By Amulya Ganguli It's never been a secret that the Hindu supremacist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is the friend, philosopher and guide of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The gurudakshina, or tuition ...

London, Nov 21 (ANI): The alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in which more than 179 people died was openly spotted in Lahore delivering the Friday sermon to thousands of ...

New Delhi/Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is slated to travel to China, has said Beijing has a "direct link with Kashmir". The Mirwaiz, who is set to ...

New Delhi, Nov 20(ANI): External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Friday said that Chairman of the separatist Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was free to travel wherever he wanted, including China. Mirwaiz ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Some 3,000 Indians, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, have been killed in landmine explosions over the past 10 years, according to an NGO working for a world ...

New Delhi/Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was free to travel anywhere he wanted to, including China, but his visa should not be separately stapled as ...

New Delhi/Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was free to travel anywhere he wanted to, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said here Friday. The chief of ...

Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who heads the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference, plans to visit Beijing after Eid on Nov 28 on an invitation from ...

Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Leaders of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference are divided on the efficacy of the "quiet" talks with the central government. The executive ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani and Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily are expected to meet Friday evening to finalise who India's new ...

Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov. 19 (ANI): Two key witnesses in the Shopian rape and murder case, Ghulam Mohiuddin Lone and Abdul Rashid Pampori have turned hostile, retracting their statements which implicated ...

By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, Nov 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's Hurriyat Conference is committed to solving the Kashmir issue through meaningful dialogue with New Delhi but also wants Pakistan on board, says ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Right to Information (RTI) activists from across the country Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) be appointed ...

Sherri (Jammu and Kashmir) Nov 18 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress chief Saifuddin Soz has hinted that talks with separatist leaders might be renewed soon. Interacting with the media here, Soz ...

Srinagar, Nov 18 (IANS) It was with joy tinged with sadness that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inaugurated a school building, funded by an NGO, in north Kashmir. Pointing to the malaise of ...

By Joydeep Gupta New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Munni Rawat, a 50-year-old homemaker in Uttarakhand state in the Himalayas, does not know about the climate summit in Copenhagen next month. But she does ...

By M.R. Madhavan The month-long winter session of parliament begins this Thursday, presenting the government with an opportunity to further its reform agenda. There has been much talk of reforms in higher ...

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 18 (ANI): A large number of militants are ready to enter the country from various points along the international border and the Line of Control (LoC), security ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Prominent Right to Information (RTI) activist Shekhar Singh is among the persons being considered for the post of chief information commissioner (CIC), government sources said here. "Shekhar Singh ...

Srinagar, Nov 17 (ANI): Hundreds of Muslims attended a Hindu marriage ceremony here on Monday. Gatoo, the only Hindu Pundit family residing in the area dominated by Muslims, received a lot of help ...

Jammu, Nov 17 (IANS) The Indian Army's Northern Command hospital at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir has successfully performed bone marrow transplant in a cancer patient, becoming the first institution in the ...

By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, Nov 17 (IANS) The most critical of the working groups set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2006 to improve relations between Jammu and Kashmir and the ...

Ladakh, Nov 17 (ANI): Normal life was thrown out of gear as the entire Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir received heavy snowfall. The entire Ladakh region including Kargil district, was covered with ...

Srinagar, Nov 17 (ANI): The army on Tuesday foiled another infiltration bid by killing a terrorist and arresting another in the Tanghdar sector of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir. According to sources, ...

Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 16: A Battalion Commander (BC) of the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday. According to the police, in ...

Jammu, Nov 16 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) O.P. Tanwar was killed and two of his security guards and driver were injured Monday in a landmine explosion triggered ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government to explain, in response to a lawsuit, why the ban on pre-paid mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh has approached the Supreme Court for restoration of pre-paid mobile phone connections in Kashmir, and said the union ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh has approached the Supreme Court for restoration of pre-paid mobile connections in Kashmir, which were banned by the ...

Jammu, Nov 16 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) O.P. Tanwar was killed while two of his security guards and a driver were injured Monday in a blast close ...