Probe exonerates Omar in party activist’s death
bySrinagar:National Conference activist Haji Yusuf died a natural death, a magisterial probe has said while exonerating Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and…
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Kashmir’s Bakharwal dog could be gone in four years
byBy Rajat Ghai and Sheikh Qayoom New Delhi/Srinagar: For generations, the Bakharwal dog, also known as the Kashmir sheepdog, has been guarding the lives…
For 12 years, Kashmir widow hunts for missing son
bySrinagar: Twelve years after her son was allegedly arrested by the Nepal police, Zubeida, a 65-year-old Kashmiri widow, has said that she has been…
Amarnath pilgrimage registration from May 7
byJammu: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) Saturday announced that the registration for the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine devoted to Lord Shiva…
Cop shot dead in Srinagar
bySrinagar: A police official was shot dead by separatist guerrillas near a police station in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital today, the day…
Kashmir no excuse for Pakistan’s Haqqani ties: US Senator John McCain
byWashington: Former US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said the Kashmir dispute was not an excuse for Pakistan to not break ties with…
Trial of Geelani’s aide begins
byNew Delhi: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court today began the trial of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, a suspected aide of Kashmiri separatist leader…
Staff strike paralyses Kashmir government
bySrinagar/Jammu: Work in government offices across Jammu and Kashmir was paralysed today as employees struck work Tuesday demanding an increase in the retirement age…
Kashmiri Sikhs give demands charter to Chidambaram
bySrinagar: A Kashmir Sikh group met union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to demand clemency for five Sikhs who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in…
Shahtoosh: Can the prized industry be revived again?
byNew Delhi/Srinagar: Shahtoosh, the very very name signifies royalty and kingship, a Farsi word meaning ‘King of Wools’. And each shawl, delicate and ethereal,…