Chief of bureau of HT at Srinagar, Toufiq has been covering the volatile state of Kashmir for the past seven years. Was working as special correspondent in Indian Express in New Delhi, covering health and wellness. Has done human interest stories from across the country for almost a decade.
Articles by Toufiq Rashid
Centre to file clarification petition in SC on Cauvery water issue
Tamil Nadu might file a contempt petition after the passing of the March 29 deadline set by the court for the federal government to form of a Cauvery management board for the sharing of the waters.
Updated on Mar 29, 2018 11:38 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Toufiq Rashid
Central body may oversee Cauvery water distribution
An official privy to the development said that the Centre has no “option” but to form an authority managed by the government.
Updated on Mar 24, 2018 11:50 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Toufiq Rashid, New Delhi
India looks to Nepal to revive Yamuna river
The proposed Sharda-Yamuna interlinking project is aimed at bringing surplus water from Sharda to Yamuna via Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The project is designed to be a lifeline for the Yamuna to ensure uninterrupted flow of water in Delhi.
Updated on Mar 22, 2018 07:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Toufiq Rashid
Karnataka objects to setting up of Cauvery board ahead of assembly polls
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah objected to the creation of this mechanism, which most experts expected to take the form of a Cauvery Water Management Board.
Updated on Mar 21, 2018 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Toufiq Rashid
Highlight Nehru, Abdullah’s role in keeping Kashmir with India: Manmohan Singh
Former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh, who was present at the book launch, called the J&K issue a complex problem and said that “any lasting solution was not possible unless equitable sharing of power and development of all the regions of the state is attended to”.
Updated on Mar 10, 2018 08:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Toufiq Rashid
Two Lashkar militants killed in Srinagar encounter, mopping operation on
The encounter, which started on Monday at 4am, took place in a CRPF camp in Srinagar’s Karan Nagar area.
Updated on Feb 14, 2018 07:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
LeT claims responsibility for attack on CRPF camp, taunts Indian forces
Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Mehmood Shah also paid tributes to the slain militants in the Sunjuwan military station attack.
Updated on Feb 12, 2018 10:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
CRPF jawan killed, gunfight on near Srinagar CRPF camp after guard foils militants’ attempt to enter base
The report came on the day the army was paying tributes to five of its men who were among the six people killed in an attack on a military camp in Jammu’s Sunjuwan.
Updated on Feb 12, 2018 10:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar/New Delhi | Toufiq Rashid and Azaan Javaid
Srinagar hospital attack: Four arrested for helping LeT terrorist Naveed Jhatt escape
The four arrested for helping LeT terrorist Naveed Jhatt escape include the alleged mastermind of the raid at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in Srinagar
Updated on Feb 08, 2018 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid, Srinagar
Hizbul claims it freed Lashkar terrorist Naveed Jhatt in Srinagar hospital raid
Hizb commander Riyaz Naikoo says outfit’s men were forced to kill Kashmiris to free their Pakistani brother.
Updated on Feb 07, 2018 11:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
Trained at Lashkar HQ, entered India in 2012: All we know about Naveed Jhatt, the Pakistani terrorist who escaped
A resident of Multan in Pakistan, Naveed Jat, also known as Abu Hanzulla, was involved in two attacks on policemen and was arrested in 2014.
Updated on Feb 06, 2018 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
Srinagar hospital shooting: Two cops killed, Pakistani terrorist escapes, city on red alert
The Pakistani prisoner who escaped during the attack on the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital was Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Naveed Jat, also known as Abu Hanzulla.
Updated on Feb 06, 2018 05:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
Militants attack army camp in Pulwama with grenade, no damage caused
A hunt was launched to capture the militants who ran away after throwing the grenade at the camp.
Updated on Feb 05, 2018 11:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
LeT militants held in Kashmir ‘got arms training in Pakistan’
Security forces arrested two Pakistan-trained Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Updated on Feb 03, 2018 09:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
Police file charge sheet against LeT, 8 of its members in Amarnath attack case
The police have charged the accused of murder, attempt to murder, causing grievous hurt with the use of weapons and prevention of unlawful activities in their 1,500-page charge sheet.
Updated on Jan 29, 2018 08:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
Kashmir: Family of LeT suspect comes to his defence, says he never went into hiding
Police arrested 37-year-old Bilal Ahmad Kawa from the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday evening. He was charged with using his bank account to transact hawala money for facilitating terror strikes at the Red Fort and several places in Kashmir.
Updated on Jan 11, 2018 06:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
Militants in Kashmir can rejoin families instead of surrendering: J-K Police
Police says under the ‘no case no apprehension policy’, no cases will be filed against those who haven’t taken part in any attacks.
Updated on Jan 09, 2018 07:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar/New Delhi | Toufiq Rashid and Azaan Javaid
Four policemen killed in blast in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore, JeM ‘claims’ responsibility
The attack took place on the 25th anniversary of the death of 57 people killed in firing by security forces in Sopore.
Updated on Jan 06, 2018 10:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
No idea what influenced teenage suicide attacker, says Fidayeen’s family
Slain Kashmiri militant Fardeen Ahmad’s relatives said he showed no resistance against the state and was in fact, quite close to his father who serves as a head constable in the state police.
Updated on Jan 05, 2018 07:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Tral | Toufiq Rashid And Abhishek Saha
CRPF camp attack: Rare role of Kashmiris in suicide attack sparks concerns
Jaish-e-Mohammed, the terror group responsible for the Pulwama attack, justified using a minor as a suicide attacker saying the trio offered themselves for “the mission.”
Updated on Jan 02, 2018 08:44 AM IST
Srinagar/New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Toufiq Rashid and Rajesh Ahuja
Teen militant recorded video hailing jihad before attacking Pulwama CRPF centre
Jammu and Kashmir police suspect that 17-year-old Fardeen Ahmad Khanday who went missing in September 2017, was indoctrinated to become a suicide attacker by Jaish-e-Mohammad’s Noor Mohammad Tantry.
Updated on Jan 01, 2018 03:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
Five troopers killed as Jaish militants attack CRPF camp in J&K’s Pulwama
The attack claimed by the Jaish-e-Mohammed came a few days after Noor Mohammad Tantray, a top militant who was looking to revive the Pakistan-based outfit in the Valley, was killed in an encounter in Pulwama.
Updated on Dec 31, 2017 10:55 PM IST
Srinagar, Hindustan Times | Toufiq Rashid
J&K govt bans employees from spouting criticism on social media
Conduct rules prescribe punishment ranging from a fine of one month’s salary to dismissal from service for violators.
Updated on Dec 26, 2017 10:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
Shopian encounter: 2 militants killed; woman dies as clashes erupt between locals, forces
The woman, identified by locals as Beauty Jan, was hit by a bullet during clashes between security forces and locals near the encounter site in Bhatmaran village.
Updated on Dec 19, 2017 06:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid, Srinagar
Kashmir: Sacked teacher-couple reinstated but refuse to join
The school had offered to reinstate the teachers after intervention from local authorities, but the couple refused to join, saying their image has been tarnished beyond repair.
Updated on Dec 17, 2017 05:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid, Srinagar
Taxi driver killed in army firing in north Kashmir’s Kupwara
While the family of Asif Iqbal said he was shot “without warning” when he came out of the house to ferry some patients to a hospital, army sources said he was challenged but did not stop, forcing them to fire.
Updated on Dec 17, 2017 10:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid, Srinagar
Charred body of militant found in south Kashmir
Police said the militant died while trying to assemble explosives to trigger a blast in Tral.
Updated on Dec 16, 2017 11:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
Kashmir: Two bank guards killed in militant attack on cash van, no money looted
Police said the militants were unable to loot any money because the van, belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, was returning empty after disbursing it among local branches.
Updated on Dec 11, 2017 09:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid
After Modi’s salvo, Congress distances itself from ‘Afzal sympathiser’ Nizami
Addressing a rally for Gujarat elections, Narendra Modi said ‘Congress worker’ Nizami had questioned his ancestry.
Updated on Dec 09, 2017 10:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid and Ravi Krishnan Khajuria
All Amarnath Yatra attackers killed: DGP
The success in Kashmir comes five months after LeT militants attacked a bus carrying people to the Hindu shrine, killing 7 pilgrims
Updated on Dec 05, 2017 09:34 PM IST
Toufiq Rashid, Srinagar