November 25 is blackest of black day in Mirpur: When Hindus paid the price of not joining Pakistan

The attacks by tribal lashkars led by Pakistani soldiers on Jammu and Kashmir ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh began on October 22. A lot had been done by Pakistan in the...

Abdullahs, Mehbooba know in heart that J & K of old is gone forever

It took Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah 22 years to learn that participation in elections was the real test of popularity of any leader or his party. Fortunately, leaders of...

Srinagar DM cracks the whip on lawyers’ body; its rulebook terms J and K “disputed territory”

Kashmir and Jammu don't have much in common by way of weather, culture, food habits or ethos either. The disparate regions were brought together by Dogra king Gulab Singh...

Jammu and Kashmir cross a lakh of Corona positive cases; Srinagar is the worst

It was a dubious milestone the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir crossed on Wednesday. The number of Wuhan virus infection cases in the UT crossed 1,00,000, with...

Battle of Shalteng: The officer who demoted himself and why Indians must never forget him

It was on October 22, 1947, that tribal lashkars under the command and control of Pakistani Army attacked Jammu and Kashmir state. Over the next few days, utter confusion...

Abdullahs, Mufti—all Gupkaris--catch the bus for DDC elections; Article 370-35A can wait

People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) spokesman Sajad Lone announced in Jammu on Saturday that the alliance parties will take part in the District Development...

How was Abdullah patriarch “Sher-I-Kashmir”? When Hari Singh is accused for the same “crime”?

The battles for saving the Kashmir valley had started on October 27 itself, the very first day the Indian troops had landed in Srinagar around 8.30 am. A day earlier, on...