Kashmir Tension

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar has been closed and the students asked to leave the campus and the hostel amid tensions over an alleged blasphemous post by a non-local student.

The fixed-line and mobile internet services were restored in Ramban district, while Doda, Kishtwar district still face curfew as a precaution to avoid communal violence in the valley.

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said efforts are on defuse tension in Bhaderwah town, rocked by protests over controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammad.

Curfew was imposed and Internet services have been suspended in major towns of Chinab valley region in Jammu and Kashmir after protests over objectionable social media post.

Curfew has been imposed and the army has been called in to conduct a flag march in Bhaderwah town of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district over attempts by some elements to create communal tension.

A Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was among two ultras killed in an encounter with security forces in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said.

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal has demanded a ban on the recently released film "The Kashmir Files" fearing it will propagate communal feelings/tensions among people.

The United Nations Human Rights Office has responded to India's recent rejection of the UN Human Rights chief's remarks that "restrictive measures in Kashmir can result in human rights violations and foster further tensions and discontent".

The US has condemned terrorists who seek to infiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, calling on all the parties to reduce tensions along the frontiers by returning to the 2003 ceasefire commitments between the two countries.

Pakistan's attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue through the United Nations has again "come to naught", after a UN Security Council meeting convened by China to discuss the matter ended without any outcome, a top Indian diplomat said on Thursday.

Over the past two months an Air Force base in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar has been the nerve centre of a massive logistical exercise by the military, as India responds to the threat posed by the build-up of Chinese forces in eastern Ladakh

The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have issued two orders asking oil companies to stock up LPG cylinders to last at least two months in Kashmir valley and requisition of school buildings for accommodation of security forces in Ganderbal district. The orders came amid growing tension along the Line of Actual Control or LAC in eastern Ladakh and fr...

The United Nations Security Council will meet at China's request on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, diplomats said.

At UNESCO meet, Ananya Agarwal, who led the Indian delegation, said that Pakistan is home to all shades of darkness, from extremist ideologies and darker powers of radicalisation to the darkest manifestations of terrorism.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met his Malaysian counterpart Saifuddin Abdullah on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting in Azerbaijan and held an "open and candid conversation on outstanding issues."

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar has been closed and the students asked to leave the campus and the hostel amid tensions over an alleged blasphemous post by a non-local student.

The fixed-line and mobile internet services were restored in Ramban district, while Doda, Kishtwar district still face curfew as a precaution to avoid communal violence in the valley.

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said efforts are on defuse tension in Bhaderwah town, rocked by protests over controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammad.

Curfew was imposed and Internet services have been suspended in major towns of Chinab valley region in Jammu and Kashmir after protests over objectionable social media post.

Curfew has been imposed and the army has been called in to conduct a flag march in Bhaderwah town of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district over attempts by some elements to create communal tension.

A Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was among two ultras killed in an encounter with security forces in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said.

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal has demanded a ban on the recently released film "The Kashmir Files" fearing it will propagate communal feelings/tensions among people.

The United Nations Human Rights Office has responded to India's recent rejection of the UN Human Rights chief's remarks that "restrictive measures in Kashmir can result in human rights violations and foster further tensions and discontent".

The US has condemned terrorists who seek to infiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, calling on all the parties to reduce tensions along the frontiers by returning to the 2003 ceasefire commitments between the two countries.

Pakistan's attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue through the United Nations has again "come to naught", after a UN Security Council meeting convened by China to discuss the matter ended without any outcome, a top Indian diplomat said on Thursday.

Over the past two months an Air Force base in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar has been the nerve centre of a massive logistical exercise by the military, as India responds to the threat posed by the build-up of Chinese forces in eastern Ladakh

The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have issued two orders asking oil companies to stock up LPG cylinders to last at least two months in Kashmir valley and requisition of school buildings for accommodation of security forces in Ganderbal district. The orders came amid growing tension along the Line of Actual Control or LAC in eastern Ladakh and fr...

The United Nations Security Council will meet at China's request on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, diplomats said.

At UNESCO meet, Ananya Agarwal, who led the Indian delegation, said that Pakistan is home to all shades of darkness, from extremist ideologies and darker powers of radicalisation to the darkest manifestations of terrorism.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met his Malaysian counterpart Saifuddin Abdullah on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting in Azerbaijan and held an "open and candid conversation on outstanding issues."