Jammu and Kashmir Police and army on Wednesday claimed to have recovered a Maruti 800 vehicle that, they said, was used by the militants in an attack on the army’s Quick Reaction Team in Srinagar’s HMT area. On 26 November, the militants had attacked the army’s QRT and killed two troopers. Unnamed official sources told […]
WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Lloyd Austin, who led US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and rose to head the US Central Command, as the first African-American secretary of defence, US media reported on Monday. A veteran of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the retired four-star army general, 67, beat out the favourite for […]
SYDNEY: Virat Kohli blasted 85 but it wasn’t enough to prevent Australia from fighting off a Twenty20 International series sweep with a thrilling 12-run victory in the final match in Sydney on Tuesday. While Kohli was at the crease in his imperious 61-ball knock, India had hopes of pulling off victory, but when he fell […]
Srinagar :Three militants of Al-Badr were killed and a civilian injured in a gunfight in Tiken area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told a local news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) that all three local militants of Al-Badr have been killed in Pulwama. A civilian was also […]
Srinagar :Former Chief Minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir , Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that she was again “detained”, third time in less than a fortnight. Taking to her Twitter handle, the Peoples Democratic Party president said, “Illegally detained today for the third time in less than a fortnight. Too much democracy indeed,” […]
Much to the surprise of political parties and many of the news channels who were crying that the Roshni act is one of the biggest scams of the country, the JK government has filed a review petition against the annulment of the Roshni Act by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The review petition has […]
Srinagar: Four civilians were injured after suspected militants hurled a grenade on government forces in Singpora Bazaar area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. Official sources said that the grenade missed the intended target and exploded on road injuring four civilians. They were removed to hospital for treatment. Meanwhile whole area has been […]
Pulwama: Two militants have been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Tiken village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A senior police officer told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two unidentified militant have been killed and a civilian also received injuries while as operation is on in the area. He added […]
SRINAGAR: A vehicle carrying Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) troopers for election duty crushed an elderly man to death in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Tuesday evening. Officials told the news agency KNO that a 64-year-old man identified as Mohammad Amin Shah, son of Ghulam Hassan Shah of Malpora Kulgam was hit by a Matador vehicle […]
Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded six deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,761 in the Union Territory while as 470 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 114,038 in J&K. Of the exact number of 114,038 cases, 67,558 are from Kashmir and 46,480 from Jammu division. Officials […]