SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday claimed to have arrested 13 accused persons involved in sloganeering inside the historic Jamia Masjid during the Friday congregational prayers. “Yesterday afternoon, there were friday prayers in Jamia masjid wherein huge number of gathering took place, around twenty four thousand persons attended the friday prayers, which is […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said that Kashmir was witnessing a “golden period” on the Tourism front as 80 lakh tourists have visited the UT in the past few months alone, breaking all the records of past 20 years. “Record number people are visiting Kashmir. This is a golden period […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department has forecast cloudy weather with rain at scattered places in the Kashmir valley and clear weather in Jammu division during the next 24 hours. On Saturday, the weather remained dry in J&K and Ladakh. “Today, weather will remain cloudy at most places of Kashmir with light rain at scattered […]
SRINAGAR — A Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant was killed in an encounter between government forces and militants at Sirhama village in Anantnag district while as militants managed to flee from encounter site in Checki Samad village in Damhal Hanjipora area in Kulgam district in Southern Kashmir after brief exchange of fire. Reports said a joint team […]
KULGAM — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Chaki Samad village in Damhal Hanjipora area of Kulgam district. It is second encounter within an hour in South Kashmir. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Chaki Samad village […]
ANANTNAG — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Sirhama village in Anantnag district in South Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Sirhama village following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. They […]
SRINAGAR — The Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) on Friday said that it filed a charge-sheet in before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Kashmir Srinagar against a former bank employee for fraudulently and dishonestly raising unauthorized loans and using the amount so withdrawn for personal uses and share trading. “The Crime Branch Kashmir received a […]
SHOPIAN — A three-year-old boy drowned to death on Friday in a stream at Reban area of Zainapora in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. An official said that a minor boy slipped and subsequently drowned in the stream at Khargund Chak-e-Reban in Zainapora area. Locals launched the rescue operation and evacuated him to a nearby hospital […]
NEW DELHI — Information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday told the Parliament that the Centre has not imposed curbs on any news media in Jammu and Kashmir. Thakur made the disclosure while responding to a question posed by Trinamool Congress MP Abir Ranjan Biswas in Rajya Sabha. The West Bengal lawmaker sought to […]
GANDERBAL — At least four tourists were injured on Friday morning when the tempo vehicle they were travelling hit the protection wall and turned turtle at Dursuma area in district Ganderbal, police said. Official said that 3 injured were discharged while one injured was referred to SKIMS Soura. The injured have been identified as Vinod […]