Militant killed in brief gunfight in Pulwama

Militant killed in brief gunfight in Pulwama

Srinagar : A militant has been killed in a brief gunfight at Chakoora area of Litter in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. Amid snow and rains, the gunfight broke out after forces laid cordon and search operation in the village. One more militant is believed to be trapped at the gunfight site.

Fresh snowfall closes Jammu-Srinagar highway

Fresh snowfall closes Jammu-Srinagar highway

Srinagar : Fresh snowfall in the Banihal area on Wednesday forced closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway. The Traffic Department was set to allow one-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu on Wednesday, but the decision was reviewed as weather deteriorated all along the- nearly 300 km long road. “Nightlong rains triggered shooting stones in some portions […]

Minor injured in grenade blast succumbs

Minor injured in grenade blast succumbs

Srinagar : A 13-year-old boy who along with his coetaneous friend suffered injuries when a grenade they were toying with, went off in Pulwama five days back succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS here on Wednesday. Family sources told news agency GNS Junaid Bilal, one of the two boys injured in the blast, succumbed to […]

Altaf Bukhari seconds Omar Abdullah on single party govt

Altaf Bukhari seconds Omar Abdullah on single party govt

Srinagar: Senior PDP leader and former finance minister Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday seconded the opinion of National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah who called for a decisive mandate in the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir for return of single party Government era in the State. “I personally believe that Kashmir has […]

Centre should now stop misusing CBI & NIA for political vendetta: Mehbooba

Centre should now stop misusing CBI & NIA for political vendetta: Mehbooba

Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to reinstate Alok Verma as CBI director, saying the apex court ruling had restored faith in independent institutions. “Welcome SCs decision to reinstate #AlokVerma as CBI Dir. (It) reinstates belief in independent institutions of our democracy that are its […]

Militant killed in brief shootout in south Kashmir

Militant killed in brief shootout in  south Kashmir

Srinagar : A militant was killed in a brief shoot in Chowduri Bagh area of Litter in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. Quoting a senior Police official, GNS reported that militants attacked patrolling party of Army at Chowduri bagh. The official said that Army retaliated, triggering a brief exchange of gunfire in which one […]

Azad supports Akhilesh Yadav, accuses govt of misusing probe agencies

Azad supports Akhilesh Yadav, accuses govt of misusing probe agencies

New Delhi: Accusing the government of misusing probe agencies to target opposition leaders in an effort to stall an alliance ahead of the 2019 polls, the Congress on Monday backed SP chief Akhilesh Yadav after it emerged the CBI may quiz him in an illegal mining case. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad termed the […]