PULWAMA — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Drabgam village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Drabgam village in Pulwama district following the inputs about presence of militants in […]
SRINAGAR — A 13-year-old girl died after allegedly committed suicide in Kawoosa village in central Kashmiri’s Budgam district, sources said. They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one minor girl (13) name (withheld), a resident of Kawoosa Khalisa allegedly committed suicide at her home this afternoon. She was brought to Sub district hospital (SDH) […]
KULGAM — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said that targeted killings of members from the minority community were aimed to provoke security forces to commit a mistake so that people can hit streets in protest. He, however, was quick to add that police and security forces won’t touch any innocent and instead […]
SRINAGAR — An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which was found on Baramulla-Srinagar highway Saturday morning at Putkha area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, has been diffused. A senior police officer told that the security forces detected the explosive device lying by the roadside following which bomb disposal squad (BDS) was called in He […]
KULGAM — A militant affiliated with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant outfit was killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Khandipora area of Kulgam district in South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Khandipora area […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Saturday found a suspected improvised explosive device (IED), planted on the roadside along Baramulla—Srinagar highway at Putkha area of Baramulla district. A senior officer told that the security forces detected the explosive device lying by the roadside following which bomb disposal squad (BDS) was called in. The officer said that […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly clear to partly cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir, as the Met Department on Saturday said partly cloudy sky with rain/thundershowers is likely to occur during the next 24 hours. Srinagar recorded 13.3, Pahalgam 10.5 and Gulmarg 4.5 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Saturday. In the Ladakh region, Drass […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a telephone call apprised President of UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid of the controversial remarks made by two former senior officials of India’s ruling party against Prophet Mohammad, the Foreign Office said here on Friday. Noting that such provocation had deeply hurt the sentiments of billions […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed to have arrested two active militants affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit in Baramulla district on Friday and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession. Police in a statement said, “Acting promptly on a specific information, Police along with Army arrested 02 active militants of LeT identified as […]
NEW DELHI — Claiming that the sole intention of some news channels is “not to reach any conclusion through a constructive discourse but to ridicule and defame Islam” and its followers, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has asked Islamic scholars and intellectuals not to participate in their debates. In a joint statement, […]