Security agencies red flag Imran Khan’s 1,600 scholarship plan for Kashmiris

Security agencies red flag Imran Khan’s 1,600 scholarship plan for Kashmiris

Indian security agencies have red-flagged Imran Khan government’s plan to offer scholarships to 1,600 Kashmiri students to take up professional courses in Pakistan and occupied territories, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times on Thursday. Security officials said the scholarship offer was part of a larger plan by Pakistan’s deep state to radicalise young Kashmiris, […]

US’s religious freedom survey takes note of Article 370’s abrogation

US’s religious freedom survey takes note of Article 370’s abrogation

Srinagar: In the annual International Religious Freedom (IRF), the United States Department of State took note of the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and its bifurcation into two federally-governed territories. The survey of the state of religious freedom across the world, which was submitted to the US Congress, also noted the protests against the […]

Militants give slip to forces after brief gunfight in Budgam

Militants give slip to forces after brief gunfight in Budgam

Srinagar: Militants on Thursday morning gave slip to the government forces after a brief gunfight at Pathanpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. While they managed to escape from the site, the militants left behind some ammunition including a grenade and a pistol, officials said. Earlier government forces cordoned off the area following specific inputs […]

Army man killed, another injured in Sonamarg mishap

Army man killed, another injured in Sonamarg mishap

Ganderbal : An Army man was killed while another was critically injured after the vehicle they were traveling in met with and accident and fell into a deep gorge at Ranga pass along Srinagar-Leh highway in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. Officials said that an army vehicle in which the food items was being […]

Kulgam Woman Dies Of Covid-19, J&K toll 52

Kulgam Woman Dies Of Covid-19, J&K toll 52

  Srinagar, June 11 : A 62-year-old woman, a covid-19 patient, from Kulgam district of south Kashmir died at SKIMS Soura here on Thursday, taking the death toll due to the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir to 52. “She had cardiopulmonary arrest,” Professor Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent SKIMS, told GNS. He said that the […]

Netizen booked for sensitive post

Netizen booked for sensitive post

Chandan Kohli, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Rajouri, said the police had arrested Balkrishan Bhat, a resident of Rajouri, for making sensitive objectionable comment on the Facebook account. On the information about the sensitive/objectionable comment, the social media monitoring unit of the district police reviewed the comment, he added. “Taking cognisance of the matter, a […]