KUPWARA – The government forces on Saturday claimed to have foiled a weapon smuggling bid in Kupwara district in Northern Kashmir. Police in a statement said, “Army and Kupwara Police thwarted an attempt from militants to smuggle weapons from Forward Post in Jabdi Tangdhar Sector of Kupwara.” “During search operation arms and ammunition including 3 […]
JAMMU – A Pakistani intruder, who was arrested recently in an injured condition after being shot at by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel along the International border in Samba sector, succumbed to injuries at a hospital here, officials said on Saturday. Syed Raja Aasim (27), a resident of Danga in Lahore, received multiple bullet injuries […]
NEW DELHI – India on Saturday recorded 1,73,790 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the cumulative tally past 27.7 million, as the country recorded less than 200,000 cases for the third time in this month, according to the Union health ministry. The fresh infections of the viral contagion recorded on Saturday are the lowest India has seen […]
SRINAGAR – A local militant was slain in South Kashmir’s Shopian district while as they managed to escape from anti-militancy operation site in Sopore town in North Kashmir. Reports said, militant identified as Aitmad Ahmad Dar from Awend Shopian was slain in an anti-militancy operation in Ganowpora Shopian. He was affiliated with (LeT) Lashkar-e-Toiba militant […]
JAMMU – The Advisory Committee constituted by the Government has recommended meticulous surveillance protocol during the period between June and December 2021 to monitor and block COVID-19 third wave in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which if not interrupted may be more severe than the first and second wave. The Advisory Committee, in […]
NEW DELHI – The Centre on Friday invited non-Muslims like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship. The Union home ministry issued a notification in this effect for immediate implementation of the order under […]
HANDWARA – Two days after her 19-year-old daughter was killed, a 49-year-old woman succumbed to the serious wounds at a hospital in Srinagar in wee hours of Saturday, official sources said. The mother and the daughter had suffered grievous wounds when a “dead shell” went off while they were cleaning collard greens, popularly known as […]
SRINAGAR – Jammu has become the first district in the UT to register over 1000 deaths due to Covid-19 and a majority of these fatalities have taken place in May alone. Second-worst district, Jammu has recorded 49395 cases of Covid till May 27 since the outbreak last year. Srinagar, on the other hand, has 63825 […]
NEW DELHI – India on Friday hit out at President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir for his comments on Jammu and Kashmir, saying his “misleading and prejudiced” remarks does “great disservice to the office he occupies”. Bozkir, at a press conference in Islamabad along with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday, […]
NEW DELHI – In response to a Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) request to provide information about compliance with the new IT Rules, most major social media intermediaries have shared the details as required, except Twitter, which is yet to send in details about its chief compliance officer. MeitY had written to all […]