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SRINAGAR - Cadets went on a nightlong rampage inside a police training school complex in Jammu and Kashmir smashing the property as well as vehicles on the Srinagar-Leh highway.

 

Scores of trainees at the Manigam police training school in the... more

WASHINGTON: The United States has said there has been no change in its position on Kashmir and encourages India and Pakistan to resolve its differences bilaterally.

"As always, we encourage cooperation and consultation and discussion between the Governments of India and Pakistan," the... more

Afghan officials have said the removal of the flag and nameplate from the Taliban's Qatar office is not enough.

Afghan peace negotiators say they are unhappy with Taliban statements.

"It is a kind of Taliban establishment which we don't want," Muhammad Ismael Qasemyar, a member of... more

Local News

SRINAGAR - A pall of gloom was witnessed at Lalpora area of frontier Kupwara district after a two year old girl drowned in a local stream, police today said. Police said a... more
Srinagar - Three persons including a minor died and four others were injured in different road accidents across the valley, police today said. An unknown vehicle hit a six... more

Regional News

PESHAWAR — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, although the militant group... more
LAHORE: Two petitions seeking reopening of cases of executed Ghazi Ilm Din Shaheed and Bhagat Singh were filed before the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Friday, with... more

City News

SRINAGAR: Legendary singer Raj Begum Wednesday inaugurated the 3-day music festival here being organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages. As the... more
Srinagar - With an aim to expedite the process of Library Automation in the State of Jammu and Kashmir Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir started a five days... more

Sports

Srinagar -  Saying youth is our future, Minister for Agriculture,  Ghulam Hassan Mir today called upon the Youth Services and Sports Department to hold sports... more
SRINAGAR - Director General Youth Services and Sports Navin Agarwal in function held today awarded 35 bright students from Srinagar with scholarships.... more

News in Pictures

Shabnam from Gangbou, Batamaloo says her brother, Manzoor Ahmed, was arrested by army in 1997 and she never saw him again. Her family has been frantically trying to ensure his fate but in vain Pic By: Syed Shehriyar
Broominghood: A non-local kid smiles as he gives final shape to his broom in city outskirts on Wednesday Pic by: Syed Shahriyar
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Pulwama residents turned out in droves to pay homage to the slain Jaish militants.

World News

This article was co-written by Dr. Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett and Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi and originally posted on Aljazeera. The United States' perennially mistaken Iran "experts" are already spinning Hassan Rohani’s victory in Iran's... more
Islamabad- Nawaz Sharif will be sworn in for a record third term as Pakistan's Prime Minister tomorrow after he is formally elected to the post and a very small cabinet comprising close aides is expected to take oath along with him. Sharif's... more

Business

Five-star Luxury Returns to Kashmir As Violence Ebbs
Sheikh Qayoom GULMARG - Like a phoenix risen from the ashes, Kashmir has once again got a five-star luxury resort two decades after the only such property in the Valley... more

Technology

The internet search giant posted a statement on its official blog insisting that it had not joined a US government program called Prism. The UK intelligence service GCHQ has also been accused of gathering intelligence on British citizens through the... more

Editorial

Green has been associated with Islam since the time of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself, but in recent years the color has also come to symbolize the Muslim commitment to... more

Opinion

Though to say that in these troubled times in Kashmir I am often reminded of Mirza Ghalib may appear to be odd, but it is true. And this is not because his poetry... more

Letters

Apropos opinion, “Faith Healers Or Fake Healers?” by Er Tabish Reyaz Shah, Kashmir Observer, May 28, I agree that in Kashmir most of the persons who termed themselves as the... more

Features

Kashmir is not a place to be remembered for lofty mountains and tourist spots only. It has always been a land of great musicians as well. The history and tradition of music... more

Interviews

Sports Transformed Kashmir’s Agitating Youth: Navin Agarwal
SRINAGAR – After 2008-2010 mass uprising in Kashmir, the sports activities that were halted have now proved a “vital tool for the police and civil administration to transform... more

Reviews

This is an excerpt from B.Z. Khasru’s upcoming book, The Bangladesh Military Coup and the CIA Link, which will be released by Rupa & Co. in New Delhi in July Indira... more

Heads & Tails

If you insist on being seduced by TV commercials into buying “skin care” and cosmetic products, if you are the kind of person who needs to have make up on their face to be... more

Bazar Observer

SRINAGAR - A protest rally was today held by opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters from Sonawari constituency against the local MLA and minister for Higher... more