Jammu: Five soldiers were injured on Tuesday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. Police said the Pakistan Army started unprovoked shelling and firing targeting Indian positions in Krishna Ghati sector. “The firing started at 7.30 a.m. The injured, including[Read More…]
Srinagar: Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar on Monday to maintain law and order in the wake of the killing of 20 people in three separate gunfights on Sunday, police said. Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin[Read More…]
Jammu: After a lull of ten days, Indian and Pakistan army traded fire on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district on late Tuesday. A Defence Ministry official said the Pakistan army started shelling and firing at Indian positions in Khari Karmara area of the LoC in Poonch district.[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Central government has no proposal to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said on Tuesday. Responding to a written question in the Lok Sabha, Ahir said: “There is currently no[Read More…]
Srinagar: Two foreign militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. “The militants killed in the Shistargam village gunfight have been identified as foreigners and most likely of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit,” police sources said. The gunfight[Read More…]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has terminated the services of the Registrar of the Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu for an “anti-government” post on Facebook, an official said on Sunday. Amit Kumar was sacked after he violated rules that prevent a government servant from using social media to write anti-government[Read More…]
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said no power in the world can take Kashmir away from India and if need be forces can cross border to protect the country’s territorial integrity. “Kashmir is, was and will be ours always. No one can take it from us,”[Read More…]
Srinagar: Clashes broke out Monday in Soura area of Srinagar as scores of youths marched to attend the funeral of Essa Fazili, one of the three militants killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Fazili, a B.Tech student, was shot dead along with two other militants by[Read More…]
Srinagar: Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar on Monday to maintain law and order in the wake of the killing of three militants earlier in the day, police said. The militants including one from Srinagar were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Anantnag district. Apprehending protests,[Read More…]
Srinagar: Three militants were killed early Monday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. “Pursuing credible leads on the presence of militants, security forces started search operation in the Hakoora area of Anantnag district in the wee hours of Monday morning. “While[Read More…]
Jammu: Heavy shelling and firing started on Saturday between the Indian and Pakistani armies on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. The Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate targeting of defence and civilian facilities in Mankote area using small arms, automatics and mortars, the Defence Ministry sources[Read More…]
New Delhi: Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir as many as 351 times since January 1 this year, the government said on Monday. Of these, 209 cases occurred in January while 142 instances were noted since February 21, Minister of State[Read More…]
Srinagar: Hundreds of people, including several gun-toting militants, attended the funeral of a slain Lashkar-e-Taiba commander in south Kashmir despite people’s movement being restricted and internet curfew clamped across the Kashmir Valley on Monday, a day after four civilians and two insurgents were killed in a shootout with the Army.[Read More…]
Srinagar: Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Monday to prevent separatist-called protests, police said. Separatist conglomerate, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, have called for a valley-wide protest shutdown against the killing of three civilians and a[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 17: Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Saturday to prevent a separatist-called protest, police said. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, has called for the protest against shifting of local detainees[Read More…]
An engineer of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) was killed and eight others were reported missing after an avalanche hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said on Saturday. On Friday, the avalanche struck a cab at Sadhna Top in Tangdhar area. Search teams rescued a child from the vehicle[Read More…]
Srinagar: National Conference’s Working President Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that the Central government must respect and restore the conditions on which the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India is based. “Promises made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir must be fulfilled. Centre should ensure that the conditions on[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a class VII question paper prepared by the Bihar Education Board has claimed that Kashmir is not a part of India, but a separate country. The error came to light after it was highlighted by a student from Vaishali on Tuesday. The examination, which is being[Read More…]
Three civilians were killed and over 20 were injured when an unidentified person hurled a grenade towards a police party in Tral of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. As per the locals, the grenade was hurled towards a police party stationed near a bus stand. The injured[Read More…]
Union home minister, Rajnath Singh said his purpose is to provide Rs one crore as monetary relief to the families of personnel of central armed forces killed on duty. The minister addressed a Sainik Sammelan at the Khanabal headquarters of the 90th battalion of CRPF on Sunday. He said, “It[Read More…]
Congress’s high-level policy and planning group of Jammu and Kashmir affairs reached Jammu on Sunday. Led by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the high-level group is all set to meet different sections of society during two days of the tour. The group is comprised of senior Congress leaders, Karan Singh,[Read More…]
As many as 250 members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), a youth wing of the ruling BJP, were arrested before they could take out a Tiranga (Tricolour) rally through restive Srinagar to mark Independence Day on Tuesday. BJYM national vice-president Ajaz Hussain and senior BJP leader Ashish Sareen[Read More…]
Amid the debate over the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday. A three-judge Supreme Court bench is currently hearing a petition against Article 35-A provision. Article 35-A sanctions the Jammu and Kashmir legislature to define the state’s[Read More…]
A man in Rajouri district of Jammu division committed suicide to avoid a Panchayat diktat of drinking a girl’s urine as a punishment for allegedly raping her. Fazal Hussain also recorded an audio message disproving the allegations before committing suicide. The 25-year-old jumped into Samar Sar Lake at Targain village[Read More…]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested seven people on Monday, for allegedly funding terror groups in Kashmir. Son-in-law of separatist leader SAS Geelani, is also among the seven arrested. Among the arrested are Altaf Shah, Ayaz Akbar, Peer Saifullah, Mehraj Kalwal, Shahid-ul-Islam, Naeem Khan and Bitta Karate. Shah is the[Read More…]
