JAMMU – A Pakistani intruder, who was arrested recently in an injured condition after being shot at by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel along the International border in Samba sector, succumbed to injuries at a hospital here, officials said on Saturday. Syed Raja Aasim (27), a resident of Danga in Lahore, received multiple bullet injuries […]
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Anti-militancy Operations: Militant slain in Shopian, escaped in Sopore
SRINAGAR – A local militant was slain in South Kashmir’s Shopian district while as they managed to escape from anti-militancy operation site in Sopore town in North Kashmir. Reports said, militant identified as Aitmad Ahmad Dar from Awend Shopian was slain in an anti-militancy operation in Ganowpora Shopian. He was affiliated with (LeT) Lashkar-e-Toiba militant […]
Advisory Committee recommends meticulous surveillance protocol to block COVID 3rd wave
JAMMU – The Advisory Committee constituted by the Government has recommended meticulous surveillance protocol during the period between June and December 2021 to monitor and block COVID-19 third wave in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which if not interrupted may be more severe than the first and second wave. The Advisory Committee, in […]
Handwara ‘Shell’ Blast: After Daughter, Mother Loses Battle For Life
HANDWARA – Two days after her 19-year-old daughter was killed, a 49-year-old woman succumbed to the serious wounds at a hospital in Srinagar in wee hours of Saturday, official sources said. The mother and the daughter had suffered grievous wounds when a “dead shell” went off while they were cleaning collard greens, popularly known as […]
Jammu becomes first district in UT to register over 1000 Covid-19 deaths
SRINAGAR – Jammu has become the first district in the UT to register over 1000 deaths due to Covid-19 and a majority of these fatalities have taken place in May alone. Second-worst district, Jammu has recorded 49395 cases of Covid till May 27 since the outbreak last year. Srinagar, on the other hand, has 63825 […]
India hits out at UNGA President for comments on J&K
NEW DELHI – India on Friday hit out at President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir for his comments on Jammu and Kashmir, saying his “misleading and prejudiced” remarks does “great disservice to the office he occupies”. Bozkir, at a press conference in Islamabad along with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday, […]
Budgam man battling for life in Srinagar hospital after attacked by relatives over land dispute
BUDGAM – An aged man is battling for life at Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, after he was hit by a sharp object on his head by some of his relatives during a scuffle over a land dispute on Friday in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The Victims have been identified as 55 […]
Government approves salary increment for NHM employees
Measure to boost morale of Health Employees working on COVID control: FC H&ME, Shri Atal Dulloo JAMMU – In a major decision, Government has accorded approval for substantial hike in salary of employees who are working under NHM in the Union Territory of J&K. The decision in this regard has been conveyed to the Union […]
APHC concerned over health of late Sehrai’s sons, demand their release along with all political prisoners
SRINAGAR – All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday expressed serious concern over media reports about former Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Late Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai’s sons having tested positive for Covid-19 in jail. APHC in a statement demanded their immediate release so that they would receive proper medical treatment. “Both sons of late […]
Missing Shopian youth among four arrested in Kulgam
KULGAM – Government Forces Friday arrested four youth including a missing youth from Shopian in Kujjar village of Yaripora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, an official said. An official told that the police along with army’s 1 RR raided Kujjar village of Kulgam and arrested four people including the missing man in Shopian district. “The […]






