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 […]
Srinagar : A top commander of Jaish-e-Muhammad militant outfit among two killed in a gunfight with the counter insurgent forces on Saturday in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. A police spokesman in a statement said that on a credible input, a cordon and search operation was launched jointly by police and security forces in Banday Mohalla […]
Srinagar, Jul 26 (KNS): State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed to the state government to register a case in the killing of Junaid Ahmad Khuroo, who died in police custody and also provide a compensation of Rs five lakh in favour of the family of the deceased. In the case titled Abdul Qayoom Khurro […]
Tangmarg, Jul 26 (KNS): Scores of people working as labourers in Tangmarg area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Friday staged a protest against the Mining and Geology department for issuing tenders for Nallah ferozpora to collect the material from it. The protesting labourers expressed their resentment and termed the decision taken by Mining and Geology […]
The Amarnath yatra from Jammu city to Kashmir was suspended on Friday due to bad weather conditions along the highway to the Valley, officials said. As many as 7,021 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas till Thursday evening, taking the total those having performed the darshan […]
Agencies Mohammad Amir has announced his retirement from Test cricket. The left-arm quick, 27, has however said he will continue playing white-ball cricket for Pakistan. “It has been an honour to represent Pakistan in the pinnacle and traditional format of the game,” Amir said in a statement. “I, however, have decided to move away from […]