JAMMU — A six-month-old baby was allegedly kidnapped from the government district hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Tuesday, police said. A senior officer said CCTV footage showed a burqa clad woman carrying away the baby from the hospital at around 12.30 pm, adding a search has been launched to nab her and […]
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Azad’s party is fully associated with BJP: Congress
SRINAGAR — Terming former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Democratic Azad Party (DAP) as an associate party of the Bharatiya Janta Party, Congress on Tuesday claimed that there was an internal alliance between Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janta Party in 2014. Talking to reporters, Pradesh Congress committee president Vikar Rasool said that Ghulam Nabi […]
Encounter breaks out in Kulgam’s Ahwatoo village
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Ahwatoo village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Ahwatoo village in Kulgam district following the inputs about presence of militants in […]
Amit Shah’s J&K visit postponed; will arrive now on Oct 4
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Jammu and Kashmir visit on October 1 and 2 has been postponed and that he will now arrive on October 4, Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Observer. A BJP leader privy to the development said that due to some engagements, Union Home Minister’s J&K visit has […]
Woman injured in bear attack in Anantnag
SRINAGAR — A woman was hospitalized after a black bear attacked her in Uttersoo village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district this morning, officials said. They told GNS that one Shamema Begum, wife of Mushtaq Ahmed Hajam was outside her house when the beast attacked her. Alerted by the cries, the family and locals came to […]
MeT forecasts dry weather in J&K for next 24 hours
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir is to witness dry weather for the next 24 hours, the Meteorological department (MeT) said on Tuesday. The weather was partly cloudy in the union territory. “Dry weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an officer of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 11.6, Pahalgam 6.8 and […]
NIA conducts pan-India raids against PFI, 50 detained
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting raids in over eight states and at multiple locations linked to the Popular Front of India (PFI) members on Tuesday. Sources said that more than 50 people have been detained and the arrests will depend on their questioning. Raids were going on in Aurangabad, Jalana, […]
India, Pakistan both partners of US with different points of emphasis: Biden admin
WASHINGTON — India and Pakistan are both partners of the US with different points of emphasis, the Biden administration said Monday, a day after visiting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar questioned the rationale behind the latest American F-16 security assistance to Islamabad. Referring to the argument made by the US that F-16 sustenance package is […]
51 people confirmed dead after boat capsizes in Bangladesh
DHAKA — At least 51 people have died after a boat capsized in a northern Bangladesh district, a senior police officer said. S.M. Sirajul Huda, Superintendent of Panchagarh District Police, told Xinhua that 26 more bodies were retrieved from the Karatoya river in Bangladesh’s northern Panchagarh district, 468 km away from the capital Dhaka, on […]
2 military personnel killed in terror attack in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Two military personnel were killed when terrorists targeted security forces’ checkpost in South Waziristan district of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said. The statement from the military media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said on Monday that the troops responded promptly following the attack, adding that during an exchange […]









