SRINAGAR: Hope and expectations of the people in the Kashmir Valley ran high on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to return the love and warmth people showed towards him.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched and dedicated to the nation more than 50 projects worth Rs 6,400 crore in Srinagar on Tuesday, in his first visit to Kashmir Valley after the scrapping of Article 370.

MUMBAI: Celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna has paid tribute to the ‘Paradise of India’ -- Kashmir by naming a dish after it in his menu for his upcoming restaurant Bungalow New York, which is all set to open its doors on March 23.

SRINAGAR: The people of Kashmir Valley are expecting gifts of peace, prosperity and much more from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is arriving here on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Srinagar on Thursday where he will unveil a Rs 6,400 crore package for boosting the agri-economy and tourism sector of Jammu and Kashmir, according to a PMO statement issued on Wednesday.

SRINAGAR: Capital city Srinagar and other towns of the Valley came to life on Monday as thousands of children returned to schools which were re-opened after the winter break of nearly three months.

SRINAGAR: Extraordinary security arrangements were put in place throughout Kashmir on Sunday as the Valley gears up to receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 7.

NEW DELHI: Responding to Pakistan's allegations about Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Council, India, exercising its right to reply, said that Islamabad has no locus standi to comment on our internal matters.

SRINAGAR: Shah Rafi owns the Art & Craft Bazaar at Dhobiwan in Kunzar village on Gulmarg-Srinagar road. He is still rubbing his eyes to believe that the cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar visited his place on Wednesday.

SRINAGAR: All roads leading into Kashmir remained closed for traffic on Wednesday due to heavy snowfall and torrential rains in J&K during the last 48 hours.

SRINAGAR: Despite clear sky and bright sunshine on Thursday, people in Kashmir are bracing up for moderate to heavy snowfall forecast to start from February 17 till February 21.

PANAJI: The Goa cabinet on Wednesday granted post facto approval for Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption to Vivek Agnihotri's film 'The Kashmir Files', Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told reporters.

SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: A wave of developments is moving across Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory and it is unstoppable. Every day, the Centre unrolls new training and developmental programs under various schemes operating in the state. Earlier this week, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha launched an online portal for Mission Youth in collaboration with Vision India, to link the youth of J&K with the industry. Mission Youth aims to provide more than ten-thousand job opportunities to the youth in 2022.

NEW DELHI: A Kashmiri Pandit organisation has sought an SIT probe into the sale and leasing of land of defunct temple trusts and demanded that those involved in the "illegal" work be brought to book.

ISLAMABAD: The government led by Shehbaz Sharif in Pakistan will establish contacts with friendly countries following the policy of peace and equality, and trade with these states will be enhanced, Express Tribune reported.

HYDERABAD: After the historic success of 'The Kashmir Files', producers Abhishek Agarwal Arts and I Am Buddha Productions are reuniting to tell two more brutally honest tales of humanity on the big screen.

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday that Kashmir is witnessing a golden period on the tourism front as 80 lakh tourists have visited the Valley in the past few months alone, breaking the record of past 20 years.

SRINAGAR: National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at multiple locations in Kashmir Valley on Thursday in connection with the terror funding case being probed by the agency.

CHANDIGARH: Kashmir Singh today became the first farmer in the State to receive MSP payment. Disclosing this today, Mr. Lal Chand Kataruchak Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister said that Kashmir Singh, hailing from Mohabbatpur Village in Patiala District, had brought 51 quintals of wheat in Rajpura Mandi on 31st March and it was cleaned and purchased on the very first day of procurement i.e. 1st of April.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said that his country is ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees, Dawn reported.

NEW DELHI: Amid the din created by 'The Kashmir Files', a group of displaced Kashmiri Pandits is seeking to reconnect with their birthplace. The occasion is Navreh, the first day of the New Year as per the Kashmiri Hindu calendar, which falls on April 2.

MUMBAI:  Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri's latest release 'The Kashmir Files' has received censor clearance in the UAE and Singapore.

SRINAGAR: Inspector General Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Wednesday reiterated his appeal to all misguided youths who have joined terror folds to shun the path of violence and return to the mainstream and contribute in nation building.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Wednesday detained around 70 people for creating ruckus outside the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here.

PATNA: Several NDA legislators and some Opposition leaders in Bihar watched 'The Kashmir Files' movie in a multiplex in Patna on Monday evening.

Thiruvananthapuram: A new book against the backdrop of the much discussed blockbuster film by Vivek Agnihotri "The Kashmir Files" in Malayalam has generated a great response.

MUMBAI: Saurabh M. Pandey, the screenplay writer of 'The Kashmir Files' that has created awareness on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, says while the film brings hope to get justice for the community, remembering such a gory part of our history is important to prevent such a tragedy in future.

LUCKNOW: As the craze for 'The Kashmir Files' grows by the day, the newly elected BJP MLAs in Uttar Pradesh have started organising free shows for the people in their respective constituencies.

LEH: Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Kashmir Files' is making headlines and now widening its reach, the movie has premiered in Ladakh at Picturetime's inflatable theatre.

I have had many occasions to write about how deficient are the marketing graduates who now literally run the film exhibition industry. They often fail to judge the potential of a particular film offered to them or judge the public mind.

NEW DELHI:  As the politics on 'The Kashmir Files' has heated up, the partners in Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra -- Shiv Sena and NCP -- have slammed the BJP for using it for political gains.

GUWAHATI: The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Assams key Muslim dominated political party, on Wednesday demanded the state government to ban the Vivek Agnihotri directed Bollywood film, ‘The Kashmir Files.

NEW DELHI: Taking a lead in the Congress, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednedsday will be watching 'The Kashmir Files' movie in Raipur.

PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday attended a special screening of the film 'The Kashmir Files' directed by Vivek Agnihotri, amid allegations by Hindu groups that the management of a multi-complex had declared the film's shows as housefull, despite seats being vacant in the auditorium located in South Goa.

SRINAGAR: Two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of the Lashkar-e-Taiba were arrested along with arms and ammunition from Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said on Wednesday.

Kashmir was once again rocked by yet another shocking case of acid attack on a young Kashmiri girl by a Kashmiri man, who was angry at the girl for refusing his advances. The girl is admitted to the hospital in a grievously injured condition and is fighting for her life. What is really alarming is the fact that this shocking incident comes after a similar such attack a few months back in Shopian in South Kashmir. So, what does it all say about our Kashmiri society?

SRINAGAR: The Army on Sunday paid tribute to Sepoys Chavan Romit Tanaji and Santosh Yadav, who were killed during a gunfight with terrorists at Chreymarg in South Kashmir's Shopian District.

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at nine locations in connection with a case related to recovery of IED from Bhatindi area of Jammu.

SRINAGAR: When Aroosa Parvaiz topped this year's 10+2 board exams, never in her wildest dream did she imagine that her hard-earned success would be followed by toxic trolls.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi-based Supreme Court lawyer on Tuesday wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal seeking de-registration of Hyundai India, KIA India, KFC India and Pizza Hut India over their offensive statements on social media regarding the union territory Jammu and Kashmir.

SRINAGAR: A moderate intensity earthquake that jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday led to the tilting of a minaret of the famous Sufi saint's shrine at Chrar-e-Sharief in Budgam district.

NEW DELHI: When scores of militant outfits with thousands of well-equipped cadres had created 'liberated zones' across the Kashmir valley and the most formidable group Hizbul Mujahideen's 'supreme commander' was holding the fortress in close vicinity of the Army's divisional headquarters in 1992-93, a nondescript BJP activist was studying and surveying separatism. He stayed at the Hizbul Chief Salahuddin's residential village of Soibug in Budgam district and met with the people. The black-bearded 43-year-old man's name was 'Narendra Bhai Modi'.

Guru Har Rai Sahib(1630-1661) was a man of good heart, benevolent and devoted disposition, but he had a fine incarnation of strength and tenderness. Guru Hargobind Sahib loved this grandson the most and the name 'Har Rai' was given by Guru Hargobind Sahib himself.

 CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Press Club condemned the Jammu & Kashmir administration move to de-register the Kashmir Press Club and subsequently sealing of the premises of the club. Earlier, in an unfortunate incident, the administration with the help of the security forces, forcefully took over the control of the Kashmir Press Club from the legally elected management. The incident took place on the next day, when the election to form the club’s new executive body was announced.

UNITED NATION: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his offer of "good offices" to resolve the Kashmir issue, which India has resolutely rejected in the past as New Delhi considers the dispute with Pakistan a bilateral matter.

SRINAGAR: Fourteen civilians stranded on road blocked by snow avalanches were rescued on Tuesday by the army despite highly hostile weather in the area.

AMRITSAR: The issue of conversion and marriage of two Sikh girls from Kashmir has been largely resolved through the efforts of Sikh leaders. Manmeet Kaur, an 18-year-old Sikh girl from Srinagar, was handed over to her family by the court following the persistent efforts of the Sikh community and thoughtful Sikh leaders. With Sukhbir Singh, it was done at Rainawari Gurdwara Sahib as per complete gurmaryada.

SRINAGAR:Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists including a top commander were killed during an encounter at Parimpora in Srinagar on Monday, police said on Tuesday.

LUCKNOW:Sikh organizations in the Uttar Pradesh capital have condemned alleged religious conversion of two Sikh girls in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded action against those responsible.

AMRITSAR:Head of Damdami Taksal chief Baba Harnsm Singh Khalsa has took strong notice of the attempt to kidnap two Sikh girls in Kashmir Valley and convert them to Islam and marry them, saying that Kashmir is now completely under the control of the Indian government, which is tragic for the Sikh community. Why are events happening?

AMRITSAR:The head of Damdami Baba Harnam Singh Khalsa took strong notice of the attempt to kidnap two Sikh girls in Kashmir Valley and convert them to Islam and marry them, saying that Kashmir is now completely under the control of the Indian government, which is tragic for the Sikh community. Why are events happening?

SRI NAGAR:The Army has said that the US pull out from Afghanistan may push some militants into Kashmir, but the security forces are ready to tackle any situation.

NEW DELHI: Pakistani media is behind-the-curve, unable to grasp the real meaning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's deft move to announce his intent to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir—a major strategic move after August 5, 2019, when J&K was turned into a Union Territory.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi President Paramjit Singh Sarna while welcoming the steps taken by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the Kashmir issue said that there was a resentment among the Sikhs which The Prime Minister has held a meeting with the leaders of Kashmir to find out why the Sikhs have been overlooked when the Sikhs have more than 200 villages and the Sikhs contribute equally to all kinds of development of Kashmir.

NEW DELHI: The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Thursday arrested four students hailing from Jammu and Kashmir in connection with its probe into the blast near the Israel Embassy here on January 29.

SRINAGAR: One terrorist was killed in an ongoing encounter at Wagoora, Naugam area of Srinagar, police said on Wednesday morning.

NEW YORK: Kevin Kishore Kaul, a Kashmiri Pandit who arrived in South Dakota on a student visa 30 years ago is wading into a crowded field of candidates betting that California will likely hurtle into a recall election for Governor in 2021.

SRINAGAR: Hours after terrorists shot dead a Municipal counsellor in Kashmir who was travelling without his Personal Security Officers (PSOs), IG Kashmir Vijay Kumar issued an advisory on Thursday asking the protected persons not to go anywhere without PSOs and assessment of the local threat.

SRINAGAR: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General M.M. Naravane, reached Kashmir on Wednesday on a two-day visit to review the prevailing security situation in the Union Territory (UT), the army said in a statement.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take decisive measures and ensure implementation of the UN Charter and the UN Security Council Resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir and play a key role in resolving the longstanding dispute.

SRINAGAR:There has been a bumper strawberry crop in Kashmir this year; farmers are busy in their fields harvesting their produce and packing it in small boxes but the growers are incurring losses despite the bumper crop due to the lockdown following the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW DELHI: Cleric-politician Mirwaiz Farooq, President of Awami Action Committee (AAC), and the Peoples Conference (PC) founder-president, Abdul Gani Lone, met an identical fate. While Mirwaiz was shot dead in a terror strike at his Nageen residence on May 21, 1990, Lone with two Police guards was gunned down at Srinagars sprawling Eidgah grounds at the end of a commemoration ceremony for Mirwaiz on May 21, 2002.

NEW DELHI: By any indication or analysis, the killers of Kashmirs eminent cleric-politician Mirwaiz Maulvi Mohammad Farooq have achieved nothing—none of their perceived goals—in the last 31 years of the bloodshed in the valley. Contrarily, thousands from Kashmirs host of human genres, including clergymen, politicians and intellectuals, perished in the senseless violence.

JAMMU: The Army rescued two people from drowning in the JCB vehicle that had got washed away in Marua River near Nawapachi village in Marwah valley of Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, army said on Thursday.

SRINAGAR: The J&K students association on Monday appealed to Union Home Minister, Amit Shah and Karnataka Chief Minister, B.S. Yediyurappa to drop sedition charges on 3 Kashmiri students and revoke their suspension.

CHANDIGARH: We have seen how aspiring actors come to Mumbai to fulfil their dreams of being a star. While some succeed, some are still struggling.One of them is Sajjad Nyk who also aspired to be an actor. Well, Sajjad's journey in the showbiz world was not easy.

UNITED NATIONS: General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir has said that the status of Jammu and Kashmir should not be changed while acknowledging the 1972 Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan making it a bilateral issue.

NEW DELHI: When she sent a picture of brooding girl, sitting atop a shikara, to Times square, one of her editors commented that it looked too grim to be sent where it would be flashed a few thousand times its original size. Working for an international news agency in Singapore, that was the moment she knew that it was important to do something that would represent her people. A year later, in 2008, she quit her job and began to write.

NAKODAR: The Nakodar sadar police have booked a Kashmir resident driver for breaking police barricades and cameras,The investigating officer (IO) Jorawar Singh said that the accused has been identified as Guljar Ahmad Shah a resident of Rishi Pora village in Shopian district. Kashmir.

SRINAGAR: An encounter broke out between the terrorists and security forces in the Zeipora area of South Kashmir's Shopian district on Monday, officials said.
The gunfight took place after a joint team of the police and the Army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.

SRINAGAR: The Indian army, BSF and J&K Police have foiled a narco smuggling and infiltration attempt in the forward areas of Tangdhar sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district and recovered 10 kg narcotics estimated to be worth approximately Rs 50 crore, officials said on Wednesday.

SRINAGAR: Three terrorists were killed in an encounter at Hadipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said on Sunday. The Army said three terrorists were eliminated at Hadipora in Shopian. One AK rifle and one pistol has been recovered, and the joint operation is is progress.

It's a wonderful World. Amidst the toings and froings of the Covid chaos, one good thing that has emerged is the luxury of time. Most days have gone by, reflecting the previous and a rough blueprint of the one to come. There is so much more of it to soak up the season, halt mid step, savour the air, smell the roses and experience the sound of silence. Never before has a day been filled with this many head to head or heart to heart conversations as now. All this madness notwithstanding, what does put my mind at ease is the lovely sights around me. Nature is thriving, with/without pandemic.

SRINAGAR: An encounter erupted between terrorists and security forces in the South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Friday, officials said.The gunfight started after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the Awantipora area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.

SRINAGAR: In the aftermath of an upsurge in COVID-19 infections in Kashmir, the director health services on Monday cancelled all leaves granted to doctors and paramedics except maternity leave and the leave taken due to medical emergency.

SRINAGAR: A gunfight is underway on Saturday in South Kashmir's Shopian district between security forces and terrorists, officials said.The gunfight erupted after a joint team of the police and the Army cordoned the forested Chor Ki Gali area and launced a search operation based on specific information on the presence of terrorists.

NEW YORK: "The government continued taking steps to restore normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir by gradually lifting some security and communications restrictions," according to the State Department's annual human rights report.

ISLAMABAD: Sardar Masood Khan, the President of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), has called on US President Joe Biden's administration to intervene in resolving the decades-long Kashmir conflict.

SRINAGAR: One Municipal Councillor and a Special Police Officer (SPO) of J&K policeman were killed in a terrorist attack at Sopore in North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday, sources said.

SRINAGAR: One unidentified terrorist has been killed in an ongoing encounter at Wangam area of South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday evening, officials said.

CHENNAI: The Lulu group owned by multi-billionaire Keralite businessman M.A. Yusuf Ali has, heeding the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support the Kashmiri apple farmers, imported around 400 tons of Kashmiri apples to the Middle East.