Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt Friday described Kashmir as “a goldmine and a treasure” and said that it is time to clear the misconception that the Valley is a troubled zone. He has urged filmmakers to shoot more and more in the picturesque region, which reigned supreme till a bruising insurgency broke out in the late 1980s. […]
A police officer was killed and three policemen were injured in a fierce gunbattle between security forces and guerrillas in Kashmir’s Baramulla district Tuesday, an official said. A senior police officer said that an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) who was injured along with three policemen in the gunbattle in Chankhan locality of Sopore town, 55 km […]
Four policemen were injured Tuesday in a gunfight between security forces and separatist guerrillas in Kashmir’s Baramulla district, an official said. A senior police official told that security forces closed in on a house in Chankhan locality of Sopore town, 55 km from here, Tuesday morning following information about the presence of a group of […]
The CPI-M Monday said that army deployment must be decided by the government and it is not an issue of public debate. “These decisions are taken by those in power, these are not matters of public debate,” Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury said. “Such decisions are best left to those who are […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said there was “no question” of having a referendum on keeping the army in Jammu and Kashmir but the feeling of the locals must be respected. “Deployment of army (in the Kashmir Valley) is a matter of internal security. There is no question of having a referendum on it,” […]
Opposing the suggestion of a referendum on the army’s deployment in Kashmir, BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday blamed Jawaharlal Nehru for “mismanagement” of the Kashmir issue. “The suggestion that the issue of army presence in Kashmir be decided by a referendum of the people in the valley must be opposed,” Jaitley said. He blamed Nehru, […]
At minus 12.4 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam hill station was the coldest town in Kashmir Sunday. The present cold wave conditions would ease a bit during the next 24 hours, the Met Office has forecast. The minimum temperature was 12.4 degrees Celsius below the freezing point in Pahalgam Sunday – coldest in the Kashmir Valley. It […]
BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify his remarks that “an important breakthrough was in sight” with Pakistan on Kashmir some years ago. He hoped the gains made by India of stemming efforts to internationalise the Kashmir problem were not squandered. He said the prime minister revealed for the first […]
The Kashmir valley Tuesday received the season’s heaviest snowfall throwing life out of gear and severing the valley’s road and air links with rest of the country. The snowfall began early Tuesday, bringing an end to the dry spell, and the locals woke up to a white blanket of snow. The valley had received mild […]