SRINAGAR — Sopore Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested three militants affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit in Sopore town in North Kashmir on Thursday. Sopore Police in a statement said, “Today on a specific input regarding movement of militants a joint naka was established at 18:40 hrs by PC Sopore, 52 RR, 177 […]
BUDGAM — Police in Budgam have claimed to have busted a fake SIM card racket by arresting three persons involved in the commission of crime. According to a statement, “Police received specific information that, a group of PoS agents is operating in District Budgam and involved in cheating innocent people by forging their documents and […]
NEW DELHI — Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court challenging his police remand in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. The petition, which challenges the trial court’s June 28 order granting four days of custody of Zubair to […]
UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for the full respect of all religions and for ensuring that different communities can live in harmony and peace globally, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said amidst communal tensions in Rajasthan after the killing of a tailor in Udaipur. Dujarric said this in response to a question […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that he has firm belief that the Amarnath Yatra, which began today, will be peaceful and will a success by the blessings of Shri Amarnath Ji Baba. Talking to a selected group of reporters today morning, Sinha said that by the blessings of […]
SRINAGAR — Second batch of 5,770 pilgrims left from Jammu to the Valley to perform the Amarnath Yatra which begins in south Kashmir’s Himalayan cave shrine on Thursday. Officials said the 5,770 pilgrims who left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the Yatra include 1,670 bound for north Kashmir Baltal base camp and […]
NUNWAN (PAHALGAM) — The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday as a batch of about 2,750 pilgrims left the base camp here for the cave shrine housing the naturally formed ice-lingam in the south Kashmir Himalayas. The pilgrimage was flagged off by Deputy Commissioner Piyush Singla at the Nunwan base camp in the Anantnag district’s […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said despite stringent security measures, it is the people of Kashmir who provide the real sense of security to the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims. The annual Amarnath Yatra is beginning on Thursday, resuming after a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This year’s Yatra has […]
KULGAM — Two militants affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Nawapora, Mir Bazar area of Kulgam district in South Kashmir on Wednesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) […]
SRINAGAR — A militant hideout was destroyed by the security forces on Wednesday in Nadihal area on Srinagar-Bandipora highway, police said. A top police officer told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that on disclosure of an arrested militant in Bandipora, security forces destroyed a militant hideout on national highway near Nadihal. He said a team […]