Though they are not professionally trained but they are highly committed towards self and community defence against terrorists, who are equ...

Assam has 58 lakh ration card holders. Assam’s minister Food and Civil Supplies Ranjeet Kumar Dass said, “We have seen several people whose...

After Naved fled the highway and tried to take hostages, VDC members provided information of his movements to the Army.

"It (VDC system) was established during past when the situation was not normal. Now is the time to disband them," PDP leader Chowdhary Zulf...

Shops, businesses, private offices and petrol pumps in and around the city centre remained shut, while attendance in government offices was...

Clashes erupted in parts of Srinagar after Friday prayers as senior separatist leader Yasin Malik was detained following protests in the ci...

VDCs were setup by police by arming volunteers to counter heavily armed terrorists in 1992-93 in erstwhile Doda district, now Chenab valley.

The saffron party raised the charter of demands with the Union government for empowering Ladakh region.

Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today accused the state government of secretly reducing the Village Defence Committees.

Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed, while government offices and banks witnessed thin attendance.

The dangers of arming civilians for a combat role are manifest. Indeed, the Supreme Court has had harsh words to say on this matter.

"Some elements for vote bank politics are hell-bent to sow seeds of communalism in the state," Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani said.

Mufti urged the state as well as the Central government to review the continuance of the VDCs and demanded their arms and ammunition be tak...

Malik demanded immediate disbanding of Village Defence Committees (VDCs) and said his group will hold peaceful protests here after noon pra...

JP today demanded that wages of Special Police officers and Village Defence Committees be enhanced to Rs 10,000 per month.

Beijing appears to have taken to squeezing the Himalayan nation on the issue by using its development initiatives there as a counter-pressu...

Centre on Monday stoutly defended the popular anti-Naxal uprising in the Supreme Court, notwithstanding the pressure from allies like the L...