmiri writer and a senior communications professional authored her latest book, City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar. In this book, she draws on her childhood experiences of the mid-90s, captivated by unrestrained insurgencies, upheavals, and augmenting militarization, and the early 2000s, soaked with a series of violent acts in response to civil protests. Wani shares the reminiscences of her personal acquaintances with the locality and the serious scholarship of ...
New DELHI, May 26: Union Home Minister Amit Shah after completion of successful Lok Sabha elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has said that the Assembly Elections in the region will be held before September 30 as per Supreme Court orders.
He further added that once the Assembly Elections are over, the Government will start the process of restoring statehood to the Union Territory.
The erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised into two Union Territories of J...
Srinagar, 16 April: 26 individuals, including school children, were aboard a boat that capsized while crossing the Jhelum River from Gandabal Soiteng to Batawara. Tragically, six bodies have been recovered, while the 20 individuals are missing.
The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in the Gandbal Nowgam area, according to officials. A rescue operation is currently underway, with teams from the State Disaster Response Force mobilized to assist.
The Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir,...
Srinagar 03 Apr (CNS): To capture a leopard, which has been prowling in central Kashmir Ganderbal district’s Fatehpora Kujjar area, a wide-scale search operation was carried out by the wildlife department on Wednesday.
Locals told the news agency CNS that the big cat was spotted in Fetehpora Kujjar following which the wildlife department was informed about the leopard’s roaming, auguring ill for the area and its residents.
“The wildlife department has been making all-out efforts to cat...
New Delhi/Agencies/ August 29: The Central Government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that “the status of Jammu and Kashmir as a Union Territory is only temporary and it will be restored to statehood, but Ladakh would remain a Union Territory”.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said a positive statement would be made soon. The response of the Solicitor General came on a query posed by a five-Judge Constitution Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and J...
VoL Desk, July 27: After more than three decades of being prohibited, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday allowed 8th Muharram procession to proceed through the centre of Srinagar. Thousands of Shia Muslims took part in the procession on the route that they demanded since decades to reopen for the procession.
“The permission is hereby granted…for taking out Muharram procession on 8th Muharram-1445 from Guru Bazar to Dalgate via Budshah Kadal and M.A Road, Srinagar, from 6 a...
