The Latest Breaking News from Jammu and Kashmir

After quitting Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad is expected to launch his own political party

Several leaders and activists, who resigned from the Congress following in Ghulam Nabi Azad's footsteps, met under former Jammu and Kashmir minister G M Saroori's leadership to ramp up support for the senior leader in his next endeavour. Read more on Dynamite News:

Former Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief says Ghulam Nabi Azad to end up like Captain Amarinder Singh

It could upset the electoral calculus, dent political ambitions of smaller parties from Kashmir Valley

Refusing to be dragged into any discussion over his resignation, Mr. Azad said, "I have thought about this decision for long and there is no going back."

NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad quit the party and severed his 50-year association with it on Friday. The five-page letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi ahead of the election for the organisation’s president next month comes as a rude shock to the principal opposition party.

While the 3.4 magnitude quake hit Katra belt in Reasi district, the other hit Doda district.

An alliance of political parties from Kashmir is holding an all-party meeting to discuss the issue of inclusion of non-local voters in the revised electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir. The political parties are concerned that the inclusion of 2.5 million new voters in the Muslim-majority region will permanently disenfranchise…

Army has foiled an infiltration attempt by a group of terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesperson said on Tuesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah to hold all-party meet over revised electoral rolls in J&K

As India marks 75 years of independence this month, many in Jammu and Kashmir may feel there's little to celebrate. Kashmir, claimed by India and Pakistan, has seen decades of separatist violence.