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  • House detentions, strict missive? What forced 'Open Merit' students to call off quota protest in Srinagar

    The anger against the reservation policy in the higher educational institutions and government departments of the Union territory gained momentum after the Omar Abdullah government was sworn into office in October this year.

  • Indian Army’s counterterror winter ops to corner 30-35 terrorists in Jammu during 40-day 'Chillai Kalan'

    Defence sources told ANI that instead of scaling down activity due to extreme weather, troops have expanded their reach into snowbound and high-altitude zones where terrorist elements are believed to be seeking cover.

  • Mirwaiz Umar Farooq removes 'Hurriyat chairman' designation from X profile

    Formed in 1993, the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) was a conglomerate of separatist groups in Jammu and Kashmir, wielding enough influence to coordinate mass shutdowns and political mobilisations.

  • Gulmarg now home to the world’s highest revolving restaurant at 14,000 feet

    Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir is now home to the world’s highest revolving restaurant at 14,000 feet, offering panoramic Himalayan views and boosting winter tourism infrastructure.

  • Any normalisation of relations with Pakistan difficult to imagine: Omar Abdullah

    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah placed the burden of creating that environment squarely on Pakistan.

  • Policeman killed, one terrorist believed injured in J-K’s Udhampur gunfight

    The encounter erupted at village Soan in Majalta area when security forces launched a search operation following information about the presence of three terrorists

  • Masood Azhar admits failed tunnel escape from Jammu prison, says thrashing still haunts him

    Azhar’s latest admission once again reinforces India’s long-standing charge that Pakistan has used terrorism as a formal state policy to target India, offering shelter and impunity to globally wanted terrorists.

  • Another J&K doctor arrested by NIA in Delhi Red Fort blast case: 'Harboured Delhi bomber, destroyed evidence'

    Besides harbouring suicide bomber Dr Umar, the accused is also charged with destruction of evidence related to the terrorist attack.

  • Permanent solution given by Modi govt for Naxalism, northeast, J&K: Amit Shah

    He said the Centre has strengthened the security grid in the last seven years by constructing 586 fortified police stations.

  • PM Modi meets Canada PM Mark Carney, reviews progress in India-Canada partnership

    According to reports, the Lieutenant Governor is presiding over a “high-level security meet" following the deadly blast at Delhi's Red Fort.

  • Govt eyes small-hydro policy in Union Budget 2026 amid 16,000 MW untapped potential

    India has an estimated 21,133 MW of small-hydro potential, of which at least 5,000 MW has been developed, leaving around 75 percent untapped, mostly in Himalayan and northeastern states, according to government data seen by Moneycontrol.

  • This won't stop terrorism, only increase resentment: Omar on Delhi blast accused's house demolition

    The chief minister said that those authorising such measures should introspect

  • J&K: 8 injured in blast at Nowgam police station during inspection of explosives

    The explosion took place while police officers and an FSL team were conducting an inspection inside the premises.

  • J-K Police raids around 500 locations linked to banned organisations including Jamaat-e-Islami

    They said the raids were carried out at several locations across the 10 districts of the Kashmir valley -- Srinagar, Ganderbal, Budgam, Baramulla, Bandipora, Kupwara, Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama, and Shopian.

  • Security beefed up at Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu city after Red Fort blast

    DIG Jammu-Kathua Shiv Kumar Sharma carried out a security inspection at night in Jammu city.

  • PoK is witnessing its own 'Nepal moment': Why Pakistan’s Gen Z is turning against Islamabad’s control

    Inspired by the dramatic “Nepal moment” uprising, these youth are taking to social media and the streets, calling out Pakistan’s decades of occupation, demographic manipulation, and resource theft.

  • Mansukh Mandaviya rebuts Pakistan on IWT and Kashmir at Doha Summit, showcases India’s social security triumph

    Mandaviya’s sharp response came a day after Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari claimed that his country faced “a new threat in the form of weaponisation of water.”

  • Helicopter service launched between Doda-Jammu to boost remote tourism and connectivity

    The new helicopter service between Doda and Jammu, launched on November 3, 2025, boosts connectivity, tourism, and economic growth in Jammu’s remote mountain district.

  • 'Cannot make excuse work cannot be done till statehood is restored,' says L-G Sinha; J&K CM Abdullah retorts

    "We are told to work and not make excuses. We do not make excuses. We are performing despite the hurdles created in our way," the chief minister said at a function at Eidgah.

  • On Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary, PM Modi attacks Congress over Kashmir, Northeast unrest

    Speaking at the event, the Prime Minister took a jibe at the Congress government during the years after Sardar Patel's demise.

  • PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti files PIL before Jammu-Kashmir High Court for return of undertrials to UT

    The case, titled Mehbooba Mufti vs Union of India, seeks immediate judicial intervention to address what she describes as a violation of the fundamental rights of detainees.

  • Historically inaccurate and 73% AI-generated: How Shehbaz Sharif's Kashmir rant fell apart on X

    Shehbaz Sharif’s “Black Day” post was meant to reignite Pakistan’s anti-India rhetoric. Instead, it highlighted something far darker: how detached Pakistan’s leadership has become from both truth and reality.

  • Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi and Kashmiri activists demand independence from Pakistan; slam misuse of madrassas

    Baloch participants declared that they are “freedom fighters, not separatists,” calling Pakistan’s presence in Balochistan an occupation.

  • J&K Rajya Sabha polls: Farooq Abdullah, BJP reject allegations of 'fixed match'

    On Friday, the ruling NC won three seats, while the BJP managed one in the first Rajya Sabha elections held in Jammu and Kashmir after it became a Union territory in 2019.

  • Police bust drug racket in J&K's Budgam

    Acting on a tip-off, police conducted searches at the house of three brothers in Chitru Dangerpora area of Chadoora and recovered 325 kgs of charas like substance.

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