Srinagar : Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani was on Tuesday admitted at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura following abdominal pain. On Monday, the octogenarian leader was taken to SHMS Hospital in Karan Nagar, where after a thorough check-up he was admitted at SKIMS today morning. Geelani is on pacemaker since 1997. In […]
Srinagar : At least 21 persons were picked up by the security forces from Murran village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday night. Locals said that contingents of forces raided the village at around 12:30.am and searched a cluster of houses. During the searches at least 21 youth including 8 teenagers were detained, they […]
Srinagar : The directorate of school education Kashmir (DSEK) on Monday ordered change in the school timings from November 01. “Schools falling in the areas of Srinagar Municipal limits will be open from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm while the schools located outside the Srinagar municipal limits and other areas of the Kashmir province will […]
Agencies BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday and expressed hope that Pakistan and India can meet each other halfway to improve their strained relations following the Pulwama attack by a JeM suicide bomber. Both leaders also exchanged views on the situations in South Asia, an official Chinese statement in Beijing […]
Agencies Kathua/Jammu : Fifteen suspected drug addicts, mostly belonging to neighbouring Punjab, have been detained by Jammu and Kashmir police, officials said Monday. The youths were nabbed in a series of raids in two villages of Kathua border district in a special drive against drug abuse, they said. Police teams conducted raids in […]
Srinagar : The voter turnout recorded has been 8.42% till 3 PM in Kulgam district — part of the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency where polls are underway. The voting in the second leg of the three-phased schedule for the Lok Sabha seat would decide the fate of 18 candidates, including former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. The […]
Srinagar: Four youths were injured when government forces burst teargas shells and pellets on protesting youth in Kujjar village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, on Monday. Official source said that people, mostly youth, hit the streets at village Kujjar in Kulgam and tried to disrupt the polling. However, forces and state police personnel deployed in […]
Srinagar : Government forces on Monday launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Deyarwani area of Batamaloo in Srinagar. Reports said that a joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Special Operational Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police personnel cordoned off the Deyarwani area. The houses in the area also being […]
Agencies The United States government has declined to share with India information on the use of F-16 fighter jets by the Pakistan Air Force during a recent dogfight, reported the Indian Express. “Soon after we were informed by the Indian side about Pakistan using F-16 aircraft on February 27, we informed the Indians that we […]
SRINAGAR: Clashes erupt between government forces and youth in Qaimoh area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday, where polling is underway for Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency. Reports said that at many places youth have errected barricades on roads to halt the government forces movement. Witnesses said that forces deployed in the area swung into […]