Valley Unrest

Trucks were allowed to move on Monday after protests across the valley; growers say 8,000 trucks with apples worth crores were stuck

During the 2010 civilian unrest in Kashmir, an all-party delegation led by then Home Minister P Chidambaram visited the Valley to reach out to people and find a way to resolve the crisis.

The Centre's outreach to "first time offenders" in Jammu and Kashmir could mean freedom for 4,500 young men. All of them had been arrested for stone-pelting, mostly during the five-month unrest in the valley that started after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani. All of them have been in police lock-up since their arrest.

Most Kashmiri Pandit employees left the valley last year after a long spell of unrest following the encounter of Burhan Wani. Now, 500 of them are refusing to return.

At her first major political rally after last year's unrest in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday pitched for deepening cross-border exchange with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, political consensus to take steps to end the bloodshed in the state and heal the pain of Kashmiris.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley visited Kashmir on Wednesday to review the security situation in the Valley and the areas near the Line of Control, which are facing continuous shelling from Pakistan for the last three days. He asked the army commanders to maintain strict vigil along the LoC and stay prepared to give a fitting reply to the shelling.

In face of increasing terror attacks in Kashmir valley, the security forces have taken a very divergent view from the government to contain the problem. Their prescription is Governor's Rule - poles apart from the state government's suggestion of winning the hearts and minds of the people.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and discussed the security situation in the state with him. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister's Office at South Block and lasted about 45 minutes. The governor discussed the continuing unrest in parts of the Kashmir Valley, official sources said.

The next three months are going to be crucial for Kashmir. With relentless violence searing the Kashmir Valley her stronghold for months now, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning and insisted that to restore peace, the centre will have to relaunch the policy introduced by former Prime Minister and BJP gold s...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Mehbooba Mufti today said the "failure" of the previous Omar Abdullah government to deal with the issue of stone-pelting had led to the unrest last year and the situation in the Valley at present.

Asia's largest tulip garden has opened for tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar. It is a spectrum of colours featuring thousands of tulips, which have blossomed in the lap of Zabarwan hills along the banks of Dal lake.

Ghulam Rasool Wani made Jammu his home 15 years ago when he was attacked by the militants and forced to leave the Kashmir Valley. Since then, it has been a struggle for Mr Wani to register himself as a migrant. He has made several trips to the commissioner's office after the state government allowed fresh registration of migrants a few months ago.

The education sector has been badly hit in Kashmir Valley during the five-month-long unrest, causing "irreversible loss" to students, the Economic Survey Report has said.

Basit Ahmad and Mohammad Asrar deserve all the credit for never letting their passion die, despite the simmering unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. The unrest meant there were was no sports activity in the valley for over four months.

After 5 months of shut down and unrest in the Kashmir Valley, separatists are now promising tourists they'll be safe.

Trucks were allowed to move on Monday after protests across the valley; growers say 8,000 trucks with apples worth crores were stuck

During the 2010 civilian unrest in Kashmir, an all-party delegation led by then Home Minister P Chidambaram visited the Valley to reach out to people and find a way to resolve the crisis.

The Centre's outreach to "first time offenders" in Jammu and Kashmir could mean freedom for 4,500 young men. All of them had been arrested for stone-pelting, mostly during the five-month unrest in the valley that started after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani. All of them have been in police lock-up since their arrest.

Most Kashmiri Pandit employees left the valley last year after a long spell of unrest following the encounter of Burhan Wani. Now, 500 of them are refusing to return.

At her first major political rally after last year's unrest in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday pitched for deepening cross-border exchange with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, political consensus to take steps to end the bloodshed in the state and heal the pain of Kashmiris.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley visited Kashmir on Wednesday to review the security situation in the Valley and the areas near the Line of Control, which are facing continuous shelling from Pakistan for the last three days. He asked the army commanders to maintain strict vigil along the LoC and stay prepared to give a fitting reply to the shelling.

In face of increasing terror attacks in Kashmir valley, the security forces have taken a very divergent view from the government to contain the problem. Their prescription is Governor's Rule - poles apart from the state government's suggestion of winning the hearts and minds of the people.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and discussed the security situation in the state with him. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister's Office at South Block and lasted about 45 minutes. The governor discussed the continuing unrest in parts of the Kashmir Valley, official sources said.

The next three months are going to be crucial for Kashmir. With relentless violence searing the Kashmir Valley her stronghold for months now, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning and insisted that to restore peace, the centre will have to relaunch the policy introduced by former Prime Minister and BJP gold s...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Mehbooba Mufti today said the "failure" of the previous Omar Abdullah government to deal with the issue of stone-pelting had led to the unrest last year and the situation in the Valley at present.

Asia's largest tulip garden has opened for tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar. It is a spectrum of colours featuring thousands of tulips, which have blossomed in the lap of Zabarwan hills along the banks of Dal lake.

Ghulam Rasool Wani made Jammu his home 15 years ago when he was attacked by the militants and forced to leave the Kashmir Valley. Since then, it has been a struggle for Mr Wani to register himself as a migrant. He has made several trips to the commissioner's office after the state government allowed fresh registration of migrants a few months ago.

The education sector has been badly hit in Kashmir Valley during the five-month-long unrest, causing "irreversible loss" to students, the Economic Survey Report has said.

Basit Ahmad and Mohammad Asrar deserve all the credit for never letting their passion die, despite the simmering unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. The unrest meant there were was no sports activity in the valley for over four months.

After 5 months of shut down and unrest in the Kashmir Valley, separatists are now promising tourists they'll be safe.