Srinagar : A militant was killed in a brief shoot in Chowduri Bagh area of Litter in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. Quoting a senior Police official, GNS reported that militants attacked patrolling party of Army at Chowduri bagh. The official said that Army retaliated, triggering a brief exchange of gunfire in which one […]
New Delhi: Accusing the government of misusing probe agencies to target opposition leaders in an effort to stall an alliance ahead of the 2019 polls, the Congress on Monday backed SP chief Akhilesh Yadav after it emerged the CBI may quiz him in an illegal mining case. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad termed the […]
Srinagar : A couple, allegedly involved in large-scale sale of synthetic drugs to youths, was arrested with 10 kilograms of poppy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday, police said. The duo, identified as Mallipora Devsar resident Sabzar Ahmad Rather alias Raja and his wife, was arrested in Qazigund area of Kulgam during a […]
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday sought apology over her “toffee and milk” remarks, saying that the remarks she had made in the year 2016 was a pain from the heart of a mother. Earlier, while addressing a presser Mehbooba who was accompanied […]
Srinagar : Train services resumed on Monday in north Kashmir after remaining suspended on Sunday following the shutdown in Baramulla’s Sopore town to remember 1993 massacre when 53 civilians were killed in government forces’ firing. “We received an advisory on Sunday night to resume train services in north Kashmir,” a senior railway official told a […]
Srinagar: An unknown vehicle Monday morning crushed a sweeper to death by in Beehama area of Ganderbal district of central Kashmir. Reports said that 35-year-old Fayaz Ahmed, a resident of Badergund, who worked as a sweeper with Municipal Committee Ganderbal, was hit by a vehicle while he was working at Beehama market. Police officials, according […]
Srinagar: The civilian who was injured in an attack by unknown gunmen early today in south Kashmir’s Tral has succumbed to injuries. The civilian has been identified as Suman Singh, son of Nanak Singh, a resident of Khasipora village of the township. Reports said that Singh was critically injured in the attack and was shifted […]
Srinagar : The capital city of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, witnessed year’s first snowfall on Friday, which has brought cheers in Valley after a prolonged spell of dry weather. The Meteorologoical Department had predicted moderate to heavy snow from January 4 in Kashmir valley. The upper reaches had witnessed heavy snow this week while the […]
Srinagar : Authorities on Friday suspended the train services from Srinagar to Banihal for a “security measure” in wake of the killing of three militants in south Kashmir’s Tral. “We have suspended train services in South Kashmir for security reasons,” a railway official said. However, trains continued to chug on Srinagar-Budgam in central Kashmir to […]
Srinagar: The night temperatures in parts of Kashmir valley and Ladakh region remained below the freezing point on Friday. An India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said moderate rain and snow is likely to occur in Jammu and Kashmir from Friday evening. “Inclement weather during the next 48 hours can affect surface connectivity between the Valley […]