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Kashmir

News Reports

‘Kashmir is an important part of India’: Why US envoy Sergio Gor’s choice of words matters and how it is a reality check for Pakistan

Jinit Jain - 19 August, 2026

Sergio Gor’s Kashmir remark is a diplomatic reality check for Pakistan and a reaffirmation that Washington continues to view India as a vital strategic partner.

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Zaira Wasim questions girls dancing at Kashmir Independence Day event: How Talibanesque orthodoxy disguised as ‘Islamic values’ become a gateway to radicalism

Jinit Jain - 18 August, 2026

Zaira Wasim chose to leave Bollywood for Islam, that is her choice; but telling Kashmiri Muslim girls that dancing, performing and participating in India's public life threaten their faith is not religious freedom, it is regressive radicalism.

SIA raids 9 locations in connection with the 1990 murder of Kashmiri Pandit Sarwanand Koul Premi: Read about the poet and his brutal killing

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2026

Over 36 years after Kashmiri Pandit poet Sarwanand Koul Premi and his son were abducted and killed, the SIA conducted searches across nine locations in Jammu and Kashmir, marking a major breakthrough in the long-unresolved 1990 case.

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Houses of terrorists demolished, 2500 OGWs detained, Kashmir on high alert as forces launch major crackdown after murder of on-duty constable in Anantnag

Rukma Rathore - 24 July, 2026

The LeT front TRF has taken responsibility for the killing. Both groups were involved in the Pahalgam terror attack.

Crime

Jammu and Kashmir: Top LeT commander Zakir Ganai eliminated in an encounter with security forces in Shopian, hunt on for his terrorist aide Latief...

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2026

Zakir Ganai's death was hailed by officials as a major victory in the continuing counterterrorism effort in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Zojila Tunnel reaches final breakthrough: How this Himalayan mega project will transform strategic connectivity and strengthen India’s security

Shriti Sagar - 8 June, 2026

The Zojila Tunnel is being constructed between Baltal near Sonmarg in Jammu and Kashmir and Meenamarg in the Drass region of Ladakh.

Crime

‘Kashmir Pages’ on Instagram to radicalise and recruit terrorists, TTP links and more: Bengaluru NIA court sentences Hamraz Worshid Shaikh to 7 years RI

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2026

A special Bengaluru court convicted Maharashtra resident Hamraz Worshid Shaikh after he pleaded guilty to recruiting vulnerable Indian youth for banned terror outfits Taliban and TTP to wage war against India.

Government and Policy

Take over of banned Jamaat-e-Islami’s Falah-e-Aam Trust-run schools completed by J&K govt: Read how the campaign began in 2022

OpIndia Staff - 3 May, 2026

In 2022, the government took over administrative authority of the 22 initial FAT schools, initiating the action.

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J&K man Zulfikar posed as Krishna to lure a Hindu woman in Haryana, raped, blackmailed, tortured and tried to force-feed carabeef: Here’s what the...

पूजा राणा - 24 April, 2026

This case reveals the ordeal of a Hindu woman who was lured into a love affair, trapped in a false relationship, and whose life was destroyed. Today, she is seeking justice, while the accused, a Muslim man, roams freely. His real name is Zulfikar Ahmed. He concealed his Muslim identity and assumed the Hindu name "Krishna" to deceive the Hindu woman.