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  • Brigadier Usman and the defence of Naushera: How a frontline commander shaped a decisive battle in 1948

    In the winter battles that decided the fate of a crucial Kashmir sector, Brigadier Mohammad Usman led from the front, steadied a thin line at Naushera, and became one of independent India’s earliest battlefield icons.

  • Lieutenant Colonel Dharam Singh at Poonch, 1947-48: The night attack that helped break a year-long siege

    Poonch survived because a besieged garrison improvised an airbridge and fought off constant raids, but the siege ended only when relief columns forced their way through. In the middle of that push, Lieutenant Colonel Dharam Singh led a brutal night battle on a key feature that helped open the road.

  • Operation Rakshak, 1990s: How the counter-insurgency grid in Kashmir was built

    India’s longest internal security operation evolved not through one grand plan, but through countless battalion-level adjustments that slowly bent a brutal insurgency

  • ‘Battle of truth’ or Jihad reset? Shehbaz Sharif courts clerics as Pakistan plots revival of Kashmir narrative

    According to intelligence sources, the core objective of the outreach is to resurrect the Kashmir jihad narrative and cloak it in religious legitimacy.

  • 'Time for amicable divorce': Sajad Lone seeks Kashmir's separation from Jammu

    Amid controversy over a National Law University's location, Kashmir leader Sajad Lone has suggested that the time may have come to rethink the administrative relationship between Jammu and Kashmir.

  • Kashmir police seeks granular data on mosques, clerics and management bodies: Report

    Details of the mosque's monthly budget, bank account information, management structure and the nature of land on which it is built have also been reportedly sought.

  • "Critically Endangered" Hangul deer shows remarkable recovery in Jammu and Kashmir

    The critically endangered Hangul deer population in Kashmir has risen to 323. Experts call this a remarkable recovery, highlighting effective conservation, community efforts and hope for endangered species globally.

  • Watch: Himalayan Griffon Vultures return to Udhampur Hills, reviving local ecosystem

    Thick fog in Udhampur has triggered Himalayan Griffon vultures to migrate to nearby hills. Their movement is boosting the ecosystem, delighting locals and offering scientists valuable ecological insights.

  • Amid Muslim students' admission row, National Medical Commission revokes MBBS nod to Mata Vaishno Devi college

    For the 2025-26 academic year, 42 of the 50 students in the inaugural batch were Muslims, and one was a Sikh — a composition that triggered intense protests from several groups in Jammu.

  • Centre fast tracks hydropower in J&K; Ratle project to be ready by 2028-end, Dulhasti clears green hurdle

    With Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, the Centre reviews Salal, Ratle and Dulhasti projects, as it looks to unlock hydropower potential across the Indus basin

  • Police question cricketer for wearing Palestine flag on helmet in Jammu and Kashmir Champions League match

    The cricketer has been identified as Furqan Bhat, who has been called in for questioning by authorities.

  • Extremists attacking Kashmiris are on Hitler's path, will go away: Farooq Abdullah

    "It is our destiny that there are some people whose aim is something else. They are treading Hitler's path and want to create a Hitler-type regime," he said.

  • 791 drone intrusions along International Border reported in 2025: Defence Ministry

    "A total of 791 drone intrusions (nine incidents along IB in J&K and 782 along IB in Punjab/Rajasthan) were reported during this year," it said.

  • 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

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