Second grenade attack on CRPF in Tral

Second grenade attack on CRPF in Tral

Srinagar: A grenade blast, second of the day took place in south Kashmir’s Tral town on Monday however no one was injured in the blast. Local sources told Kashmir Reader that suspected militants tried to target a CRPF camp in Batagund area of the town however the grenade exploded far from the target injuring none. […]

2 Amarnath yatris killed, six injured in Qazigund road accident

2 Amarnath yatris killed, six injured in Qazigund road accident

Srinagar: Two Amarnath yatris died while 6 others sustained injured as vehicle they were travelling in rolled down the road near toll post Qazigund, reports said on Monday. As per reports Guarav Brar @ Gori resident of Ludiana and Vinod Kumar s/o Surrinder Kumar   R/o Ludhiana died on spot while Ravinder Kumar son of Ram […]

Karvan-e-Aman bus leaves for Kaman Post to cross over to PaK

Karvan-e-Aman bus leaves for Kaman Post to cross over to PaK

Srinagar :Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered-Kashmir (Pak) left here on Monday to cross over to another side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, official sources said. The bus left Bemina, Srinagar with 23 passengers including 1 fresh and 22 returnees for […]

Turkey train disaster leaves 24 dead, hundreds hurt

Turkey train disaster leaves 24 dead, hundreds hurt

Twenty-four people were killed when a train derailed in northwest Turkey this weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag said today, a sharp jump from the previous toll of 10. The state-run Anadolu news agency quoted Akdag as saying search operations this morning had now been completed at the wreck of the train, which derailed early […]

China launches rocket carrying two Pakistani satellites

China launches rocket carrying two Pakistani satellites

China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket on Monday. The PRSS-1 is China’s first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer, reports Xinhua news agency. A scientific experiment satellite, PakTES-1A, developed by Pakistan, was […]

North Kashmir : With Arms And Drugs, Police Seizes 2 Vehicles

North Kashmir :  With Arms And Drugs, Police Seizes 2 Vehicles

Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said they arrested four persons and recovered drugs and arms from their possession. They were travelling in two vehicles from a border belt. A police spokesman in a statement said: “continuing its efforts to weed out drug menace from the society, a special team of Police Station Karnah assisted […]

2,966 pilgrims leave for Amarnath as yatra resumes

2,966 pilgrims leave for Amarnath as yatra resumes

Jammu: After remaining suspended for a day, 2,966 pilgrims left Jammu on Monday for the Kashmir Valley, officials said. “The ninth batch of 2,966 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 3.20 a.m. today (Monday) in an escorted convoy of 123 vehicles,” a police officer said. No yatri was allowed to move towards the Kashmir […]

Tral : Militants fire grenade at CRPF camp

Tral : Militants fire grenade at CRPF camp

Srinagar : Suspected militants on Monday hurled a grenade at the  CRPF  camp in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official said that the suspected militants lobbed a grenade at the 180 BN CRPF camp in Tral town of Pulwama. However, there were no immediate reports of any loss or damage. Meanwhile, police and […]

Wife gives her life while saving her husband at Hajjin

Police said on Monday that suspected militants barged into the house of PDP worker at Shahgund village of Hajin during previous night to kidnap him.His wife identified as Shakeela Bano resisted thier move and they stabbed her several times before moving out of the house .police said that injured Shakeela was rushed to Srinagar hospital […]