Air strike in eastern Syria kills at least 28 people

Air strike in eastern Syria kills at least 28 people

BEIRUT: An air strike killed at least 28 people in an Islamic State-held area of eastern Syria near the border with Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The Syrian state news agency and the pro-Damascus al-Watan newspaper, in its online edition, said the US-led coalition carried out the air strike near the […]

Mehbooba grieved over death of CRPF personnel at Anantnag

Mehbooba grieved over death of CRPF personnel at Anantnag

Srinagar, : Former Chief Minister and PDP President, Mehbooba Mufti has expressed grief and sorrow over the death of two CRPF personnel, including an officer, in a militant attack at Anantnag today. The former Chief Minister has conveyed her sympathies to the bereaved families of slain cops while praying for peace to the departed souls.

Clashes break out in north Kashmir’s Trehgam

Clashes break out in north Kashmir’s Trehgam

Srinagar: Violent protests broke out Friday afternoon in Trehgam area of the frontier Kupwara district where a youth was killed and another wounded in army firing on Wednesday. Groups of youth after offering congregational Friday prayers tried to march towards the graveyard to offer Fatiha at the grave of Khalid Gafar Malik, who was shot dead […]

Four killed, 14 injured in bomb blast at poll rally in Pakistan

Four killed, 14 injured in bomb blast at poll rally in Pakistan

Peshawar, July 13: At least four people were killed and 14 others injured today in a bomb blast on an election rally in northwest Pakistan, the third miliant attack on a political rally ahead of the July 25 general elections. Former federal minister and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) central leader Akram Durrani received minor injuries in the […]

Mehbooba’s proximity with separatists exposed: BJP

Mehbooba’s proximity with separatists exposed: BJP

New Delh  : Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has exposed her proximity with separatists by warning that if her Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was split it would create more militants in the state. Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Mufti with her statement was “trying to give oxygen” to […]

Nizamuddin Bhat resigns as VC Wakf Board

Nizamuddin Bhat resigns as VC Wakf Board

SRINAGAR :    Senior PDP leader Nizamuddin Bhat who was Vice chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Wakf Board on Friday tendered his resignation. He submitted his resignation to governor N N Vohra . At least 27 political appointees engaged in various boards, corporations or public sector undertakings (PSUs) by the previous PDP-BJP government resigned from their […]

Naqshband Sahib Chalo: Mirwaiz detained

Naqshband Sahib Chalo: Mirwaiz detained

Srinagar: In Accordance with the already announced program of “Naqshband Sahib Chalo” of the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday defied his house detention and tried to march towards Naqshband Sahib however he was arrested. The spokesman said that Chairman APHC Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained outside his Nigeen residence […]

Fresh Batch of Pilgrims Leave for Amarnath Yatra

Fresh Batch of Pilgrims Leave for Amarnath Yatra

Jammu: Amid tight security, a fresh batch of 3,451 pilgrims today left a base camp here for Kashmir to undertake the annual Amarnath yatra, the police said. The 60-day yatra to the 3,880 metre high cave in south Kashmir Himalayas commenced on June 28 and so far over 1.51 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at […]

LeT claims responsibility of south kashmir attack

LeT claims responsibility of south kashmir attack

Srinagar : Militant outfit Lashkar e Toiba (LeT) claimed responsibility for the attack on CRPF party in Achabal area of south Kashmir’s Islamabad district on Friday. “cadres of the outfit attacked the convoy of CRPF ROP at Achabal Chowk in which two have been killed including an officer and several suffered injured,” the spokesperson of the […]