J&K: Omar Abdullah govt has failed to provide us security, say sarpanchs

Yet another sarpanch was shot dead in Baramulla on Sunday evening. He is the 5th sarpanch to be murdered by the militants. ...
10:48 AM, Feb 25, 2013

Jammu and Kashmir: Suspected militants kill yet another panchayat member

Suspected militants have murdered the elected village official in Baramulla. Javid Wani was shot at by militant at Kalantra and later died. He is the fifth sarpanch to be murdered by the militants. ...
11:40 PM, Feb 24, 2013

The Last Word: Should the Indian govt have found a better way to inform Afzal Guru's family of execution?

Karan Thapar asks a panel of experts whether the government was right to rely on Speed Post, in this day and age of modern communication, or should it have chosen a more efficient method. ...
09:54 PM, Feb 13, 2013

Afzal Guru hanged: Justice has been done, says Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit

The Congress leader reacted to Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah's statements saying that informing Afzal Guru's family by Speed Post was part of the protocol. ...
08:44 AM, Feb 11, 2013

Situation in Jammu and Kashmir tense but calm after Afzal's hanging: Omar Abdullah

An angry Omar Abdullah said that the Centre will have to prove to 'Kashmiris and the wider world' that this wasn't a selective execution. ...
11:17 PM, Feb 10, 2013

TWTW: Cyrus Broacha takes on fundamentalists, extremists

In this episode of The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha takes on the people who find a reason to protest against almost everything. ...
02:07 PM, Feb 10, 2013

Afzal Guru executed for political gain: Lawyer Kamini Jaiswal

Kamini Jaiswal has hit out saying death row convicts are being used for political gains. ...
03:08 PM, Feb 09, 2013

It's a sad day for Kashmiris: Shabnam Lone on Afzal Guru's hanging

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged to death on Saturday at 8 am inside Tihar jail. ...
02:00 PM, Feb 09, 2013

Want to congratulate UPA govt, President: Senior lawyer Majid Memon on Afzal's hanging

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged at 8 am on Saturday inside Tihar jail. ...
11:16 AM, Feb 09, 2013

Afzal Guru execution: Curfew imposed in Srinagar, other areas in J&K

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged on Saturday at 8 am inside Tihar jail, Home Secretary RK Singh said. ...
09:08 AM, Feb 09, 2013

Don't stop performing: Iranian all-woman band to Pragaash

Jammu and Kashmir's first girl band on Monday decided to call it quits after a fatwa was issued against them by the valley's Grand Mufti. ...
11:54 PM, Feb 06, 2013

The Last Word: Why is Indian society unable to stand up for freedom of expression?

The VHP's women wing on Wednesday continued to disrupt an exhibition at Delhi Art Gallery saying it portrayed women in a bad way. ...
11:05 PM, Feb 06, 2013

News 360: Kashmir no place for music, says J&K girl band member

Srinagar Police on Tuesday filed an FIR against those who posted online abuse and threats aimed at the valley's first girls-only rock band. But the band members said they gave up after the state's Grand Mufti's fatwa. ...
10:52 PM, Feb 05, 2013

Heavy western disturbance behind snow, rainfall across N India: Met Dept

Delhi saw massive traffic jams and water-logged streets as it received the highest rainfall in February since 1942. ...
07:13 PM, Feb 05, 2013

J&K: Govt should have acted sooner, says Mehbooba Mufti on fatwa against girl band

Main Opposition party leader Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday condemned the Omar Abdullah government for what she called "delayed response" to the fatwa against Kashmir's first girl band. ...
06:45 PM, Feb 05, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

CBI faces challenge of proving direct link between Suresh Kalmadi, Swiss Timing. Omar Abdullah assures security to girl band in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
11:55 PM, Feb 04, 2013

Should an all-women band be deemed un-Islamic?

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that full security will be provided to the members of the state's first girl band if they wanted to pursue their music career. ...
11:40 PM, Feb 04, 2013

News 360: J&K's first girl band quits after fatwa

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday told CNN-IBN that the state will protect the girls if they wanted to continue performing. ...
10:24 PM, Feb 04, 2013

Fatwa against girl band: State must intervene, says Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir's first girl band on Monday decided to quit following a fatwa against them. ...
06:52 PM, Feb 04, 2013

Girls should sing in their homes, not in public: Mufti Maulana Bashir-ud-Din

Kashmir's Grand Mufti has condemned the first girl rock band and issued a fatwa against them, saying music is bad for the society and women must be under a veil at all times. The senior cleric has also called for women in the country to wear the veil at all times and said that women performing in public is the reason for increasing number of sexual assaults. ...
11:40 AM, Feb 04, 2013