Banihal/Jammu : A truck driver was arrested and 450 kg poppy seeds were seized from his vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, officials said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a truck on its way to Punjab from Kashmir in Banihal area on Wednesday night, they said. During checking, […]
Srinagar: A majority of the Indians believe that their government should use more military force in dealing with the law and order situation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The latest survey by PEW Center says that a majority of Indians (55 percent) see the situation in Kashmir as a very big problem. “Indians […]
Agencies The two students who had gone missing from Bandi Payeen village in Kandi Baramulla have been traced in Delhi. Suhail Sultan Lone, 15, son of Mohammad Sultan Lone and Mohsin Manzoor Najar, 13, son of Manzoor Ahmad Najar both residents of Bandi Payeen village had gone missing on Tuesday. According to their families the […]
SRINAGAR — A powerful blast damaged a house and a car near a forces bunker in Srinagar in wee hours of Thursday morning, reports said. “Panic gripped in Alochi Bagh area of the uptown when a blast took place, sound of which was heard in the entire area,” reported news agency UNI. A house and a parked […]
Srinagar A body of a government school teacher was recovered under mysterious conditions from the bank of a river in Balnoie area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. The body of Gulzar Ahmad, son of Khan Muhammad of Mankote was found on the banks of a river in Balnoi area of the […]
Srinagar : One militant has been killed in ongoing operation after a gunfight broke out between Government forces and militants on Thursday in Yaroo village of Langate, Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A senior Police officer told news agency GNS that apparently one militant has been killed as his body is visible at encounter site. The […]
Srinagar: Intense clashes between local youth and government forces erupted at Muran Chowk in Pulwama on Thursday amid a spontaneous shutdown. Reports said that youths hit the streets and hurled stones on government forces who retaliated with tear smoke shells and pellets to disperse them. Three local militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces […]
Srinagar : The posters carrying pictures of seven wanted militants affiliated with the Hizbul Mujahideen and the Lashker-e-Taiba have come up in Kishtwar district with an announcement for a cash reward and a job for anyone providing information leading to their arrest or killing. Kishtwar district in was rattled by the killing of a senior […]
Agencies NEW DELHI — As Facebook announced it has removed thousands of fake pages and accounts, the social media giant mentioned Kashmir separately, independent of India and Pakistan. In a blog post on Tuesday, Facebook’s Head of Cybersecurity Policy mentioned Kashmir as a seperate entity from India. “Today, we removed 513 Pages, Groups and accounts for […]
PTI New Delhi: While the nation waited for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, anxiously counting the minutes before his “important message”, speculation spiralled — would it be about Emergency, bringing back Dawood Ibrahim or killing Masood Azhar? As the designated hour of 12 noon came and went, jokes on Twitter gathered strength. With […]