Searches after militant attack on shopian army camp

Government forces have sealed many villages in chillipora area of shopian district on Tuesday night after militants conducted an attack on RR camp there. Earlier police said that militants attacked the RR camp at chillipora shopian with grenade and also fired several shots in the direction of the camp.police said that they have no reports […]

Slain Barzulla militant’s body exhumed, handed over to family

Slain Barzulla militant’s body exhumed, handed over to family

Srinagar : The body of a militant from Barzulla was exhumed on Tuesday, after more than a month since he was buried near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tunga Top forest area of Kachama in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The militant Mudasir Ahmad Bhat was killed in a gunfight with government forces in Kachama forests on June 29. An official of […]

Army deployed to stop infiltration of Rohingyas: Rajnath

Army deployed to stop infiltration of Rohingyas: Rajnath

The Centre on Tuesday said that the Army has been deployed to stop Rohingya Muslims’ infiltration into the country and has also directed the states not to let them spread. “The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Assam Rifles are deployed to stop further infiltration of the Rohingyas,” Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the […]

Club tournament starts at RSGC

Club tournament starts at RSGC

SRINAGAR : The calendar of annual Club tournaments commenced here at Royal Springs Golf Course (RSGC), Srinagar. The tournament is being played on match play format and is open for the members of RSGC and their dependents. The tournament will be played over 5 days on a knock-out basis. In total 26 matches will be […]

Ministry of Minority Affairs invites applications for pre, post matric scholarships

SRINAGAR : Ministry of Minority Affairs has invited online applications from the students of minority communities and those having any kind of disabilities for availing the pre and post-matric scholarships. The implementation of the scholarship scheme will be done through the Common National Scholarship Web portal of the Government of India and can be accessed […]

Mirwaiz warms of mass agitation if ‘any tinkering with 35-A allowed’

Mirwaiz warms of mass agitation if ‘any tinkering with 35-A allowed’

Srinagar,   Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday asked his cadres and activists be ready for all out mass agitation if Article 35-A will be touched. Hurriyat members said that the motive behind this move is to change the demographic character of J&K by turning its original citizens into a minority through settling outsiders […]

Five teachers suspended for unauthorized absence in Kangan

Five teachers suspended for unauthorized absence in Kangan

Kangan: Five teachers of a government middle school in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district were suspended on Tuesday for their unauthorized absence from their school. Officials said during a surprise visit carried out by Chief Education Officer Ganderbal (CEO) five teachers of government Boys middle school Behki Margoona in Kangan area were found […]

PTI seeks MQM-P support for government formation

PTI seeks MQM-P support for government formation

Karachi,  As part of its efforts to form a government at the Centre, a delegation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan’s pointman Jahangir Tareen, called on leaders of former nemesis Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) here to seek their support. Though MQM-P won just six National Assembly seats — four in Karachi and two […]

87 local youths joined militancy in J&K in 2018

87 local youths joined militancy in J&K in 2018

NEW DELHI: As many as 87 local youths have joined militancy in Jammu and Kashmir so far this year, Union Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said today. He said after imposition of Governor’s rule in the state on June 20, 12 youths were reported to have disappeared and later joined militancy. “Eighty-seven youths have joined militancy […]

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