SRINAGAR — Militants on Monday evening shot dead a salesman in Bohri Kadal locality of downtown Srinagar, police said. “Today at about 2010hrs Srinagar Police received information about a terror crime incident at Borikadal area of Srinagar. Senior police officers reached at the terror crime spot,” said a police spokesman, in a statement. “Preliminary investigation […]
SRINAGAR — District administration on Monday ordered imposition of “corona curfew” in five wards of Srinagar. As per an order by deputy commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz which comes into effect immediately, the administrative wards include 11 (Lal Bazar), 32 (Hyderpora), 31 (Chanapora), 27 (Bemina Hamdania Colony) and 24 (Bemina Housing Colony). The areas in Lal […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that considering the silence in Kashmir as a sign of peace is flawed. Talking to reporters in Srinagar, Mehbooba Mufti said, “The people in Jammu and Kashmir have been muzzled and considering forceful silence here as peace is […]
SRINAGAR — The ventilators supplied to SMHS hospital under the “PM CARES” fund, were found defective”, an official letter reveals. In a communication to the Public Information Officer, Government Medical College Srinagar, the head of department, anesthesiology and critical care medicine, SMHS has revealed that ventilators supplied to the department under “PMCARES” were found faulty […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday claimed to have arrested an active militant of TRF/ Lashker-e-Toiba outfit in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A senior Police officer told GNS that Pulwama police along with Army arrested one militant identified as Sarwir Ahmad Mir(22) son of Ghulam Mohideen Mir resident of Bathen, Khrew. The officer further said that […]
SRINAGAR — A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) trooper died of cardiac arrest at Nagam Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam on Monday. Quoting sources, news agency KNO reported that Bawani Singh, son of Kanuja Lal of Rajasthan, posted at 14 Batallion SSB, Nagam died this morning after suffering cardiac arrest. An official said that the body […]
SRINAGAR — An active militant of TRF/ Lashker-e-Toiba was arrested by security forces in Wahadan area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. A senior police officer told GNS that based on specific information, a search operation was launched at Wahadan area of Aishmuqam by joint forces of Police and army’s 3RR during wee hours. […]
SUKMA — Four CRPF personnel were killed and three others injured after their colleague opened fire at them in a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, a police official said. The incident took place at around 3:15am in the camp of the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) 50th battalion in […]
PULWAMA — A CRPF trooper on Monday allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at a camp in Lethpora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, official sources said. Quoting the sources, news agency GNS reported that the constable of the paramilitary force identified as Bupinder Singh of Bharatpur Rajasthan ended his life by shooting himself […]
GUWAHATI/JAIPUR — Taking a veiled dig at the Centre and the BJP brass, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday said if he speaks about farmers, there will be a controversy. “(After I make a statement), I wait for two weeks wondering if I am going to get a call from Delhi,” Malik said at […]