A teenage boy drowned and another was rescued in a critical condition in north Kashmir’s Bandipora town on Tuesday. An official said that two minor kids were swimming in the river Madhumati near District Police Lines, when they drowned in the fast-flowing water. Though one boy was rescued and was shifted to District hospital Bandipora, […]
National Conference President and former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah have invited leadership of many mainstream political parties for a crucial meeting at his residence here on August 5. According to the many senior leaders who have been invited for the meeting informed KNS that they received invitation from Dr Abdullah for a crucial get […]
At least four Kashmiri Muslims have cracked the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) along with two from Kargil, the preliminary read of the results suggest. There is one from Kishtwar as well. People aware of the list and following the civil service competition said none of them, however, falls in the top of the list. Kashmiris […]
While we are only a few days away from August 5, 2020, which will mark the first anniversary of abrogation of article 370, in Jammu and Kashmir. It was during the same period of previous year when the central government decided to downgrade Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories of Ladakh and JK. In […]
On August 5, 2019, the Narendra Modi government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and statehood, dividing it into two union territories. In this series – ‘One Year in a Disappeared State’ – The Wire will look at what the last year has meant and what the region looks like now. It’s been a year now that […]
The Government of J&K Union Territory has started the process of termination of those employees from their services found involved in ‘anti-national’ activities. KNS has learnt that Government has completed a list of 1000 employees who poses threat to law & order and security & integrity of the State. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), […]
New Delhi: A year after the special status of Jammu & Kashmir was scrapped, the government claims that ‘peace and normalcy’ has returned along with ‘development’ and an additional deployment of at least 20,000 security personnel and officers has been retained. Before August 5, 2019, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) – the leading internal security […]
Authorities on Tuesday morning imposed restrictions in areas falling under jurisdiction of two police stations in Kathua district after violent protests broke out at newly established Toll Post at Lakhanpur leaving four people injured. “Restrictions are being imposed in the jurisdiction of Police Station Kathua and Police Station Lakhanpur,” Senior Superintendent of Police Kathua Shailendra […]
On January 11, 2018, when the then finance minister of undivided Jammu and Kashmir, Haseeb A. Drabu, presented the annual budget, little did anyone realise that it would be the last one for the state. One of the key highlights was a focus on logistics. “The big idea,” he said, “is to move the economy […]
Srinagar: A two-day curfew was been imposed in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday ahead of the first anniversary of the scrapping of Article 370, which granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said the decision was taken at the security core group meeting held on Monday in Srinagar. The meeting was […]