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Javaid Mujtaba Geelani, inspector general of police (IGP), Kashmir, told reporters in Srinagar that “Adequate security arrangements have been made in Srinagar city and other places in the valley to ensure militants are not able to disrupt normalcy”.

With this, BSF beat its own record from last year when it planted over 3,09,000 trees in a similar drive. “Neither are we going to offer nor will we accept any gift”, said BSG IG Punjab Frontier Anil Paliwal. has decided that it will neither offer nor accept candies...

The BSF figures in the Limca Book of Records by planting over 309,000 saplings in 30 minutes previous year.

The official also said that on Friday restrictions were imposed in parts of Srinagar city to prevent separatist celebrations on Pakistan’s Independence Day.

No ceremonial exchange of candies and gifts will take place between BSF and Pak Rangers during the Independence day celebrations on both the sides, in the wake of recent ceasefire violations and cross-border terror bids from the Pakistan side.

Last week, three Pakistani civilians were martyred and 11 injured due to a similar incident of unprovoked firing and shelling by Indian forces across the Sialkot Working Boundary. The continued firing has led to panic among villagers in border areas, but there are no reports of...

He confirmed that Pakistan has not invited the speaker of Indian-held Kashmir assembly to participate in Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) to be held in Islamabad.

The advisor said that he would raise the issue of Indian interference in Pakistan with his Indian counterpart. He insisted that the government’s decision not to participate in the CPU meeting is correct. The Vice-Patron is normally the Head of State or Government of the...

India’s official broadcaster – All India Radio (AIR) Friday said Indian troops guarding the LoC retaliated to firing from Pakistan.

Triggering a fresh controversy, Pakistan again raised the Kashmir issue by refusing to invite the Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker to a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference it is hoisting on the ground that the state is disputed territory, leading to India...

The APHC in a statement issued after a meeting chaired by its Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in Srinagar said that India and Pakistan needed to show political farsightedness to deal with the tense situation.

This comes after Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker was not invited for the meet.

After the two back-to-back attacks in Gurdaspur and Udhampur, choices before India are stark: Carry on as before, launch tit-for-tat strikes, or turn our backs on Pakistan.

The capture of a self-confessed Pakistani militant in Udhampur today has thrust the Narendra Modi government into a bind over whether to pursue talks between Indian and Pakistani national security advisers later this month, a decision complicated by a ticking public perception bomb.

Though some violations have been reported on both sides, the cease-fire however remains in effect.