Shopian: A complete shutdown was observed for the fourth consecutive day in this south Kashmir township against the killing of six militants, including a civilian by government forces on Friday. All shops, business establishments, schools and colleges, petrol pumps remained closed for the fourth straight day in Shopian town and some other parts of the […]
Bandipora : Four army soldiers, including a Major, were killed in a gunfight along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday. Two militants were also killed in the gunfight, army said. A defence spokesman confirmed the deaths of an army Major and three soldiers in the gunfight […]
Life is still on morning in Srinagar city with very little private transport plying and heavy presence of security forces. The call for general strike was given by joint Resistance Leadership against the challenge being faced by kashmir identity due to the case pending in supreme Court of India. Separatist leaders have already been put […]
Authorities have decided to suspend rail service and Amarnath yatra for Sunday and Monday as a precautionry measure to avoid protests and violence due to two day bandh call given by JRL against the perceived tinkering with article 35 A. Authorities have also beefed up security in the entire Kashmir valley especially in south kashmir […]
Police and security forces were trying to control the protests in Gool area of Ramban after the locals alleged that army killed one local and injured another.while army said that they opened fire after they saw some suspicious movement locals said that it is a cold blooded murder. Police said that they have registered a […]
Eighteen people were killed in a Russian helicopter crash on Saturday in East Siberia region, authorities said. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said the MI-8 went down at 10.20 a.m., about 180 kilometre from the town of Igarka, in Krasnoyarsk region. “There were three crew members and 15 passengers abroad the Mi-8 that belonged to Utair airline,” […]
By Mandira Nayar : Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri served as foreign minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007. A career politician, Kasuri helped draft a bilateral agreement that could have ended the animosity between India and Pakistan. The agreement, which was worked on by president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Manmohan Singh, was aimed at finding […]
NEW DELHI — Major Leetul Gogoi, who was detained by police in a Srinagar hotel after he was seen with a local girl in May, may face punitive action as a Court of Inquiry ordered by the Army into the incident is likely to indict him in the case, official sources said here. They said […]
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday staged a protest in solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir seeking full safeguards against all conspiracies to undermine the state’s constitutional position and political autonomy. Referring to cases against Article 35 A pending in Supreme Court PDP protestors demanded the dismissal of all cases pending […]
Srinagar : A fresh batch of 528 pilgrims left on Saturday for Amarnath cave in Kashmir, officials said. The pilgrims, including 128 women and 47 sadhus, left in a convoy of 18 vehicles from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu under tight security arrangements, they said. While 340 pilgrims, including 109 women, headed for […]