SRINAGAR — Two local militants, affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Yedipora area of Pattan village in Baramulla district on Friday while as militants managed to give slip to forces in another encounter at Chitragam village in Shopian district. Reports said […]
SRINAGAR — A Kashmir based journalist Samaan Lateef has been nominated by Society of Editors UK for the prestigious Freelancer of the year award. Lateef has been invited to the award ceremony at London on November 12. He has been working for Daily Telegraph London and covering South Asia for the past four years. His […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Friday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Dry weather is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said, adding that the weather was similar on Thursday also. Meanwhile, Srinagar registered 11.4 degrees Celsius, […]
NEW DELHI — A Jamia Millia Islamia student was shot at and injured by another student inside the Holy Family Hospital in southeast Delhi’s Jamia Nagar area Thursday evening, police said. Around 8.50 pm, information was received regarding a quarrel at Jamia Millia Islamia university library, they said. During inquiry, it was found that the […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of cattle have died and thousands infected in Jammu and Kashmir due to Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), an infectious viral disease among cattle and it continues to infect more cattle due to which the farmers are very much worried. Farmers while talking to news agency Kashmir News Observer said that though the […]
NEW DELHI — The government has ordered internet companies to block 67 pornographic websites following court orders and for violating the new IT rules that were issued in 2021. In an email sent to internet service providers, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked them to block 63 websites based on the order of a […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Chitragam village in Shopian district and Yedipora area of Pattan village in Baramulla district on Friday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Chitragam village in Shopian district following the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police has busted a “sextortion” racket with the arrest of three people, including a husband and wife team, who allegedly trapped men of influence and extracted nearly Rs 40 lakh from them over six months, officials said on Thursday. The unravelling began earlier this week with a senior government official […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has opposed the plea of a Kashmiri separatist leader Aasiya Andrabi before Delhi High Court challenging the attachment of her mother-in-law’s house, saying the property was utilised for militant activities. NIA claimed that the attached house was used as the office of Hurriyat party Dukhtaran-E-Millat (DEM) by […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a militant of Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) outfit from Palpora area of Srinagar. According to police, the militant identified as Junaid Ahmad Parray of Nawakadal was arrested by a joint team of Srinagar Police and 24 RR from Palpora, Srinagar. Arms and ammunition including […]