SRINAGAR — Hours after a “hybrid” militant assisting police was killed in an encounter in Anantnag district, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged the “same story is repeated” in Jammu and Kashmir and there is “no accountability whatsoever”. Sajad Ahmad Tantray alias Furqan, a “hybrid” militant of proscribed outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was accompanying police to identify […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a house in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The arms cache was recovered from the house of one Rafaqat Hussain Shah, a resident of Panjtaran in Karnah area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara, in a cordon-and-search operation last […]
KULGAM — An ancient sculpture carved in a black stone has been recovered in Devsar village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday afternoon, an official said. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that today a digging for Construction of bridge was started by JCB at Lankarpombay area of Devsar during which […]
SRINAGAR — A court here has rejected the bail application of a man accused of duping MBBS aspirants of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of arranging medical seats for them in private colleges over the past 15 years. Chief Judicial Magistrate Raja Mohammad Tasleem rejected the bail plea of Uttar Pradesh resident Sheel Kumar […]
SRINAGAR — Two persons including a pedestrian and biker were killed in a road accident near Aali Masjid in Srinagar on Saturday late evening. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that a biker identified as Showkat Ahmad Khan of Tengpora lost control and hit a pedestrian identified as Ghulam Nabi of Zoonimar, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested three hybrid militants in Srinagar and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession. Police said that Army’s 2 RR along with Srinagar Police arrested three hybrid militants along with a huge consignment of 03 AK rifles, 02 Pistols, 09 Magazines & 200 rounds […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained inclement in Jammu and Kashmir as the Met office said on Sunday that dry weather with partly cloudy sky is likely during the next 24 hours. Srinagar recorded 3.2, Pahalgam 2.3 and Gulmarg minus 1.8 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Sunday. Drass town in Ladakh region had minus 4.5, […]
KUPWARA — In a tragic incident of its kind, two siblings were burnt alive after a fire broke out in a residential house on Saturday late evening in Diver Lolab area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, reports and officials said. Reports reaching GNS said that a major fire broke out of a residential house belonging […]
SRINAGAR — A hybrid militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who was taken for the identification of a hideout during a search operation at Cheki Dudoo village of Bijbehara town in Anantnag district was killed after militants fired upon him, police said on Sunday. Police said that the hybrid Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant identified as Sajjad Tantray of […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday carried out raids at multiple locations across Kashmir valley including at residences of several journalists in connection with recent threats to journalists in Kashmir. Police said that in the wake of recent threat issued to journalists by a militant outfit, Srinagar Police conducted simultaneous searches at […]
