(Agencies) Jammu: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday led the campaigning of joint Congress-NC candidates and said the alliance was aimed to keep India secular and “save” it from divisive politics. Vikramaditya Singh, grandson of erstwhile Sadr-e-Riyast senior Congress leader Karan Singh, and former minister Raman Bhalla, who is a joint candidate of the Congress […]
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has levied a penalty of Rs 14.40 lakh and ordered confiscation of nearly Rs 6.8 lakh in connection with a FEMA case against resistance leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, officials said Friday. The case pertains to Geelani in illegal possession of foreign exchange, a case which was being investigated by the […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday identified the two militants who were killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. SSP Bandipora Rahul Malik indentified the militants as Ali and Hubaid of Pakistan. He said that both slain militants belonged to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit. Two militants […]
Jammu: Two Army men were injured in cross-LOC firing along the Line of Control in Rajouri and Jammu districts, officials said Friday. According to officials, the India and Pakistan Armies exchanged mortar shelling and firing in Pallanwala, Sunderbani and Nowshera sectors till Friday morning. The two Army men, who were injured in Pallanwala sector, were […]
(Agencies) Shopian, At least ten civilians were injured during clashes with the government forces in Ratnipora village of Shopian in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. Reports said that nine persons suffered pellet injuries while one was hit by bullet in his neck. The injured were shifted to a nearby health facility where from three […]
Srinagar : Two militants were killed in ongoing operation in Gadapora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. Official sources said that two militants have been killed in ongoing operation.The encounter began after a joint Army’s 34 RR, CRPF and SOG launched cordon and search operation in Gadapora village. Earlier, an official said that […]
Shopian: Government forces on Thursday late afternoon launched a cordon and search operation in Ahmadpora village of Damhal Hanjipora in South Kashmir Kulgam district. Sources told KNO that joint team of security forces including RR, special operation group (SOG)of jammu and Kashmir police and Crpf personnels Cordoned off the area. Reports suggest that forces launched […]
Srinagar : National Conference (NC) on Thursday took out a protest rally in the summer capital, Srinagar, against the custodial death of a private school Principal Rizwan Asad Pandit on March 19. Senior NC leaders Ali Muhammad Sagar, Nasir Sogami and Mubarak Gul led the protest rally from the party headquarters at Nawa-e-Subh in Srinagar. […]
(Agencies) Srinagar: A militant was killed and two policemen and a civilian injured on Thursday as government forces and militants battled each other in three places in the Kashmir Valley, authorities said. While the first gunfight erupted in Sopore town, two gun battles were reported later from Bandipora and Baramulla districts. Police said forces started […]
Srinagar : The Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) has postponed all semester examinations which were scheduled to be held on Friday. The IUST had postponed semester examinations on March 19, when principal of a local school, Rizwan Asad Pandit died in the custody of police in Srinagar. Rizwan was a Chemistry teacher in the […]