Srinagar : A Sub-Inspector of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) committed suicide by shooting self with his service rifle at Town Hall Kunzer in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday morning, police said. “Sub-Inspector Chander Mani of ITBP of 4th Adhoc G Coy today morning shoots himself at Town Hall area of Kunzer while he was […]
Srinagar: Government forces Saturday morning launched a massive cordon and search operation south Kashmir’s Shopian village. Official sources said that a joint team of government forces including army, Jammu and Kashmir police and paramilitary forces, acting on specific inputs about presence of militants in Turkwangam village, cordoned the area and started door to door search operation. […]
New Delhi: The crucial black box, flight data recorder, of the Mi-17 helicopter that crashed near Budgam on February 27 killing six personnel on board, is missing and the Indian Air Force is searching for it. “The black box has gone missing after the crash and we are trying to locate it. It is possible […]
Srinagar: Militants and government forces briefly exchanged gunfire in the pre-dawn hours on Sunday in Tangpawa village of Kokernag area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A police official said that a joint team of government forces including army’s 19RR, Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary forces launched a cordon and search operation in Tangpawa village following inputs […]
By: Javaid Malik Aharbal: While the month of March is coming to an end and the spring season has already started, it would be a surprise for many readers to know that the road from Aharbal upto Saidow Shopian is under snow, leading to difficulties to the villagers living on this route. When this reporter […]
By: Javaid Malik Noorabad: Villagers of Noorabad told this reporter that the work on the main connectivity between Aharbal to Reshi Nagar is an under construction bridge, which was started many years back, but is still to be completed. Blaming politicians, bureaucrats and the contractors for the delay, the villagers said that the brunt of […]
Jammu : A tempo traveller rolled down a gorge here on Friday, killing two members of a family and injuring one, police said. Tanver Ahmed, who was driving the vehicle, and his mother Soffia Begum died on the spot. His father Shad Ali was hospitalised and stated to be critical, they said. The vehicle […]
Agencies The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a Srinagar-located asset linked to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah in connection with a 14-year-old funding and money laundering case against him and others, the agency said Friday. The property is located in Effandi Bagh in the Rawalpora area of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, and […]
Agencies Srinagar : The European Parliament members have written to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi over what they said ongoing human rights violations against people of Kashmir. At least 50 members of European Parliament have expressed concerned over HR violations in Kashmir, as reported in a recent OHCHR report. They also demanded an […]
Banihal/Jammu : A truck driver was arrested and 450 kg poppy seeds were seized from his vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, officials said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a truck on its way to Punjab from Kashmir in Banihal area on Wednesday night, they said. During checking, […]