PULWAMA — Pulwama police on Friday said that it recovered 5 kgs of Charas and 15 Kgs of Poppy Straw from the house at Nownagri Chandgam village of the district and arrested three drug smugglers. According to statement by Pulwama police, “on a specific information received by Police Station Litter that Gh. Mohd Malik Son […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same for Saturday. “Dry weather is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours”, MeT department official said. Srinagar registered 12.8, Pahalgam 5.8 and Gulmarg 5.5 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature. Drass town in Ladakh region […]
ANANTNAG — Pitching strongly for the protection of minorities in Kashmir which has witnessed targeted killings, a leading cleric said during Friday congregational prayers in Anantnag that Islam does not give permission for jihad to commit atrocities on the minority community. The cleric, Maulana Fayaz Amjadi, was addressing a congregation in Jamia Masjid Anantnag. His […]
ANANTNAG — A local commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant outfit was killed in an overnight encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Kapran village in Verinag area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir on Friday. Besides killing of Hizb commander, three army personnel and a civilian were injured during the initial exchange of […]
SHOPIAN — Two non-local labourers were injured in a grenade blast at Aglar village in Zainapora area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Friday. Reports said, militants lobbed a grenade at Aglar village in Shopian, resulting in minor injuries to two non-local labourers. They said that the injured labourers were taken to hospital for […]
ANANTNAG — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Kapran village in Verinag area Anantnag district in South Kashmir on Friday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Kapran village in Verinag following the inputs about presence of militants […]
NEW DELHI — Amid a growing demand for shifting Kashmiri Pandit employees to safer places after a series of targeted killings, the Jammu and Kashmir administration Friday made it clear the employees would not be moved out of the Valley but transferred to safer locations. Official also said the recent escalation in targeted militant violence […]
SRINAGAR — In the wake of the recent targeted killings, Kashmir Pandit Sangarash Samiti has sought the high court’s intervention here to direct the government to relocate all religious minorities living in Kashmir to a safer place outside the Valley. Citing media reports, KPSS chief Sanjay K Tickoo claimed that the Hindus living in Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same for Friday. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours. Maximum temperatures are expected to rise further”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 12.2 degrees Celsius, […]
SHOPIAN — One armyman was killed while as two others sustained injuries in a blast inside their private hired vehicle at Sedaw area in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said, three soldiers were injured in a blast that took place inside private hired vehicle at Sedaw area of the district. The […]