In a crackdown against unauthorised service providers and impersonators on the Vaishno Devi shrine track, Reasi police have registered two separate FIRs under relevant sections of law against two individuals fraudulently working as pony operators. “During routine patrolling near Geeta...
Two days after the Pahalgam terror attack, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday released sketches and identities of the militants believed to be behind the assault. Police sources said that more than 1,500 individuals have been detained across the...
With travel advisories issued by the United States and the United Kingdom asking their citizens not to travel to Jammu and Kashmir, the Lt Governor of Ladakh, Brig BD Mishra (retd), said it was creating confusion and concern among the...
A group of Kashmiri Pandit employees working in the Valley held a silent sit-in on Thursday against the Pahalgam attack, saying such killings were not acceptable. The members of the community, employed under the Prime Minister’s package, also asked the...
Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Thursday said the Pahalgam terror attack raises serious questions of security and intelligence failure and asked why the checks that are usually in place around the tourist spot were not there on the...
A resolution passed at an all-party meeting in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday condemned the “heinous, inhumane” attack in Pahalgam and expressed support for “all efforts to bring its perpetrators to justice.” The resolution also backed the action plan announced...
The eleventh meeting of the State Board for Wildlife was held under the chairmanship of the Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Brig BD Mishra (retd) on Thursday. Chief Secretary Pawan Kotwal informed the board members about the request made by the L-G...
There has been a significant change in the public mood in the Kashmir valley as even villages that were once synonymous with the very faces of terror join the condemnation of the massacre of 26 people in Pahalgam. Areas previously...
Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted two overground worker (OGW) modules of LeT and arrested four people in north Kashmir. A police spokesperson said Bandipora Police had received information that some overground worker affiliated with LeT had hatched a criminal...
Two days after the Pahalgam terror attack, a para commando of the Army’s Special Forces was killed and two other security personnel injured in an encounter with terrorists in the dense forest area of Basantgarh in J&K’s Udhampur district early...
One of the worst massacres in the state’s violent history, it instilled deep fear among the Sikh community, who had chosen to stay in the valley despite the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits
Immediately after the Indian Air Force carried out airstrikes at Balakot in Pakistan in February 2019, the Indian Army initiated a fresh round of strategic planning to explore possible scenarios in the event of a deep land strike or a...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said he was in touch with his counterparts in other states after reports emerged that Kashmiri students were being targeted in various parts of the county after the Pahalgam terror attack....
Clad in brown clothes, faces covered, equipped with GoPro cameras mounted on their heads, the terrorists descended on the picturesque meadow of Baisaran and changed it into a blood-soaked site
Incidents of assault on Kashmiri students have already been reported from several parts of the country
Mir asks the government why there was no security in the area
Minister of Jal Shakti CR Paatil to chair the meeting
J-K CM Omar Abdullah says he is in touch with his counterparts in other states and has requested them to take "extra care" over the issue
Orders have been issued by the Chief Education Officers of Baramulla and Anantnag districts
The firing takes place in Dudu-Basantgarh area during a cordon and search operation has been launched based on information about presence of terrorists
Pak violates ceasefire in Poonch’s Tattapani area
Several local dailies in Kashmir printed their front pages with a black background on Tuesday in protest against the gruesome killing of tourists by ultras in Pahalgam. The act, carried out by leading English and Urdu dailies including Greater Kashmir,...
Most districts across the Jammu region observed a complete bandh on Wednesday in protest against the terror attack in Pahalgam, as widespread anger swept the area. Security arrangements were intensified in communally sensitive areas, with barbed wire installed in parts...
Amid nationwide outrage over the Pahalgam terror attack, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha reaffirmed the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s resolve to dismantle the terror ecosystem during a high-level security meeting with senior police officials on Tuesday. Sources at Raj Bhawan...
A special train was launched from Katra to New Delhi to assist the stranded passengers and accommodate extra rush. Thousands of tourists are leaving Kashmir after the gruesome terror attack, with authorities making all efforts for their safe return to...
The remarks of National Conference (NC) MP from Srinagar, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, given in January, in which he termed tourism in Kashmir as a “cultural invasion,” resurfaced and triggered a furore on social media a day after a dastardly terror...
Congress leader Karan Singh on Wednesday urged people not to “shy away” from undertaking the Amarnath Yatra and visiting Jammu and Kashmir during the upcoming tourist season, following the terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead and several...
As thousands of tourists began leaving Kashmir after the gruesome terror attack in Pahalgam on Tuesday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said it was “heartbreaking” to see the exodus of tourists. “It’s heartbreaking to see the exodus of our guests from...
Stakeholders fear long-term impact
Until Tuesday afternoon, Pahalgam town – a famous tourist destination — was bustling with thousands of tourists from different parts of the country. However, 24 hours later, the town wore a deserted look with a large number of security personnel...