Srinagar: Army on Wednesday said that they killed four militants in an ongoing gunfight in Rafiabad area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid earlier confirmed the presence of five militants trapped in the gunfight with forces. Earlier a fierce gunbattle broke out between militants and government forces in […]
SRINAGAR : Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai shall be hearing the grievances of people and would be available to meet public delegations, deputations, organizations and individuals at JK Governor’s Grievance Cell at Church Lane, Sonwar on Thursday, August 09 from 10 am to 12 noon.
SRINAGAR : The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Jammu and Kashmir government’s response on a habeas corpus plea in the alleged “custodial torture” of Talib Hussain, a key member in the agitation seeking justice for the Kathua gang rape-murder victim. Hussain was arrested by the state police in the wake of an FIR against […]
Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday launched Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Gudoora village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, sources said. They said that soon after the CASO, youth took to streets and started protesting triggering minor clashes in the area. Local sources said that house to house searches were going on in the village.
Srinagar : Police on Wednesday sought the help of the general public in tracing a missing boy, who is missing since July 7. As reported by one Barkat Ahmad Lone son of Ghulam Qadir Lone resident of Logripora Bomia that his son namely Maroof Barkat Lone son of Barkat Ahmad Lone age 15/16 years is […]
New Delhi : The Editors Guild of India today decried “all attempts” by the government to “interfere” with the independence of the media, taking strong note of senior journalists of two TV channels quitting and frequent instances of broadcast signals being blocked of programmes seen to be critical of the ruling dispensation. The Guild, in […]
Srinagar : SDRF Leh on Tuesday rescued a foreign couple from a rock hill. SDRF Leh received an information that a foreign couple has been stuck on a rock hill in a village Liker-Saspochay. Incharge Dy. Controller Civil Defence Leh Ladakh deputed a five-member team for the rescue operation. After conducting a search the SDRF […]
Jammu : One person was killed and 26 persons were injured when a vehicle skidded off the road and turned turtle in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir today, the police said. The accident took place near Rudd Bridge in the district, they said. As per eyewitnesses, the minibus was allegedly driven rashly by the […]
Islamabad: For the first time, Pakistani soldiers will undergo training at Russian military institutes after the two countries signed an agreement related to it, in a sign of further strengthening their defence ties amid Islamabad’s increasingly uneasy relations with the United States. The agreement was signed yesterday at the conclusion of the first meeting of […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a militant and recovered arms from his possession in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police identified the arrested militant as Abdul Majid Shah, son of Ghulam Mohammad Shah, a resident of Iqbal Colony Pattan Baramulla. “He was travelling in a car […]