Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a drug peddler at a checkpoint in central Kashmir’s Budgam district and seized contraband substance from his possession. A police spokesman in a statement said that officers at a checkpoint established at Chahr-e-Sharif arrested a drug peddler identified as Mohammad Ayoub Mir son […]
Srinagar : Congress on Saturday held an extraordinary meeting of senior party leaders of various assembly segments of Kashmir in Srinagar to deliberate over the organizational affairs and activities in Kashmir. Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Gulam Nabi Azad presided over the meeting. Apart from other things, Azad reviewed the […]
Government forces on Saturday conducted searches after militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in south Kashmir district of Pulwama in the wee hours, official sources said. They said an IED blast took place on Arihal-Pulwama road in the wee hours, which was heard in the entire area. However, no one was injured and […]
The Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to shooting stones and mudslides at several places in Ramban district on Saturday. An official said that shooting stones were hampering the restoration work. The Amarnath yatris, who were returning from Kashmir, were also stranded between Magarkote and Digdool areas of the highway.
Tral : Over hundred sheep and goats were killed in a cloudburst at Nargistan pastures of South Kashmir’s Tral during the intervening night. Sources in sheep husbandry department said that during the intervening night of Friday, heavy rainfall resulted into the cloudburst in Bradi Angan area of Upper Nargistan. They said, “more than 100 sheep […]
Srinagar : Appealing people not to give ear to rumours, Additional Director General Police (ADGP) Law and Order Muneer Khan Saturday said 100 companies of paramilitary forces will replace those personnel of training companies, who are deployed on various duties since last year starting from Urban Local Bodies elections. “Around 200 training companies are presently […]
A soldier was killed on Saturday in firing by the Pakistan Army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Defence sources said Lance Naik Rajender Singh of Rashtriya Rifles was killed in Pakistan ceasefire violation on the LoC in Machil sector of Kupwara district.
Reacting to Centre’s decision to deploy additional 100 companies of security forces in the Kashmir valley, former chief minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir is a political problem which cannot be solved by military means. The decision of deployment of additional 10,000 troops has […]
Traffic was suspended on 434-km Srinagar-Leh highway due some repair work, officials said. A traffic police official said the traffic suspended on the highway since after an information was received from Beacon authorities that some immediate repair work was being carried out, he said.
Srinagar: A woman was killed while her son suffered injuries after a landslide hit a residential house in Doda district on Saturday. The landslide also left at least 25 sheep dead. The incident occurred in Baggar area of Tehsil Assar in the mountainous district today morning. Meanwhile, reports said that as many as 100 sheep and goats died […]