Srinagar: With over two lakh pilgrims performing the Amarnath Yatra in the past 16 days, officials said it was the highest number to visit the Himalayan cave shrine during the first forthright in the last four years. On Wednesday, another batch of 4,584 devotees left Jammu for the valley. Officials said since July 1 […]
Baramulla : A militant was killed after a gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Gund Brath area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. SSP Sopore Javeed Iqbal said that one militant body along with one weapon has been recovered from the encounter site. The SSP further said that […]
Srinagar : Senior leader of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and former agriculture minister in PDP-BJP led government Muhammad Khalil Bandh on Wednesday resigned from the basic membership of the party. “PDP has compromised on its basic principles after demise of late Mufti Mohammad Syed and veteran faces were sidelined in decision making process,” […]
Agencies Twelve persons were killed after a four-storey residential building collapsed in south Mumbai’s congested Dongri area Tuesday, trapping over 40 people under the debris, civic officials said. Twelve people were killed after the ‘Kausarbaug’ building, located in a bustling narrow lane in Tandel Street of Dongri area of south Mumbai, crashed, housing minister Radhakrishna […]
Agencies New Delhi : Nearly 400 militants infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir in the last three years and 126 of them have been killed by security forces, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Reddy said 27 security personnel were killed during the engagements with the […]
Srinagar :Police on Tuesday said that a youth from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district shunned militancy and returned to the mainstream. Taking to social networking site Twitter, Police wrote on Twitter: “One more individual with the help of #Communitymembers & #Police in #Pulwama has returned back to #mainstream. #Identity of the individual has been #protected.”
Governor’s administration will have to take some bitter decisions for the streamlining of J&K Muslim Wakf Board and this is the time when such decisions can be taken. Recently the Chairman of the Board who is Advisor to Governor held a meeting with the officials of the Board. He has appreciated the steps taken by […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two persons who were attempting to steal water pipes in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. A police spokesman in a statement said that police Station Safapora received information that two persons have illegally trespassed inside the water pump station for stealing water pipes, said […]
Srinagar : Police on Tuesday recovered an identified male body on river Jehlum near Shadipora area of Sumbal in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports reaching said that some locals spotted the body floating near Shadipora and informed the concerned police station immediately. A police team reached the spot and retrieved the body. Confirming it a […]
Agencies New Delhi : A total of 963 militants have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir by security forces since 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was first voted to power. During the various encounters and anti-combing operations in the state during the period, a total of 413 security personnel were also killed. The […]