Agencies Srinagar : Eid-ul-Fitr, culminating the holy fasting month of Ramazan, was on Tuesday celebrated with religious fervor and gaiety in Shia dominated Kargil in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. However, the Sunni sect of the Muslims did not celebrate the festival in the entire Ladakh region , including Leh, Kargil and Drass — […]
Srinagar : In a tragic accident in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, on Tuesday one person was killed while four others got injured when a car skidded off the road. According to reports, a car skidded off the road in Buthoo village, resulting in on spot death of the driver. The deceased was identified as Mohammad […]
Srinagar : A 40-year old woman committed suicide by jumping into a river from a bridge in Poonch district on Tuesday. Reports said that a woman identified as Surinder Kour Singh of Ward Number 17 Mohalla Azad Poonch jumped into the river from Sher-e-Kashmir Bridge in Poonch today morning. Soon after the incident, local volunteers and […]
Srinagar : The chairman of Muslim League Jammu and Kashmir Masarat Aalam Bhat was on Tuesday brought from Jammu jail to New Delhi court today for the hearing of a case lodged against him. Official sources said that Masarat Aalam is being produced in a New Delhi court today for his alleged involvement in “terror […]
Agencies NEW DELHI — Ajit Doval has been appointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA) for a second consecutive term and elevated to the rank of Union Cabinet Minister, according to a Personnel Ministry order. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment for a five-year period with effect from May 31, 2019 and […]
Right from Mirwiaz Umar Farooq to Farooq Abdullah every Kashmiri leader is showing by his statements about the state-of-affairs in Kashmir Valley and the impact of hard policy on the ground situation. As Amit Shah has taken over as Home Minister of the country, most of the mainstream political parties of Kashmir are waiting for […]
Agencies Colombo: Two Muslim governors in Sri Lanka resigned Monday after thousands of people, including majority Buddhist community monks, launched a protest in the pilgrim city of Kandy, demanding their sacking for allegedly supporting Islamist extremists responsible for the Easter suicide bombings. Western Province Governor Azath Salley and Eastern Province Governor MALM Hisbullah, handed over […]
Srinagar : A personnel of Special Operation Group (SOG) of police was injured critically in an accidental fire at Kadipora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. Reports reaching GNS said that the SOG man Nazir Ahmad Ganaie (SPO) was hit by a bullet after his service rifle went off accidentally inside the SOG […]
Agencies An Indian Air Force transport aircraft has gone missing after taking off from an airbase in Assam. The last contact with the aircraft — an Antonov An-32 military transport aircraft — was at around 1pm today, reports said. 13 people are said to be onboard the plane, including eight crew members and five passengers. […]
Srinagar : Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh today said militancy element was present in Kishtwar since long and in the recent past a few more people joined it and “our efforts is to wipe-out entire module and to ensure militancy is not revived in Kishtwar belt.” Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a […]