Skip to main content

Adblock Detected

We noticed you are blocking advertisements. Our free, open and unbaised journalism is partly made possible by displaying advertisement to our readers. We do respect your choice to block advertisment, but, in the spirit of keeping our journalism open, fair and unbaised please do consider supporting our endevour by disabling your ad blocker. Here are the instruction on how to diable ad blocker.

Braid Chopping: Teams formed to report facts, provide assistance to victims
Govt revokes attachment order of JDI Kashmir
China to speed up construction of power project in PaK
Custody of 7 Hurriyat leaders extended till Nov 14
House of PDP worker killed last night set ablaze in Shopian
Girl raped by 3 men in Jammu, 2 held: Police
Kupwara Braid chopping Incident : SHO among 4 injured in clashes
Army soldier accused of braid chopping, thrashed in Kupwara
Nearly 300 Rohingya villages torched in Myanmar: HRW
Shutdown in Pulwama against braid choping incidents
Pakistan wins UNHRC seat
Clashes in Hajin during CASO
Protest in Rambagh after braid chopping incident
Princess Diana’s final words before her death revealed
Panama Papers journalist killed in car bomb
  1. Women protest against non stop braid chopping incidents in Maisuma- KO photo Faisal Bhat
    Local News

    Braid Chopping: Mystery Deepens; Panic Mounts, Police Clueless

    People in many areas had sleepless nights with wild rumours making rounds. Police on the other hand remained adamant ruling out criminal angle and dismissing allegations that the security agencies

  1. DGP S P Vaid

    New Alibi to Settle Scores: Police

    "Some people are accusing security forces of braid chopping only to create an unrest. We have formed teams in every area to provide assistance but people don't step forward for help."

  2. At different places people have formed small groups to keep a vigil for the entire night.

    Form Vigilante Committees: Hurriyat

    Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani Monday expressed deep concern over the increasing braid chopping incidents and said that it has given rise to scare and fear as now burglary

  1. KEG

    KEG Calls for Revamp of Information Department

    “The department has degraded itself into a fief with apparently self-projection as the sole business. There is complete collapse of communication...

  2. Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh

    PDP Activist Shot Dead in Shopian

    Police said that the militants fired upon Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh (50) near his residence at Huomhuna, Imamsahab at around 8:05 pm. “The gunmen took...

  3. SHRC directs Govt to pay 5 lakh compensation to Safakadal firing victim

    Govt Actions Can’t Be Discriminatory: HC

    The government actions have a public element and there should be fairness and equality in all provinces of the society, the Jammu and Kashmir High...

  4. Car Rolls Down into Chenab, 4 Killed

    Family of 5 Killed in Doda Mishap

    Five members of a family were killed when a car they were travelling in rolled down a gorge in Doda district of Kashmir on Monday evening.Police...

  5. 2) Police in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday claimed to have arrested two militants and an over-ground worker of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen allegedly involved in Saturday Kulgam attack in which a policeman was killed. Photo-Faisal Bhat/KO

    Top Security Brass Repeats Surrender Offer

    IGP Kashmir, Munir Khan said that forces are ready to accept surrender of local militants even during gunfights and would be provided every support...

Local

  1. Obeying Rules and Kashmiris - A Sour Combination?

  1. Govt tightens noose around traffic violators

  2. Regularization policy before Darbar move: Govt

  3. Detention of militant’s brother sparks protest at IUST

  4. Hurriyat (G) Concerned at Rising Braid Chopping Incidents

  5. Braid Chopping Scare: Hurriyat (M) Says Govt, Police Failure 'Ironical'

City

  1. At Goni Khan Market Desperate Women Shoppers Knock At Peoples Doors

  1. Traders Resent Govt Move to Construct Marriage Hall in Busy Gonikhan Market

  2.  Massive 25th Muharram Procession in Shalimar

  3. CUK’s MBA students bag awards

  4. World Food Day celebrated at GHSS Amirakadal

  5. Disaster Risk Reduction Day held in GHSS Kothibagh

Regional

  1. Over four-fifths of Indians trust government, majority support autocracy: Pew survey

  1. Over four-fifths of Indians trust government, majority support autocracy: Pew survey

  2. 90% of IAS officers ‘do not work’,hold up files, says Arvind Kejriwal

  3. Taj Mahal a blot on Indian culture, Mughals traitors: BJP MLA

  4. Leave India As Soon As Possible:Pranab Told Pak Minister After 26/11

  5. Pakistan took ‘tremendous advantage’ of US for years: Donald Trump

International

  1. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un

  1. Nuclear war may break out at any time, warns North Korea

  2. Like Gauri Lankesh,woman journalist who exposed Panama-papers killed by car bomb

  3. Firefighter reveals Princess Diana’s final words before her death

  4. Israeli settlers steal olive pickings of Palestinian farmers in West Bank

  5. No halt to Iran missile development: IRGC

In Depth

Business

  1. New Industrial Policy Was Flawed :Govt

  1. Finance Department for speeding-up expenditure to meet time-lines

  2. ‘World Bank-funded Rs 44.61 cr Kashmir Haat-II to come up at Pampore’

  3. Workshop on 'Skill Dev & Entrepreneurship' at IASE

  4. India’s economic slowdown due to demonetisation,GST;need structural reforms:IMF

Sports

  1. State Football League-2017

  1. Young Iqbal,J&K Bank,Real Kashmir FC,AG's XI secure easy victories 

  2. Timid J&K suffer massive defeat

  3. J&K Bank XI thrash Iqbal Sports in lopsided affair

  4. JKCA ‘killing’ Talent: Highest wicket taker accuses selectors of ‘nepotism’

Tech & Health

  1. Komsan Loonprom/Shutterstock

  1. Seven body organs you can live without

  2. This modern eating disorder makes you sick even when you’re eating healthy

  3. Here’s why men are at increased risk of developing cancer

  4. Just 21-minutes of exercise a day can increase your lifespan by 3-yrs

e-Replica

Read Today's Edition

Editorial

  1. Editorial

  1. Getting rational towards ‘mass hysteria’

  2. For militancy to end

  3. Back to dialogue

Observer Analysis

  1. Former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference delegation in New Delhi in 2004. (File Pic)

  1. Is a New Delhi-Hurriyat Dialogue on Cards?

  2. Strategies for Reconciliation: Intangible Cultural Heritage for Building Peace

  3. And Now Love Jihad in J&K

Feature

  1. Born on Oct 17, 1817, Syed Ahmad bin Muttaqi Khan began his career in service of the East India Company. After the war of 1857 he started working for educational reforms for the Muslims of India. In 1888 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the

  1. Essay: The Man Who Became A Movement

  2. Favouritism,biases & politics: Here's what is plaguing cricket in Kashmir

  3. Assessing Trump’s Criticisms of Iran and the Nuclear Deal

Opinion

  1. Protests in Maisuma area of Srinagar against braid chopping incidents

  1. Braid chopping panic in Kashmir

  2. Is IS actually bad? UnIslamic?

  3. The Online Media May be Anarchic,but Shows More Spirit than Mainstream Media

Melange

Interview

  1. Dr. Ahmad Bader Eddin Mohammad Adib Hassoun

  1. Syrian Grand Mufti Warns Muslims From Falling Prey to Extremism

  2. Meet This Lady-Doctor Who Turned To Writing to Express Pain of Kashmiris

  3. Kashmir Not a Muslim Vs Hindu Issue: Mirwaiz

Review

  1. Kashmir: Exposing the myth behind the narrative

  1. Kashmir: Exposing the myth behind the narrative

  2. Anatomy of the Post-partition India

  3. Meet the men who drew the line that divided India from Pakistan

Heads and Tails

  1. The plight of fish in aquariums

  1. The plight of fish in aquariums

  2. And Now The Insect Smugglers

  3. Ignorant Man Irrational Belief

Letters to Editor

  1. Is it not the right time for government to scrape off  the  reservation system or at least modify the existing system.

  1. Why reservation system is a menace

  2. Best thing you can do for your children

  3. Simultaneous Lok Sabha, state asseembies polls by September 2018?

Observer TV

  1. Embedded thumbnail for Unravel Kashmir | Chapter 2 | Rohingya Refugee Circus | Trailer

    Unravel Kashmir | Chapter 2 | Rohingya Refugee Circus | Trailer

    Watch Video