JAMMU — J&K Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Sunday said that in the recent two back to back explosions in Udhampur district sticky bombs fitted with timers were used and that person involved in the act is a local who was an active militant in 2005, arrested and then released. The DGP said […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman was killed while as CRPF personnel got injured in a militant attack at Pinglena village in Pulwama district on Sunday. Reports said, militants fired upon joint naka party of CRPF and Police at Pinglena village in Pulwama, leaving them injured. The said that both the injured were shifted to hospital for […]
SRINAGAR — A local militant, affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit was killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Baskushan village in Imamsahib area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Sunday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched […]
JAKARTA — At least 129 people were killed and around 180 injured at a soccer match in Indonesia after panicked fans were trampled and crushed trying to flee during a riot, police said on Sunday, in what appeared to be one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. When supporters of the losing home team invaded […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, and urged everyone to purchase khadi and handicrafts products as a tribute to him. He also fondly remembered India’s second prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose birth anniversary also falls on October 2, noting that he is […]
SRINAGAR — Union home minister Amit Shah will begin his three-day packed schedule visit to Jammu and Kashmir on October 3. Officials said the Union Home Minister has a busy schedule ahead of him during his visit to the Union Territory. “The Union Home Minister will arrive in Jammu around 5 p.m. tomorrow (Monday). He […]
SRINAGAR — The higher reaches of popular ski-resort Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district received the season’s first snowfall on Sunday while weather remained overcast in the plains. The Affarwat hills in Gulmarg received snowfall much to the delight of the locals. In the rest of the union territory, the weather was mainly dry during […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, and said on this occasion “we pledge to unite India” in the same manner the Father of the Nation had united the country against injustice. “Bapu taught us to walk on the path of truth and non-violence. […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Baskushan village in Imamsahib area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Sunday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Baskushan village of Imamsahib area in the district following the […]
SRINAGAR — Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary attended the International Conference on Sustainability and Bio-cultural Heritage of Transhumance at University of Molise, Italy, representing India at the international collaboration hosted by the Republic of Italy. The conference focuses on sustainable efforts for inclusive development of migratory population in more than 15 countries. […]