SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported eight new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said that five of the cases were reported from Jammu, two from Srinagar and one from Samba districts, taking the overall tally to 454220—166446 in Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday questioned the Centre’s Jammu and Kashmir policy saying the civilian killings in Kashmir did not support Government of India’s claims of normalcy in the union territory. “In Kashmir, mournings have sadly become the norm & a daily ritual. Countless innocent civilians are killed in one way or […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said to have arrested an Over Ground Worker of Jash-e-Mohammad militant outfit from Pulwama district in connection with Sunjwan attack case in which a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer was killed and several others were injured on April 22. “(On May 25) NIA arrested one accused […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday informed that as many as 78 militants have been killed in 50 encounters that took place across kashmir since the beginning of this year. Top police officials privy to the figures told news agencyKashmir News Observer that since January this year, a series of anti-militancy operations were […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that it arrested 10 persons for sloganeering and stone pelting outside Yasin Malik’s residence in Maisuma area of Srinagar city on Wednesday. According to statement by Srinagar police, “10 accused arrested so far in anti-national sloganeering & stone pelting outside home of Yasin Malik prior to […]
NEW DELHI — India saw a single day rise of 2,628 new coronavirus infections, taking the infection tally to 4,31,44,820, while the active cases have increased to 15,414, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 5,24,525 with 18 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Wednesday granted bail to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth wing head Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra who was in jail for almost two years. Parra’s counsel, Sahriq Reyaz, in a tweet confirmed the granting of bail to PDP member. “Waheed Parra granted bail by HC. Order […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same conditions to persist on Thursday. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours”, said an official of the MeT department. Srinagar registered 15 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 7.9, Gulmarg 7.4 […]
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 […]