GANDERBAL — Seven people were killed and one was critically injured after a vehicle rolled down a deep gorge along Zojila Pass in Sonamarg in central-Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Officials said that a Tavera car JK12/6477 travelling from Kargil to Sonamarg skidded off the road and fell into the 400-ft deep gorge at Zojila pass Mandir […]
SRINAGAR — Three militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit and one army porter were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Jumagund village in Kupwara district of North Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said an encounter started when the infiltrating militants were intercepted by army and police based on a specific […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Jumagund village in Kupwara district of North Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said an encounter started when the infiltrating militants were intercepted by army and police based on a specific input developed by Kupwara police regarding infiltration attempt of militants in Jumagund village in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported five new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said that two of the cases were reported from Jammu and three from Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454212—166440 in Jammu and 287772 in […]
JAMMU — A 26-year-old youth was killed and another injured when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded of the road and fell into a gorge near Mehari Kalakote in Rajouri district on Wednesday. Official sources told GNS that the vehicle Alto car rolled down into the gorge after driver lost control over it. One […]
BUDGAM — A woman was killed while as her nephew sustained injuries after unknown gunmen fired upon them at Hushroo village in Chadoora area of Budgam district in Central Kashmir. Reports said, a woman identified as Amreena Bhat, daughter of Khazir Mohd Bhat from Hushroo Chadoora and her 10-year-old nephew was fired upon by unknown […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Wednesday said that life imprisonment given to JKLF chief Yaseen Malik was “unfortunate and a setback to the efforts for peace”. “We are afraid that this will further compound the uncertainties in the region and will only fuel more alienation and separatist feelings,” spokesman of the […]
SRINAGAR — After being convicted in a terror funding case on May 19, a Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday pronounced two life imprisonment punishment to Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief and Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik. Malik was brought to Patiala House Court in New Delhi amid tight security in […]
NEW DELHI — Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who has been convicted in a militant funding case, told an NIA court on Wednesday that he will accept hanging if the intelligence agencies prove any militant-related activities involving him. During the course of the hearing before Special NIA Judge Praveen Singh, Malik said: “I will not […]
SRINAGAR — Parts of Srinagar observed a spontaneous shutdown on Wednesday ahead of a court’s verdict on the quantum of sentence for separatist Yasin Malik, who has been convicted in a terror funding case, officials said. Most of the shops and business establishments in Maisuma and adjoining areas, including some shops in Lal Chowk, were […]