Curfew continues in Kashmir, eleven injured in clashes

Slamming the Jammu and Kashmir government for "disarming" the police and Central Reserve Police Force in KashmirValley and making them "targets" to terror attacks, Opposition parties today staged a walkout over the killing of five CRPF personnel by militants in Srinagar. As the House began Thursday's proceedings, opposition BJP, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party and Jammu State Morcha stood up from their benches and sought the decision of Deputy Speaker Sartaj Madni over their ...

An avalanche warning was on issued by the state authorities for higher reaches of Kashmir on Thursday following snowfall in the Valley. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir has issued an avalanche warning in view of the fresh snowfall in areas of KashmirValley, an official spokesman said. People living in areas like Nowgam, Chowkibal, Budnambal, Karnah, Keran, Jumagand, Kenthawali, Machil and Lashdat along the Line of Control in north Kashmir have been advised not to venture into steep ...

It is amazing how the political class, instead of learning lessons from costly mistakes in Jammu and Kashmir that took a toll on life itself, seeks to repeat them, writes Seema Mustafa, in an article exclusive to rediff.com Kashmiris in the Valley have been divided to some extent about the elections. They have voted resoundingly when relations with Delhi have not been at the lowest ebb and they are keen to have a say in matters determining their present and future. But they have stayed ...

SRINAGAR:Militants pumped five bullets into a youth and shot him dead inside a mosque in KashmirValley after chasing him on suspicion of being an informer of security forces. The attack on 18-year-old Suhail Ahmad Sofi inside the mosque in Sopore ...

Sudipto Sen, chairman of the Saradha chit fund company, which has allegedly defrauded thousands of depositors, was arrested along with two other company officials in KashmirValley.   The three, initially detained at Sonamarg by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and later arrested, were identified as Sen, Debani Mukherjee, a director, and Arvind Singh Chouhan, who looked after the company's operations in Jharkhand.   "We have arrested them," IGP (Kashmir) Abdul Gani Mir said in Srinagar.