JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha Sunday warned those who incite people to trigger violence, saying the government does not believe in “buying peace” but is firm on ensuring peace on the ground. Sinha made these remarks at a public rally with Union home minister Amit Shah who is on his first […]
JAMMU — Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the Jammu and Kashmir government was ensuring equitable development of both regions of the Union territory. He noted a new era of development has started in the UT. Shah arrived in Jammu and Kashmir on a three-day visit on Saturday for the first time after […]
JAMMU — An arrested Pakistani militant was killed, while three security personnel were injured on Sunday when militants opened fire on a joint search party of the Army and police inside a forest in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Heavy firing and explosions were reported from Bhatta Durrian forest of Mendhar which […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday charged that “repression” was the Government of India’s only method to deal with the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Reacting to the remarks by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat warning of further curbs in Kashmir to tackle the recent violence, Mehbooba also said his statement […]
NEW DELHI — General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff said that restrictions imposed following the scrapping of Article 370 may return to the Kashmir Valley at the cost of freedom of movement because of militancy related activities, The Hindu reported. Rawat accused Pakistan of carrying out a proxy war to “create fear-mongering” because […]
KULGAM — The body of a 15-year-old youth was found near a Water channel in Badroo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday, officials said. An official told that some passersby spotted the body lying at the water channel and informed the police about it. “Later, a team of police reached the spot and […]
SHOPIAN — A civilian was on Sunday morning killed near CRPF camp in Babapora area of Zainapora hamlet in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. An official told that a civilian, identified as Shahid Aijaz from Anantnag was killed in a firing incident at Babapora area of Shopian. Meanwhile, a top police official informed that he was […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday said that two policemen and a solider were injured and a Pakistani militant who was taken to the encounter site also sustained injuries and he couldn’t be retrieved back at Bhata-Dhurian encounter site in Poonch. Police said that Zia Mustafa, a Pakistani LeT militant was taken to […]
WARIS SHAH ANANTNAG — Two persons were killed while two others were rescued after they were trapped at Sinthan Pass in Kokernag amid heavy snowfall on intervening Saturday and Sunday night, officials said. They said that two vegetable laden Tata Mobile load carriers bearing registration numbers JK17-0053 driven by Imtiyaz Ahmad and JK17-9334 driven by […]
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the inaugural Srinagar-Sharjah flight from the Sheikh Ul-Alam international airport here on Saturday, reviving the direct airlink between the valley and the UAE after 11 years. The flight, operated by Go First, took off for Sharjah at 6.30 pm IST and is scheduled to land in […]