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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicJammu & Kashmir

Topic: Jammu & Kashmir

Security forces given ‘free hand’ in Kashmir Valley weeks before Lok Sabha polls

Modi govt bans Yasin Malik's JKLF. Home ministry official says it was responsible for the genocide & exodus of Kashmiri Pandits.

JeM mastermind behind Pulwama terror attack believed to be killed in encounter, say officials

Officials have recovered three bodies of Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tral in Pulwama district, and are yet to ascertain their identities.

A temple, a Kashmiri Pandit family in Pulwama’s Muslim-majority village and a story of hope

Immune to the tension surrounding the Valley, a village in Pulwama pulls together resources to renovate Hindu temple for lone Pandit family.

Air strikes won’t fix India’s Pakistan problem

The airstrikes are unlikely to prevent future attacks in Kashmir, nor the ensuing need for even more spectacular retaliation.

Tension grips Kashmir as govt launches crackdown on separatists

Govt orders concerning food supplies, among others, have added to the Valley's fears.

Curfew in Jammu city as protests break out day after Pulwama attack

A massive protest broke out in Jammu city in wake of Pulwama attack that claimed lives of 40 CRPF person 

Azad down the pecking order in Congress poll panels in J&K, state unit up in arms

J&K Congress unit passes resolution calling for Azad to be handed charge of all Lok Sabha election work in the state.  

Indian Army probing two soldiers for ‘tipping off’ militants who killed rifleman Aurangzeb

Indian Army rifleman Aurangzeb was abducted and killed by militants while he was on leave in June last year.

Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq placed under house arrest ahead of Modi visit

Mirwaiz tweeted that the J&K government had gone into panic mode ahead of the Prime Minister's visit.

Pakistan team in J&K over suspicions about India’s ‘attempt to halt Indus water-sharing’

The Pakistan Indus Water Commission team will inspect two upcoming hydroelectric projects in J&K, and will be in India till 31 January.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.