Page 15 - Kashmir

Eleven bodies recovered from avalanche site in Kashmir's Kupwara district

A passenger vehicle was hit by a huge avalanche of snow at Khooni Nallah near Sadhan Top on the Kupwara-Tangdhar road yesterday

2 killed,10 missing, 100 stranded as J&K gets heaviest snowfall this season

Multiple avalanches occurred at many other places in the Kashmir Valley, however, due to lack of communication and connectivity the extent of casualties or damage, if any, was not yet clear

Blinded by pellets, Kashmiri teen Insha Mushtaq clears class 10 boards

The 16-year-old, who has undergone several surgeries, was hit in the face after she opened her window during the Kashmir unrest in 2016

Two Kashmiri students thrashed in Haryana, three people arrested

Aftab Ahmad and Amjad, students of Central University of Haryana claimed that they were thrashed by a group of unidentified people yesterday 'for no reason'

Bhat death anniversary: Amid protest calls, separatists detained in Kashmir

Besides Srinagar, restrictions were imposed in north Kashmir's Kupwara district and Sopore town

Ramzan ceasefire: Armed encounters from 2015 to 2017 rose 50% over 2012-14

Data shows an increase in violence and related deaths, particularly after the July 2016 killing of militant commander Burhan Wani-209 militants were killed in 2017, up 65 per cent from 136 in 2016

Is the wind changing direction?

On Kashmir and Pakistan, it seems to be. The question is, how strongly it is blowing and for how long

Kashmir shutdown caused $1-bn losses, will sue govt, says trade body

Besides severing telecoms links ahead of its decision, India imposed curbs on travel and sent thousands of troops to the heavily-militarised region, citing security concerns

Kashmir: A voice from the abyss

Mr Devadas provides graphic accounts of the abuse, manhandling, molestation and humiliation that constitute the daily life of Kashmiris

Centre sanctions Rs 325 crore for new medical college in Kashmir's Handwara

The Centre has given its approval for a new government medical college, which will be attached with the district and referral hospital Handwara in north Kashmir, an official spokesman said on Sunday. The college in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district will be set up at a cost of Rs 325 crore under a centrally-sponsored scheme, he said. "The J&K government has received the sanction letter in this regard from the Union health and family welfare ministry," the spokesman said quoting a statement issued here by the administration of new medical colleges. Out of the total amount, Rs 115 crore will be spent on construction of administrative and academic blocks, Rs 80 crore on hostels and residential accommodation for students and faculty and Rs 60 crore for upgrading the existing teaching faculty at the district hospital, he said. The spokesman said, "Rs 70 crore will be used to procure machinery and equipment for the government medical college and its associated hospital." The ministry

Pakistan opposes India's candidacy to UNSC membership, cites Kashmir issue

The G4 nations comprising Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan support each other's bids for permanent seats on the Security Council

Give govt time to restore normalcy in J&K as situation 'very sensitive': SC

The MHA confirmed a protest in the Valley reported by some media outlets, but said no bullet was fired

Shekhar Gupta: Facts, fiction and reality in J&K

Modi has broken the post-Simla status quo on Kashmir. The new reality has to be accepted to move on from its complex and complicated past

A different fundamentalism

Our Constitution has been reformed 104 times in just 70 years

Will restore internet in Kashmir after local admin approves: Amit Shah

He also said all newspapers and TV channels are functioning in Kashmir and there is no decline in circulation of newspapers.

Winter Session LIVE: Congress walks out over Gandhi family security

Parliament likely to debate economic slowdown, air pollution in vast parts of the country, the situation in Kashmir and other issues.

Kashmir train services to resume Sunday, trial runs successful: Officials

Train services in the valley were suspended on August 3, ahead of the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution

India slams Pakistan's 'juvenile propaganda' on Ayodhya and Kashmir

The remarks came after Pak's Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood commented on the Indian Supreme Court's decision on Ayodhya, which he said was not in line with UNESCO's values of religious freedom

In Kashmir, New Delhi is searching for a modern day Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad

A coalition of the willing is being readied to play the role of the King's Party in J&K

Govt releases maps of newly-created UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

The maps prepared by Survey General of India depicting the new UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, as created on October 31, 2019