By Mudasir Ahmad Khan Srinagar: Under the garb of getting material like cement, sand for the drainage work going on from Saida Kadal to Ashai Bagh area, illegal constructions for the dozens of structures on both sides of the road in Dal and Nigeen Lakes is going on. Respectable of the area and the people […]
Government forces on Saturday conducted searches after militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in south Kashmir district of Pulwama in the wee hours, official sources said. They said an IED blast took place on Arihal-Pulwama road in the wee hours, which was heard in the entire area. However, no one was injured and […]
Manila: Eight people were killed and dozens injured when a series of earthquakes struck islands in the far northern Philippines early Saturday, toppling historic buildings and sending terrified locals fleeing their homes. The tremors hit the province of Batanes, a group of sparsely populated islets north of the nation’s largest Luzon island, tearing deep cracks in […]
The Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to shooting stones and mudslides at several places in Ramban district on Saturday. An official said that shooting stones were hampering the restoration work. The Amarnath yatris, who were returning from Kashmir, were also stranded between Magarkote and Digdool areas of the highway.
Tral : Over hundred sheep and goats were killed in a cloudburst at Nargistan pastures of South Kashmir’s Tral during the intervening night. Sources in sheep husbandry department said that during the intervening night of Friday, heavy rainfall resulted into the cloudburst in Bradi Angan area of Upper Nargistan. They said, “more than 100 sheep […]
BEIJING — China on Friday said India and Pakistan should peacefully settle the Kashmir issue and other disputes through dialogue and expressed its support to the international community, including the US, in playing a “constructive role” to improve the Indo-Pak ties. China’s reaction came after US President Donald Trump on Monday offered to be the “mediator” […]
Srinagar : Appealing people not to give ear to rumours, Additional Director General Police (ADGP) Law and Order Muneer Khan Saturday said 100 companies of paramilitary forces will replace those personnel of training companies, who are deployed on various duties since last year starting from Urban Local Bodies elections. “Around 200 training companies are presently […]
Senior Indian speedster Mohammed Shami’s US visa got rejected due to his existing police record on charges of domestic violence and adultery, and the BCCI had to step in to his rescue, according to a BCCI source. The Bengal speedster finally got the clearance after BCCI CEO Rahul Johri wrote a letter to the US Embassy, […]
A soldier was killed on Saturday in firing by the Pakistan Army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Defence sources said Lance Naik Rajender Singh of Rashtriya Rifles was killed in Pakistan ceasefire violation on the LoC in Machil sector of Kupwara district.
Days after the meeting between President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Pentagon notified the Congress on Friday of its decision to approve military sales worth USD 125 million that would result in 24×7 end-use monitoring of the F-16 fighter jets of Pakistan. US officials asserted that the freeze in security assistance […]