Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. “Following a brief shoot out in the orchard area of Gahand village the two militants were killed. Their exact identities and affiliations are being ascertained,” an officer said.[Read More…]
Srinagar: Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday that by aligning with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), her father, Mufti Sayeed, had captured the “Jinn in the bottle”. Addressing an election rally in Anantnag district, Mehbooba Mufti said by joining[Read More…]
Jammu: Rehana Bashir, who hails from a remote area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, has become the first woman from the district to crack the coveted civil service exams. An MBBS graduate from Salwah village of Mendhar area in Poonch, she finished at 187th rank in the overall merit[Read More…]
Srinagar: Reacting to the BJP’s commitment to abrogate articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah said on Monday that the move will pave the way for ‘Azadi’ for Kashmir. The BJP manifesto released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah said the[Read More…]
Srinagar: A gunfight took place on Sunday between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. After receiving information about the presence of militants in the Kahilil forests of Tral, the security forces with Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state police[Read More…]
Angry inmates set fire to a shelter inside the Srinagar Central Jail after rumours spread that some prisoners were being shifted to jails outside the Kashmir Valley, police said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday night. Police personnel rushed to the prison to help authorities bring the situation[Read More…]
Srinagar: Two Indian Air Force (IAF) officers were killed and two other officers were injured on Thursday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. According to the police, two IAF officers were killed and two other officers injured in a road accident in Malangpora village[Read More…]
Srinagar: Four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed on Monday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. Upon receiving information about the militants, a search operation was launched in Lassipora village. “When challenged, the militants opened fire on the security forces triggering the[Read More…]
Jammu: Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway was stopped on Saturday after an explosion occurred inside a car in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. Police said the explosion occurred inside a private car at Tethar, destroying the vehicle. “The explosion appears to have been caused by a gas cylinder inside the[Read More…]
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) poll campaign for the coming Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. BJP sources said the grand start of the party’s election campaign in the region will take place from Modi’s ‘Vijay Sankalp rally’ scheduled to[Read More…]
Srinagar: Three militants were killed on Thursday as two gunfights raged in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian and Kupwara districts, police said. All three were killed in the south Kashmir encounter in Shopian district. “Hiding militants opened fire at the security forces in Yarwan village of Keller area during a cordon[Read More…]
Jammu: Two people were injured on Monday when robbers looted a petrol pump in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police said. Two attendants were injured during the looting of the cash counter of the petrol pump in Chadwal area just off the Jammu-Pathankote highway. A manhunt was launched to trace[Read More…]
Srinagar: After attacking a National Conference leader in Anantnag a day ago, unidentified gunmen struck again on Friday killing a civilian in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. Manzoor Ahmad Lone, who was abducted from Dogripora village, was killed in Gulzarpora village of Awantipora, an officer said. This was[Read More…]
Srinagar: 2 months after Shah Faesal resigned from his post of IAS officer, the UPSC topper from Kashmir is all set to launch his new political party on Sunday. The party is expected to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. For the last few days Faesal has been travelling[Read More…]
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar highway was restored for one-way traffic on Tuesday after it remained closed for several hours, a traffic official said. Landslides at Khanpora outside Bannihal blocked the highway on Monday and it was not until 10 p.m. that the clearance operation was over. “All stranded vehicles were then[Read More…]
Jammu: One-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu was allowed on Monday even as it started raining lightly along the Jammu-Srinagar highway, a traffic official said. No vehicle would be allowed to move in the opposite direction to avoid congestion along the 300-km road, he added. The Met has forecast rain[Read More…]
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced dates for Lok Sabha elections 2019 but ruled out holding assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir simultaneously. However, polling for general elections in Jammu and Kashmir will held in five phases. The first phase will be held on April 11, second[Read More…]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday led a protest march against the arrest of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) members in the state. Mufti led the march of her party leaders and workers in Anantnag town. “The arrest of members of Jamaat Moulvis and Imams affiliated with Ahle[Read More…]
While the tension between India and Pakistan continue to rise after since the terrifying Pulwama terror attack, a viral video featuring Kashmiri children promoting peace is winning millions of hearts on social media. A 23-year-old travel blogger Srishti Tehri has released a video on Instagram that shows the people living[Read More…]
Indian and Pakistani armies exchanged heavy fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district till early hours on Wednesday, Defence Ministry said. The Pakistan Army used mortar shelling and small arms as they resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in the Sunderbani sector from around 10.30[Read More…]
Jammu: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday opened for one-way traffic, an official said. “Traffic will only move from Jammu to Srinagar. All stranded vehicles on the highway were cleared on Monday,” the traffic department official said. Supplies of essential commodities are routed into the landlocked Kashmir Valley through this[Read More…]
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi: To prevent Pulwama-like suicide attack in which 40 CRPF troopers were killed and casualties in anti-terror operations in Jammu & Kashmir, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has “revised” its combat strategy to “wait, watch and take time” and issued new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).[Read More…]
Kupwara: Two CRPF Inspectors, two policeman officers martyred in an gunfight at Babagund Langate area of Handwara in frontier Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir with terrorists on Friday. Reportedly, the encounter began Thursday late night after the joint team of the Army’s 22 RR, 92 Battalion CRPF and SOG launched[Read More…]
Srinagar: A civilian was injured in overnight shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri sector, police sources said. Two residential houses were damaged in the heavy shelling by the Pakistan Army all along the Kamalkote sector and at four other places in Uri since[Read More…]
Jammu: There was heavy firing on Thursday between Indian and Pakistan across the Line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, the Defence Ministry said. “At around 6 a.m. today, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling mortars and firing small arms along the Krishna Ghati sector,” Defence[Read More…]
