Srinagar, April 7: Life here and elsewhere in the Kashmir Valley was hit Saturday by a shutdown called by separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani against the conviction of Kashmiri separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai in the US. Shops, businesses, public transport and classes in educational institutions remained suspended because of the shutdown in ...

Srinagar, April 5: An encounter broke out between militants and security forces on Thursday in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said. Troops of 21 Rashtriya Rifles assisted by police launched an anti-insurgency operation in the forest area near Zachaldara village in Handwara, 100 km from Srinagar, they said. As the ...

Srinagar, March 22: One person was killed and 15 others were injured in a car-bomb explosion in south Kashmir's Anantnag district Thursday, police said. A senior police officer told IANS: "A bomb planted inside a parked Maruti car went off in Bijbehara town, 49 km from Srinagar, this (Thursday) afternoon. One person ...

Srinagar: Forty-three years after it happened, few remember that one of the earliest plane hijacks in the world was carried out with a toy pistol by a 16-year-old Kashmiri boy. But in the mind of Hashim Qureshi, that boy who is now 59 years old, the incident still ticks away like ...

Jammu, March 16: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's seventh union budget, presented in the Lok Sabha Friday, found few takers in Jammu and Kashmir with no special schemes aimed at boosting the state's economy. Jammu and Kashmir has an annual tax collection of only about Rs.4,800 crore and looks to the union budget ...

Srinagar, March 12: A moderate intensity tremor rocked the Kashmir Valley Monday but no immediate loss of life or property was reported, an official said. Sonam Lotus, director of the local meteorological office told IANS: "A moderate intensity earthquake occurred at 11.36 a.m. Monday with epicentre in Jammu and Kashmir-Pakistan (Gilgit) border." "The ...

SHEIKH QAYOOM  Srinagar: The Congress debacle in the Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa will impact the balance of power in Jammu and Kashmir where it is part of the ruling coalition with the National Conference (NC). From analysts to the canny person on the street, the results of the five state elections are ...

New Delhi, March 7: Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was Wednesday questioned here for recommending a Pakistani visa for a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack in the capital, police said. "Geelani reached Lodhi Road office of the Special Cell around 3 p.m. today and was ...

New Delhi, March 2: Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani may be questioned for recommending a Pakistani visa for a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack in the capital, officials said Friday. Home ministry sources said police have found a copy of Geelani's recommendation letter with Ahtesham ...

Srinagar, February 23: Eleven army personnel were killed and eight are missing in two overnight avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir, an army official said Thursday. While eight were killed in Bandipora district, another three were buried under the avalanche in Ganderbal district, the official said. Both the areas are in north Kashmir. Lt. ...