SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri youth was beaten by a group of six unidentified men on Thursday evening outside his office in Gurgaon area of Haryana. Tariq Bhat, a 22-year-old from north Kashmir’s Handwara town, who works in a corporate company in Gurgaon, was leaving for his home when the six men dressed in formal clothes […]
SRINAGAR — Two local militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant group were killed in an encounter between government forces and militants at Khrew area of Pampore town in Pulwama district on Friday morning. The slain militants have been identified as Musaib Ahmad Bhat from Khrew Pampore and Muzamil Ahmad Rather from Chakoora Pulwama. Earlier joint team of […]
SRINAGAR — A day after a BJP sarpanch was held for possessing a pistol and ammunition in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, the saffron party has asked the police to conduct a CID verification of all the 1,270 party workers in Kulgam, the New Indian Express reported. BJP sarpanch Aqib Shafi Badder and his associate were […]
POONCH — Three boys from Pakistan administered Kashmir, who were apprehended along Line of Control in Poonch two days ago, are being repatriated, army said on Friday. Addressing a presser here, Commander 10 Infantry KG Brigade here said that at around 3:45 p.m. on 18 August 2021, Indian army personnel deployed along the LoC through […]
SRINAGAR — Public protests in Kashmir were once an almost weekly occurrence but two years after New Delhi imposed direct rule on the region, locals say arbitrary arrests and intimidation by security forces wielding batons and snatching phones have left many too scared to voice dissent. A week before the region’s partial autonomy was abolished, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday stressed on the need to revive glory of J&K as it “has always been a great centre of Sanskrit”. “Like Banaras, J&K has always been a great centre of Sanskrit. It is our collective responsibility to revive its glory. It is important for us to […]
NEW DELHI — The Central Information Commission has held that that the Rashtrapati Bhawan claimed exemption from replying to a Right to Information (RTI) query on proclamation of President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018, and Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, citing “element of confidentiality” without providing “proper reason or justification”. It has, […]
SRINAGAR — A militant was killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district on Thursday. The slain militant has not been identified yet. One Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army identified as Subedar Ram Singh of Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand was also killed during encounter. He […]
SRINAGAR — Two policemen and a civilian were injured in a grenade blast at Saraf Kadal here on Thursday evening, officials said. They said that the unidentified militants hurled the grenade at a joint team of police and CRPF at Saraf Kadal which exploded with a bang. Two policemen identified as Javid Ahmad Bhat and […]
Umaisar Gull Ganie KULGAM — Two days after a BJP leader was killed in southern district, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Noorabad Kulgam constituency incharge on Thursday resigned from the basic membership of the party. Mubarak Ahmad Bhat, a constituency incharge while announcing his resignation from the party said that he has nothing to do […]