Twenty-eight former militants, separatists & Jamaat-backed leaders are participating in the J&K elections. How they impact Kashmir politics will be clearer after 8 October results.
International media also took note of Indian govt's readiness to provide emergency financial aid to Maldives and how vultures vanishing in India has led to a public health crisis.
Situated on left bank of Srinagar's Dal Lake, Hazratbal houses relic of Prophet Muhammad. Yet, the turbulent years of Kashmir did not leave the shrine untouched.
The killings of 1 police and 3 Army officers in Anantnag this week was a grim reminder of growing militancy in the Pir Panjal region, which spans Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu.
Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.
Terrorists from The Resistance Front killed Ishfaq and Umar Dar on 26 March. Their mother's tears haven't dried, father keeps looking for them to return, brother wonders why they were shot.
One of the terrorists killed has been identified as Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar affiliated with LET (TRF) and was involved in recent civilian killing at Shahgund, Kashmir IGP Vijay Kumar said.
The narrations linked to ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ sit far outside authenticated Hadith literature, yet modern amplification has turned a weak report into a slogan with political afterlife.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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