LAHORE — A Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday sentenced 22 people to five years in jail each for attacking a Hindu temple in Punjab province last year. In July 2021, hundreds of people attacked the Ganesh Mandir temple at Bhong city, district Rahim Yar Khan, some 590 kms from Lahore, in reaction to alleged […]
NEW DELHI — The “exponential growth” in local youngsters joining militant ranks in Jammu and Kashmir over the last two years is a cause of concern for the security establishment with officials saying such operatives constitute about 60 per cent of the total active strength, CRPF sources said on Wednesday. At the same time, as […]
JAMMU — At least 168 militants are operating in Jammu and Kashmir while 75 have been killed in encounters with security forces this year, officials said. Among those neutralised include 21 foreign mercenaries, they pointed out. In the past 11 months, 11 militants were encountered and 12 infiltration bids were foiled in the vicinity of […]
SRINAGAR — A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel was found dead under mysterious circumstances at National HydroElectric Power Corporation Private Limited (NHPC) in Bandipora. Police official told that CISF personnel identified as Asgar Ali son of Nizamudin, a resident of Bihar was found dead in his room at NHPC Bandipora. “The deceased’s body has […]
Waris Shah ANANTNAG — Body of a 24-year-old youth was found inside an auto rickshaw at Cheeni Chowk area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that the soon after information, police took the body in its custody and shifted it to GMC Anantnag. The youth was later identified as Tehseen […]
RAMALLAH/GAZA — The killing of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank sparked condemnation and outrage among the Palestinians. The journalist was killed on Wednesday morning. Abu Akleh’s colleagues, Palestinian eyewitnesses, and medics told Xinhua news agency that the “Israeli soldiers opened fire at her and another journalist when they were covering […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast same weather to with light rain at isolated places on Thursday. “Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with rain at isolated places in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,827 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,13,413, while the active cases dipped to 19,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,181 with 24 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]
SRINAGAR — A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Salinder forests in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district while as militants managed to give slip to the forces in an encounter at Marhama village in Anantnag district of South Kashmir on Wednesday. Reports said an encounter […]
PULWAMA — Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a hybrid militant and his associate in Pulwama and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession. Police in a statement said, acting on specific information, Pulwama police along with 50RR, 02 Para and 183 BN CRPF arrested a hybrid militant identified as Waqar Bashir Bhat, son […]