Jammu records season’s coldest day

Jammu records season’s coldest day

Jammu :Residents of Jammu woke up to a chilly morning Tuesday as the night temperature had plunged to 4.1 degrees Celsius the season’s lowest so far. Earlier on December 17, the city of temples had recorded a low of 4.4 degrees Celsius. The upward trend in the mercury marked a dip on Monday when the […]

609 personnel promoted in JKAP

609 personnel promoted in JKAP

Srinagar : Additional Director General of Police Armed J&K A.K. Choudhary-IPS orders promotion of 609 officers and officials of J&K Armed Police after the Departmental Promotion Committees headed by him found them fit for the promotion, a police spokesman said. He said as per three different orders issued by ADGP Armed J&K, 101 Assistant Sub […]

Army officer killed another injured in sniper attack along LoC in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara

Army officer killed another injured in sniper attack along LoC in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara

Srinagar :An army officer was killed and another injured critically in a ‘sniper attack’ by Pakistan army along the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday afternoon. Official sources told a local news agency that Pakistan army in “violation of ceasefire” opened the sniper fire upon the army’s 2/8 GR posts in […]

US lawmakers say troops withdrawal from Afghanistan risky

US lawmakers say troops withdrawal from Afghanistan risky

Washington : Any hasty withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, as in the case of Syria, would pave way for another 9/11, top US lawmakers and experts have warned. President Donald Trump on Wednesday decided to pull out a significant number of American troops from Afghanistan, a day after he announced a withdrawal from Syria. […]

Abid Ansari to formally join Peoples Conference today

Abid Ansari to formally join Peoples Conference today

Srinagar: Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abid Ansari will join Peoples Conference (PC) today afternoon. Abid Ansari while talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that he will formally join Peoples Conference led by Sajad Lone today afternoon. Earlier, Ansari’s nephew Imran Ansari had joined Peoples Conference. From the last some months PDP has […]

Shutdown in Pulwama on seventh day

Shutdown in Pulwama on seventh day

Srinagar : A complete shutdown is being observed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday for the seventh straight day against the killings of seven civilians and three militants on last Saturday. All shops and other commercial establishments are closed in town while public transport is off the roads. Heavy deployment of police and paramilitary […]

Police detain senior JKLF leader in Srinagar

Police detain senior JKLF leader in Srinagar

Srinagar : A senior leader of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Rafi Nannaji was detained by police from his residence in Srinagar on Friday. According to a spokesperson, a posse of policemen today morning arrived at Nannaji’s Natipora residence and detained him. He was lodged at Chanapora police station.

Court rejects plea for permission to offer Nimaz at Babri Masjid

Court rejects plea for permission to offer Nimaz at Babri Masjid

Lucknow:The Allahabad High Court Thursday rejected a petition seeking permission to offer ‘namaz’ at the disputed site of Babri Masjid while imposing a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the petitioner saying the appeal was filed for “cheap publicity”. Justices DK Arora and Alok Mathur of the Lucknow bench of the high court passed the […]