Srinagar : The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Monday directed state authorities to file a detailed report into the Handwara gunfight in which at least seven residential houses had been razed to the ground. Hearing a petition filed by rights activist Ahsan Untoo, the Commission asked deputy commissioner Kupwara and senior superintendent of police […]
Srinagar: Three persons were killed while two had a miraculous escape after a snow blizzard hit them at Khoni Nallah forests of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday late night. Reports said that the five persons were trapped in the blizzards at Khoni Nallah near Sadna Top. They were travelling towards Karnah when the blizzard swept […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Monday made serious allegations against the BJP-led Centre, saying it ordered the air strike in Pakistan’s Balakot with the “sole purpose” of winning Lok Sabha elections. The Srinagar MP alleged the BJP has “failed” on all fronts and it was apprehended that there would be a fight or […]
Srinagar : Rejecting media reports about selection of candidates for three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir valley, Vice President of the National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah said only a preliminary short listing of potential candidates have been done. Reacting to reports that NC has selected three candidates for the valley, the former Chief Minister tweeted […]
SRINAGAR — A landslide blocked the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Monday as the high-altitude areas experienced fresh snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains, officials said. The landslide struck the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at Kharpora near Banihal around 1.40 pm, […]
Srinagar : Police have directed the people, possessing licensed guns in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal, to deposit their weapons in nearby police stations before March 15. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ganderbal Khalil Ahmad Poswal in an order issued on Monday said that as per the guidelines/instructions of Election Commission (EC), all licensed weapon […]
(Agencies) Islamabad : Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years, according to a new book that highlights embarrassing failures of American intelligence. Washington believed the one-eyed, fugitive leader had fled to Pakistan, but the new biography says Omar was in fact living just three miles from a […]
Srinagar : A 22-year-old shopkeeper was killed after hit by a shooting stone amid heavy rainfall in Gursai area of Mendhar in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Reports said that the shopkeeper Umar Farooq (22) son of Noor Hussain of Sanjoite, Gursaie was hit by the shooting stone when he was busy […]
Srinagar : The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monday said Election Commission should announce the schedule for the assembly election simultaneously with Lok Sabha polls. In a statement issued to KNS, CPI (M) said, “It is perplexing how the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir is good for the conduct of […]
Jammu: A six-year-old boy drowned in a water tank inside the premises of a government school in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said on Monday. Aahil Mirza, a resident of Ujjan village, accidentally fell into the water tank while playing on Sunday evening, they said. His body was recovered from the underground tank and handed […]