Militant hideout busted in Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara

Militant hideout busted in Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara

Kupwara : Security forces busted a militant hideout in a forest area of Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district today and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, as official said. He said acting on a specific information, SOG Sogam and 28RR Army launched a joint search operation in a forest area in Lolab […]

CRPF constable killed in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar

CRPF constable killed in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast near Mardum in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district on Tuesday morning. Roshan Kumar, a resident of Nawada in Bihar, was a constable posted with 195 battalion of CRPF and was deployed in Pushapal village. According to police, the IED which was […]

ED questions Farooq Abdullah in Chandigarh over J&K cricket scam

ED questions Farooq Abdullah in Chandigarh over J&K cricket scam

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Abdullah arrived at the ED office in Sector 18 in the afternoon. Sources said that he was summoned for questioning in connection with the multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam. Abdullab was earlier interrogated by […]

Amarnath Yatra suspended due to blockade of Jammu-Srinagar highway

Amarnath Yatra suspended due to blockade of Jammu-Srinagar highway

Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Wednesday due to blockade of Jammu-Srinagar national highway as over 3.30 lakh pilgrims performed the Yatra during the last 30 days. The police said due to blockade of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway no Yatri will be allowed to move towards the Valley today from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas. Officials of […]

Minor boy dies, girl injured in house collapse in Udhampur

Minor boy dies, girl injured in house collapse in Udhampur

An eight-year-old boy died and a 13-year-old girl was injured in two house collapse incidents after heavy rain in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said on Wednesday. Pawan Kumar died while Sunita was injured seriously in the incidents in Loundna and Udhampur areas late Tuesday night, they said.(PTI)

Roadside bomb kills at least 34 civilians in Afghanistan

Roadside bomb kills at least 34 civilians in Afghanistan

Agencies KABUL — A roadside bomb explosion has hit a passenger bus in the western Afghan province of Farah, killing at least 34 civilians and wounding 17 others, officials say. Mohibullah Mohib, a spokesman for the provincial police chief, said the bus was travelling on the Kandahar-Herat highway in the Bala Buluk district when it […]

Woman Hajj pilgrim from Kulgam dies in Madina

Woman Hajj pilgrim from Kulgam dies in Madina

Kulgam : A Kashmiri woman on pilgrimage to Mecca has died in Madina in Saudi Arabia. Mariyam Akhter wife of Late Ghulam Rasool Wani of Kutbal village in Kulgam district passed away in Saudi Arabia yesterday, days after she and her son reached there for Hajj. Sources told KNO that she suffered a massive cardiac […]

PHD Chamber delegation meets J&K Bank Chairman

PHD Chamber delegation meets J&K Bank Chairman

Srinagar : A delegation of PHD Chamber Kashmir Chapter headed by its Chairman Mushtaq Ahmed Chaya, Co-Chairs Baldev Singh Raina and Zahoor Ahmed Tramboo along with Expert Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs Showket Chowdhary, Vicky Shaw, Jan Muhammad Kaul, Bilal Ahmed Kawoosa, Tariq Rashid Ghani and Qaisar Mir had an Interactive Call on Meeting with the […]

130 dead in Bihar floods, 88 lakh people affected

130 dead in Bihar floods, 88 lakh people affected

In Bihar 88.46 lakh people have been affected in 13 districts in inundation caused earlier this month due to the torrential rainfall in the catchment areas of Nepal, state disaster management department said. Death toll in Bihar floods rose to 130 on Tuesday, but the situation improved considerably in neighbouring Assam where water levels in […]