LoC flares up again, several houses and mosque damaged in north Kashmir

LoC flares up again, several houses and mosque damaged in north Kashmir

Srinagar: Several residential houses and a Mosque were partially damaged as Indo-Pak troops engaged in firing and intense mortar shelling in Dhani, Hajitra areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Karnah sectors of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district last evening. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) quoting an unnamed official reported that […]

Yemen airport blasts kill 26 as govt plane arrives

Yemen airport blasts kill 26 as govt plane arrives

ADEN: At least 26 people were killed on Wednesday as explosions rocked Yemen’s Aden airport moments after a new unity government flew in, in what some officials charged was a “cowardly” attack by Houthi rebels. Although all government ministers were reported to be unharmed, more than 50 people were wounded, medical and government sources said […]

NZ’s Kane Williamson overtakes Steve Smith, Virat Kohli to be top Test batsman

NZ’s Kane Williamson overtakes Steve Smith, Virat Kohli to be top Test batsman

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson enters the New Year as the top-ranked Test batsman after leapfrogging Australia’s Steve Smith and India skipper Virat Kohli in the latest official rankings issued on Thursday. Williamson, who returned from paternity leave this month, hit a match-winning century in the opening Test against Pakistan to help New Zealand win […]

Srinagar ‘gunfight’: J&K DGP upholds army’s version, rebuts claims by slain trio’s families

Srinagar ‘gunfight’: J&K DGP upholds army’s version, rebuts claims by slain trio’s families

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbagh Singh Thursday upheld army’s claim that three militants were killed in Wednesday’s gunfight on Srinagar outskirts, but added that police will still investigate the claims by the families of the slain trio over their “innocence”. “I have no reason to dispute what the GoC Kilo […]

Four shops gutted in north Kashmir’s Kupwara

Four shops gutted in north Kashmir’s Kupwara

At least four shops were completely gutted in a fire incident at Wajhama Langate in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday, locals and unnamed officials told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). They said that fire broke out in the shop of one Mohammad Sultan Thoker at about 11 am. and engulfed three […]

Three women drug peddlers from Punjab arrested in south Kashmir: Police

Three women drug peddlers from Punjab arrested in south Kashmir: Police

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have arrested three women drug peddlers in Kulgam and recovered contraband substance from their possession. The police said in a statement, “The officers while patrolling in Bus stand area of Qazigund Kulgam intercepted three suspicious ladies all residents of Cheema Wadi Amritsar, Punjab. During checking, officers were […]

Srinagar freezes at -5.9°C as temperature falls in Kashmir

Srinagar freezes at -5.9°C as temperature falls in Kashmir

Srinagar: Minimum temperatures plummeted in most parts of Kashmir Valley with Srinagar recording a low of minus 5.9°C against minus 2.1°C on the previous night, the weatherman said on Thursday. A Meteorological Department (MeT) official said that the night temperature in Srinagar was around three degrees Celsius below normal for this time of the year. […]

Heading to conclusion

Heading to conclusion

Army through its internal court of enquiry along with internal mechanisms to fix the responsibility in a fake encounter case of Shopian, according to the media reports available from New Delhi, army is likely to proceed against a major rank army officer of Rashtriya Rifles along with two other jawans. These media reports said, Army […]

Terms Talks With Pakistan ‘Imperative’, Says Ban On 4G Internet Aimed To ‘Ruin Students, Businessmen’

Terms Talks With Pakistan ‘Imperative’, Says Ban On 4G Internet Aimed To ‘Ruin Students, Businessmen’

Srinagar, Dec 30: President of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday rejected as fallacious the claims that the alliance has accepted 5 August 2019 announcements by India by participating in the recently concluded DDC polls. “Had we accepted revocation of Article 370, we would not have fought (DDC) elections. We fought […]