SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Wednesday said quality and preservation of the cave shrine of Amarnath must take precedence over quantity as the ongoing annual yatra crossed the one-lakh mark in the first five days of the pilgrimage. More than 1.15 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the ice lingam of Lord Shiva […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district have suspended four teachers for alleged irregularities in the annual Amarnath yatra duties, officials said on Wednesday. “District Administration Ganderbal has taken cognisance of certain irregularities which occurred in connection with the on-spot registration process for Shri Amarnathji Yatra pilgrims at the Manigam Transit Camp,” an […]
SRINAGAR — Three over-ground workers of terrorists were apprehended in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district with the help of Facial Recognition System (FRS) deployed for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, police said on Wednesday. The FRS installed by Anantnag Police generated timely alerts regarding three suspicious individuals while they were passing through the Sarbal area, demonstrating […]
SRINAGAR — A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander was killed on Wednesday in an anti-terror operation by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Security forces had launched the search operation in a dense orchard in the Meemandar area, which comprises seven villages, in the south Kashmir district on July 3. “You Can Run […]
SRINAGAR — Thousands of passengers, including tourists, were stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Wednesday after authorities stopped Jammu-bound vehicles near the Navyug tunnel in Kulgam district. Though traffic authorities did not disclose the reason for the prolonged halt, traffic is usually stopped in the morning on the stretch to facilitate the movement of […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Tuesday recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition, including two automatic rifles and hand grenades, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said. Acting on specific intelligence about the presence of arms and ammunition in Hathlanga forest in Uri sector of the north Kashmir district, security forces launched a […]
SRINAGAR — The Army has busted a terrorist hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Based on specific intelligence input, a search operation was launched by the Army in the general area of the Keran sector on Monday, the officials said. During the operation, security […]
SRINAGAR — The search operation to track down two local terrorists of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba entered its fourth day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, with security forces resuming combing operations after an overnight pause, officials said. The searches resumed at daybreak after being suspended overnight. The two terrorists were first spotted by […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday prohibited bursting firecrackers after 10 pm, citing security and health reasons. In an order, District Magistrate Shishir Gupta said it has come to notice that fireworks in Shopian district, particularly after 10 pm, causes significant noise pollution leading to severe health hazards such as […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chief cleric of Kashmir on Monday welcomed efforts by civil society for the resumption of India-Pakistan dialogue, saying that in the new world order, war is not a solution to any problem. On the Amarnath Yatra, the Mirwaiz said that Kashmir has a long tradition of hospitality and the […]