13 year old boy hit by army vehicle in Poonch, dies

13 year old boy hit by army vehicle in Poonch, dies

Poonch:  A 13 year old boy was crushed to death by an army vehicle at Gulpore area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that the minor boy namely Sajad Ahmad son of Mohd Taj of Gulpore was injured critically after being hit by an army vehicle in […]

Grenade attack on NC leaders house in Tral

Grenade attack on NC leaders house in Tral

Srinagar : Militants fired a grenade from an under- barrel grenade launcher (UBGL) at a National Conference (NC) leader’s house in Pulwama’s Tral on Tuesday. Preliminary reports suggest the grenade, aimed at the house of NC leader Ashraf Bhat, exploded outside the residence. At the time of attack, a number of NC leaders and activists […]

UN Security Council condemns Taliban announcement of spring offensive

UN Security Council condemns Taliban announcement of spring offensive

Agencies United Nations : The UN Security Council has condemned the announcement by the Taliban of a spring offensive, saying it will only result in more unnecessary suffering and destruction for the Afghan people. In a press statement on the Taliban Offensive, members of the 15-nation Council said they recognised the Afghan people’s strong desire […]

PC activist who fell from vehicle last week succumbs

PC activist who fell from vehicle last week succumbs

Srinagar : A 37-year old activist of Peoples Conference who was injured critically after he fell from a moving vehicle near Bakhihaker in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district last week succumbed to injuries in a hospital here in Srinagar. Reports said that the man Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Mohammad Mir, a […]

Day curfew lifted in Kishtwar

Day curfew lifted in Kishtwar

Agencies Jammu : Day curfew was lifted from the communally sensitive Kishtwar township of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday after remaining in force for a week following the killing of a senior RSS leader and his security guard, a senior government official said. However, night curfew along with prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC banning assembly […]

Mobile internet services restored, curfew relaxed for three hours in J-K’s Kishtwar

Mobile internet services restored, curfew relaxed for three hours in J-K’s Kishtwar

Agencies Jammu: Mobile internet services in curfew-bound Kishtwar township of Jammu and Kashmir was restored on Monday after remaining suspended for the past six days following improvement in the overall law and order situation, a senior government official said.  The curfew, which was promulgated in the town and adjoining areas Tuesday last week following the killing […]

China develops world’s first armed amphibious drone boat: Report

China develops world’s first armed amphibious drone boat: Report

Beijing:    China has successfully tested the world’s first armed amphibious drone boat which the Chinese military analysts claimed could be used in land assault operations and is capable of forming a combat triad with aerial drones and other drone ships, according to a media report. Built by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group under China Shipbuilding […]

India successfully test fires Nirbhay missile

India successfully test fires Nirbhay missile

Agencies Bhubaneswar: India successfully test fired a sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay off the Odisha coast on Monday. The 1,000-km range missile was fired for a shorter range from a launch pad from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Balasore district, said informed sources. Indigenously developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), the […]

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed at Ramban due to landslide

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed at Ramban due to landslide

Jammu,  The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was blacked for traffic after a landslide in Ramban district on Monday, officials said. There was a landslide at Digdol area in Ramban resulting in blocking of the highway, they said. Men and machines are working to clear the landslide to reopen highway for traffic, they said. PTI

BJP creating fear psychosis among voters to win polls: Mehbooba

BJP creating fear psychosis among voters to win polls: Mehbooba

Agencies Srinagar : Asserting that alleged misappropriation of the sacrifices of jawans and polarising the electorate hasn’t helped BJP, Peoples Democratic Party (PIDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said now the saffron party is creating fear psychosis by using “national security” as a guide to prepare ground for another Balakot like strike to win the […]