Militant killed in Sopore gunfight, searches on

Militant killed in Sopore gunfight, searches on

Baramulla : A militant was killed after a gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Gund Brath area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. SSP Sopore Javeed Iqbal said that one militant body along with one weapon has been recovered from the encounter site. The SSP further said that […]

Khalil Bandh resigns from PDP

Khalil Bandh resigns from PDP

Srinagar : Senior leader of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and former agriculture minister in PDP-BJP led government Muhammad Khalil Bandh on Wednesday resigned from the basic membership of the party. “PDP has compromised on its basic principles after demise of late Mufti Mohammad Syed and veteran faces were sidelined in decision making process,” […]

12 killed, over 40 feared trapped as Mumbai building collapses

12 killed, over 40 feared trapped as Mumbai building collapses

Agencies Twelve persons were killed after a four-storey residential building collapsed in south Mumbai’s congested Dongri area Tuesday, trapping over 40 people under the debris, civic officials said. Twelve people were killed after the ‘Kausarbaug’ building, located in a bustling narrow lane in Tandel Street of Dongri area of south Mumbai, crashed, housing minister Radhakrishna […]

Pulwama youth shuns militancy: Kashmir Police

Pulwama youth shuns militancy: Kashmir Police

Srinagar :Police on Tuesday said that a youth from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district shunned militancy and returned to the mainstream. Taking to social networking site Twitter, Police wrote on Twitter: “One more individual with the help of #Communitymembers & #Police in #Pulwama has returned back to #mainstream. #Identity of the individual has been #protected.”

Two burglars arrested in Ganderbal: Police

Two burglars arrested in Ganderbal: Police

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two persons who were attempting to steal water pipes in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. A police spokesman in a statement said that police Station Safapora received information that two persons have illegally trespassed inside the water pump station for stealing water pipes, said […]

Unidentified male body retrieved in river Jehlum

Unidentified male body retrieved in river Jehlum

Srinagar : Police on Tuesday recovered an identified male body on river Jehlum near Shadipora area of Sumbal in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports reaching said that some locals spotted the body floating near Shadipora and informed the concerned police station immediately. A police team reached the spot and retrieved the body. Confirming it a […]

Police arrests two persons in Baramulla, recovers pistol

Police arrests two persons in Baramulla, recovers pistol

Srinagar : Police have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the last month’s killing of a shopkeeper in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police officer said that the two youth Aquib Bashir and Auqib Shalla of Chesti Colony Baramulla was arrested recently and a pistol was recovered by a team of 46RR, SOG […]

Pakistan opens airspace for Indian flights

Pakistan opens airspace for Indian flights

Agencies New Delhi :     Pakistan has decided to open its airspace for ‘all type of civilian traffic’ with immediate effect making a sort of climbdown from its July 12 stance that it would not do so until India withdraws all its fighter planes from the Indo-Pak border. Pakistan’s aviation authority on Tuesday lifted its […]