Terror incidents in the hinterland have reduced by 70 per cent and in Jammu and Kashmir by 86 per cent in the last decade as compared to previous decade, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday. Reddy also said the number of terrorist incidents has substantially reduced between April 1, … Read more
With eradication of terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir being the focus of new Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the centre has issued a list of 10 most wanted terrorists operating in the state who need to be eliminated. The list includes wanted terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizbul Mujahideen and Al Badr based on … Read more
Shah Faesal, a Kashmiri IAS officer who topped the 2010 exam, has quit the civil services and is likely to join politics. Announcing his decision in a Facebook post, he said he was quitting to protest against “unabated killings” in Kashmir and the “marginalization of Indian Muslims”. Faesal had invited the wrath of the government … Read more
The assassination of the editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir Shujaat Bukhari once again brings under the spotlight how unsafe the state of Jammu and Kashmir (especially kaashmir) is for journalists. Over the decades, scores of mediapersons have been abducted, beaten and tortured for simply doing their job. But Bukhari was just one of the many journalists who were … Read more
Days after Pakistan passed the Amendment to “Azad Jammu and Kashmir Constitution Act 2018″, India on Monday put forward a strong-worded statement protesting against it. Lodging a “strong protest”, India asked its neighbour nation to vacate all areas it illegally occupies in Kashmir. “The government of India has conveyed a strong protest through diplomatic channel … Read more
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today told the Legislative Assembly that the state had spent around Rs 11 crore on the security and transportation fuel of Hurriyat Conference leaders in the past 10 years. Mehbooba, while responding to a cut motion moved by Independent MLA from Udhampur Pawan Gupta in the Assembly, shared the details of … Read more