Ganderbal : Police Inspector (SHO Sonamarg) and his escort on Wednesday had a narrow escape from being hit by a snow avalanche on Srinagar-Leh road near Zojila Pass during heavy Snowfall. Reports said that Station House Officer Sonamarg Manzoor Ahmad Mir and his team miraculously escaped from being hit by snow avalanche near Zojila Pass […]
Srinagar : A woman from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) has been elected unopposed as Sarpanch and Panch in Khumriyal area of north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district. Arifa Begum (35) had come to this part of Kashmir along with her husband Ghulam Mohammad Mir via Nepal in 2010. Arifa, originally a resident of Palandari village in […]
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in a brief gun-battle with government forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said today. A police spokesperson said that all two militants belonged to Hizb ul-Mujahideen militant outfit. He identified the slain as Liaqat Munir Wani son of Munir Ahmad Wani resident of Below Dargund and Wajid Ul Islam […]
Srinagar: A militant was killed and a policeman wounded in an ongoing gunfight in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. A police source, cited by IANS said that a militant was killed in the ongoing gunfight in Darganaie Gund village of Tral. However, there was no immediate official confirmation. A top police […]
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir meteorological department has said that Kashmir will witness a fresh spell of widespread precipitation, rain, and snowfall in the coming week. An official of the Met Department said there are chances of scattered to fairly widespread rain/snowfall in Valley from November 12 to 14. The Srinagar city has recorded […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir police and the army Thursday claimed to have busted a militant hideout in a village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Jammu & Kashmir Police on its twitter handle said “Police & 23 Para in Shopian busted a militant hideout at Ramnagri village,” adding that “Incriminating materials were recovered from the […]
SRINAGAR: Junaid Azim Mattu has been elected as the next Mayor of Srinagar. The corum of the newly elected Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) had met for the first time after taking the oath of office and elected the leader. Mattu, who a member of the Peoples Conference before he joined the National Conference (NC) and […]
Jammu: Civil Secretariat, the seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government, opened here on Monday after a 10-day break as part of the bi-annual ‘Darbar Move’. Besides the Civil Secretariat, the other move offices, including Raj Bhawan and police headquarters, also opened here after six months of functioning in Srinagar. Governor Satya Pal Malik inspected […]
Srinagar : Gunfight broke out between militants and government forces on Monday at Bakoora area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. According to sources a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Army, Special Operations Group of Police and para military CRPF at Bakoora following inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Exchange […]
Srinagar: Curfew was imposed in Bhadarwah and Doda towns of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday in view of tension following the killing of a senior BJP leader and his brother in Kishtwar town last night. Additional District Magistrate Bhadarwah, Dr Ravi Kumar Bharti imposed curfew in Bhadarwah town at 4:30 AM as a “precautionary measure” […]