Curfew has been imposed in large parts of Srinagar and some other districts of the Kashmir Valley after protests and clashes following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhat on Saturday. 27-year-old Bhat, who had succeeded Burhan Wani, is among 10 terrorists killed by security forces in separate encounters in the last 48 hours. Though authorities said curfew would be in place only in seven police station areas […]

In a spirit of brotherhood, villagers clean Nand Kishore temple in Bandipora for puja. Muslims have cleaned up and organised a puja at a temple and 1,000 specially-designed ‘Herath’ greeting cards have been produced: this Sivaratri, Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims are bonding strongly, and social media is providing the platform to relive past memories. For the first time since hundreds of Pandit families migrated out of the Valley in the […]

A jawan of paramilitary force SSB was killed and 8 others, including a policeman, were injured on Friday night when militants attacked security convoy in Zakura area on the outskirts of Srinagar. Out of the eight personnel injured, 4 of them are critical. The injured, who included a policeman, have been admitted to a hospital for treatment. According to IG SSB Deepak Kumar, three companies of SSB patrol party were […]