SRINAGAR — Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a militant associate of Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police in a statement said, “Baramulla Police along with units of Army arrested a militant associate of Lashkar e Toiba (LeT) upon the receipt of a specific input during a special naka laid […]
JAMMU — As many as three cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported from a cluster in Jammu, said the health department of J&K on Tuesday. “Three Omicron cases confirmed by NCDC, Delhi from a cluster in Jammu. Sample taken on 30th November. RTPCR testing of entire locality ordered,” the department wrote […]
SRINAGAR — Suspected militants travelling in a car have fled after firing some gunshots on a naka party of security forces when they were asked to stop in Soura area in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Official sources said that police and 21 Battalion of CRPF had laid a joint naka in Soura and during searches a […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a module of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit at Samboora area of Pampore in Pulwama district and arrested four militant associates from the area. Police in a statement said, “Acting upon information, Police Awantipora, with the assistance of Army 50 RR and CRPF 110 BN conducted raid […]
JAMMU — Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday termed the proposal by Delimitation Commission as divisive for Jammu and Kashmir and decided to stage protest against the draft on January 01, 2022. The leaders of PAGD addressed a press conference at Jammu after holding a meeting at the residence of National Conference (NC) […]
SRINAGAR — Two children have died after falling into a water-filled pit in Chakdar Mohalla Gagal in Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district this afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that two children Mustafa Ahmad Bhadana, 6, son of Mohammad Qasim and Sumaiya Akhter, 6, daughter of Abdul Kareem fell into a deep pit stored with […]
NEW DELHI — 20 YouTube channels and two websites on Monday were taken down by India after the Union government, for the first time, invoked the emergency powers under the intermediary guidelines and digital media ethics code in the IT Act that was notified recently, according to a report. The YouTube channels and the websites […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan cricketer Yasir Shah has been named in a case concerning the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl, Dawn reported. According to the report, the FIR was registered on 19 Dec on the complaint of a woman at Islamabad’s Shalimar police station. The case was registered against Yasir and, according to the complainant, […]
SOPORE — A speeding CRPF vehicle hits and injuring a man who is mentally ill in north Kashmir’s Sopore area of Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports reaching Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that a speedy CRPF vehicle hits and injured a mentally unsound man at Amargrah Bypass in Sopore town. “50-year old Abdul Majeed Najjar […]
JAMMU — A day after delimitation commission drafted a proposal for creation of seven more assembly seats, six in Jammu and one in Kashmir province, an important meeting of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has started at the Jammu residence of National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah. Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]