Chairman Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani while terming the proposed "Operation Shiva" a “well planned game” by Indian authorities said the move is "aimed at to malign and discredit the ongoing freedom struggle". He said that no such threat exists to Amarnath pilgrims either from people or militants.

“It is highly deplorable that India is trying to mislead its people and international community,” Geelani in a statement issued said. The octogenarian leader added that "the...

A complete shutdown was observed in this South Kashmir township on Wednesday to commemorate the 19th death anniversary of pro-freedom leader Mirwaiz Qazi Nisar Ahmad. The call for shutdown was given by Ummat-I-Islami.

Shops and other business establishments remained closed while the attendances in schools remained thin. However, traffic plied normally on the roads as it was exempted from strike to facilitate the visit of people from different parts of the Valley.

People in large numbers...

Two top Jaish-e-Muhammad militants have been arrested by police from Srinagar- the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said on Wednesday.

Sources said that the militants, both residents of Pakistan were arrested by Special Operation Group of Police following specific information in Srinagar late Tuesday evening.

One of the arrested militants has been identified as Sidiq and is believed to be the commander for Kupwara district.

However, there was no official confirmation about the...

Claiming that the state unit of Congress is united, former chief minister of J&K Ghulam Nabi Azad refused to accept lobbyism as a matter of major concern for the party in the state.

“There is not lobbying in the state unit. Congress is one and will remain one. We will work together and fight upcoming elections as a single unit to get a good number of seats”, Azad said in response to a question.

The senior Congress leader said he was happy working in the centre and did not miss the...

In the 2007 Tabinda Gani rape and murder case, the statement of Investigating Officer of the case Abdul Ahad was recorded on Wednesday before the Principal District and Sessions Judge Kupwara Muhammad Ibrahim.

Pertinently during last hearing, two FSL experts had submitted their forensic opinion before the court regarding the gang rape and murder 13-year-old Tabinda, a class 7 student, at Batpora in Langate Handwara.

“The statement of the Investigating Officer is still incomplete and...

Advising Makhan Lal Fotedar to join Peoples Democratic Party instead of criticizing Congress party, senior Congress leader Abdul Gani Wakil today said that it was during the tenure of Ghulam Nabi Azad that the state of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed all round development.

“If Fotedar claims that PDP rule was the best then he is not only misleading people but also criticizing his own party,” Wakil said adding that it is better for Fotedar to join PDP and serve Mufti Mohammad Sayed.

He said...

Demanding immediate removal of Mohammad Akbar Lone from the Cabinet, scores of Peoples Democratic Party workers from district Bandipora staged a protest in Press Enclave Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

Protestors alleged that National Conference leader and Minister for Higher Education Mohammad Akbar Lone has brought a slur on the name of District Bandipora people and he is crossing all the limits of decency.

PDP workers alleged that Lone has lost the right to be a part of...

Terming Congress leader Makhan Lal Fotedar as the biggest enemy of Kashmiri people, National Conference senior leader, Dr Shiekh Mustafa Kamal today said that he is one among those people who is camping in New Delhi to plot against the majority community of Jammu and Kashmir.

“He is the bitter foe of the Muslims of the State. From last three decades he is lobbying against the Kashmiri people and he was part of the every conspiracy under which Kashmiri people were butchered and...