At least 30 people were killed and over 40 injured when a blast ripped through a marketplace in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday. The explosion apparently took place near an imambargah in Orakzai tribal district’s Kalaya Bazaar, Dawn reported. “The remote-controlled bomb was attached to a motorcycle,” security sources were quoted by Geo News as […]
BARAMULLA —The killing of six militants in the Bijbehara encounter was a “major success for security agencies,” Lt Gen AK Bhatt, GOC 15 corps said on Friday. Talking to media on the sidelines of a function in Baramulla, the General said that the encounter was a “surgical operation and is a big achievement for security […]
Srinagar Joint Hurriyat leadership (JRL) comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday held a meeting with former Prime Minister of Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik at Syed Ali Geelani’s residence Hyderpora in Srinagar. Mirwaiz tweeted: “Fruitful meeting of JRL with Mr Kjell Magne Bondevik,Ex Prime Minister of Norway. As […]
Srinagar :Top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Azad Ahmad Malik alias Dada was among the six militants who were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Shalgund village of Dashnipora in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Islamabad district on Friday. The other five militants who died in the gunfight that raged in the village since early hours […]
Srinagar : Kashmir is observing shutdown on Thursday against the killing of a Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Mir Hafizullah by unknown gunmen. Shops, business establishments and private offices are closed, while public transport is also off the roads in Srinagar and other parts of the valley. Mir was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his home in […]
Srinagar: Calling the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik a “match-fixing between various stakeholders”, independent lawmaker Er Rasheed has said that it is yet again proven that there is a controlled democracy in J&K. In a statement issued on Thursday Rasheed said, “While Governor’s decision to dissolve the Assembly was unconstitutional […]
Jammu : A day after dissolving the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Governor Satya Pal Malik Thursday said he acted in the state’s interest and according to its constitution. A lot of horse trading was happening, Malik said, adding that he would not allow a government by defections. “I acted according to the constitution of Jammu […]
Srinagar :The Met forecast rain and snow till Friday in Jammu and Kashmir as an overcast sky helped marginal improvement in night temperatures on Thursday. “Rain in the plains and snow in the higher reaches is likely to occur during the next 24 hours,” a MET Department official said. The minimum temperature was 1.8 in […]
Senior PDP leader Altaf Bukhari has confirmed that his party will get into an alliance with the National Conference and the Congress to form government in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking to mediapersons, the PDP leader said, “Very soon you will get a good news.” “My leadership has confirmed it to us that the three parties […]
Pakistan Foreign Office on Wednesday strongly condemned the assassination of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Hafizullah Mir in Anantnag district of south Kashmir. According to media reports the Foreign office spokesperson Dr. Mohammad Faisal also condemned the “continuing Indian atrocities in the occupied territory, including the killing of three Kashmiris and injuries to eight others, including three girls, […]