SRINAGAR — With targeted killings on the rise in the Kashmir Valley, the spectre of the ‘invisible enemy’ or TRF (The Resistance Front) has become the new threat percept for the security forces. The local populace happy with an abundance of tourists this year says that dissent has to find ventilation and this group is […]
PULWAMA — Pulwama police on Friday said that it recovered 5 kgs of Charas and 15 Kgs of Poppy Straw from the house at Nownagri Chandgam village of the district and arrested three drug smugglers. According to statement by Pulwama police, “on a specific information received by Police Station Litter that Gh. Mohd Malik Son […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same for Saturday. “Dry weather is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours”, MeT department official said. Srinagar registered 12.8, Pahalgam 5.8 and Gulmarg 5.5 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature. Drass town in Ladakh region […]
RAMBAN — Two persons were killed after a vehicle (dumper) met with an accident at Ukhrall in Ramsoo sub division of Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. An official said that a vehicle bearing registration number (JK22B-9290) met with an accident at Kunchi village, Panchal in Ukheral resulting in death of two persons on spot. […]
ANANTNAG — Pitching strongly for the protection of minorities in Kashmir which has witnessed targeted killings, a leading cleric said during Friday congregational prayers in Anantnag that Islam does not give permission for jihad to commit atrocities on the minority community. The cleric, Maulana Fayaz Amjadi, was addressing a congregation in Jamia Masjid Anantnag. His […]
ANANTNAG — A local commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant outfit was killed in an overnight encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Kapran village in Verinag area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir on Friday. Besides killing of Hizb commander, three army personnel and a civilian were injured during the initial exchange of […]
JAMMU — A woman was arrested by the Cyber Cell here on Friday allegedly for sharing nude pictures and videos of her female friend on social media, police said. The accused had captured the pictures and videos of the victim, a resident of Reasi district, without her knowledge during the COVID lockdown, a police spokesperson […]
SRINAGAR — A division bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court has stayed the operation of a judgment directing the authorities to exhume the body of Amir Magrey, one of the four persons killed in Hyderpora encounter, till the next date of hearing. A division bench of the High Court, comprising Justice Ali Muhammad Magrey […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has written to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres about the sentencing of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik by an Indian court in a militant funding case, the Foreign Office said on Friday. A Delhi court last week handed out a life sentence to Malik, one of the […]
SHOPIAN — Two non-local labourers were injured in a grenade blast at Aglar village in Zainapora area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Friday. Reports said, militants lobbed a grenade at Aglar village in Shopian, resulting in minor injuries to two non-local labourers. They said that the injured labourers were taken to hospital for […]