New Delhi: Government forces have killed 581 militants since 2015 while 69 personnel died in ceasefire violations, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre told the Lok Sabha today. In 2015, 108 militants were killed by government forces followed by 150 in 2016, 213 in 2017 and 110 in 2018 (up to July 22), Bhamre […]
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir has been allotted 2,000 additional seats for Haj this year as a “special quota” in line with the new formula of allocation of surplus seats generated by under-utilised quota of states, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told the Lok Sabha today. In a reply to a written question, he […]
New Delhi: As many as 111 people were killed in 822 incidents of communal violence in India in 2017, Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said today. He told the Rajya Sabha that 86 people were killed in 703 incidents of communal violence in 2016 and 97 people lost their lives in 751 such incidents in 2015. […]
Professor Talat Ahmad has been appointed as the vice chancellor of Kashmir University while Manoj Dhar took over as the vice chancellor of Jammu University on Wednesday. Registrar Jammu University Meenakshi Kilam confirmed that Prof Dhar took over as the VC of the varsity. A source at the Kashmir University confirmed the appointment of Prof […]
Srinagar : Thousands of people on Wednesday participated in the last rites of Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Bilal Ahmad Dar at his native Sofi Mohalla in Khudwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An eyewitness said that two rounds of funeral prayers were held for the slain militant in Khudwani village. Thousands of people participated in the prayers, […]
Srinagar : Police on Wednesday issued the following statement about the Anantnaq gunfight saying the joint patrol of security forces launched searches at Lal Chowk area in district Islamabad after it received credible leads about the presence of the militants inside a house. A police spokesperson in a statement said: “As the government forces advanced towards […]
Karachi/Peshawar: At least 34 people were killed today, including 31 in a deadly suicide blast outside a polling station in Pakistan’s Quetta city and 36 others injured as several incidents of violence were reported as the country went to polls. In Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, a suicide blast targeting a police van killed at least […]
Suspected militants hurled a grenade at CRPF men guarding the post office in south Kashmir’s Pulwama township on Wednesday afternoon. A police official said that around 1:20 pm suspected militants hurled a grenade at the CRPF post located outside the post office building in Pulwama. However they said that no loss of life or damage […]
Two militants were killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Anantnag town of this south Kashmir district on Wednesday. A senior police official said two bodies of the militants have been recovered from the site of a gunfight in Mehmaan mohalla of Anantnag town. According to an official Abid Hussain Bhat, had joined […]
Two bodies of slain militants were recovered from the debris of encounter site in Anantnag town . Reports said that clashes erupted after the gunfight was over.latest reports said that one civilian was injured in the incident .