SRINAGAR — PDP MLA Waheed Para on Monday moved a resolution in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly opposing the abrogation of Article 370 and calling for the restoration of special status to the erstwhile state, leading to noisy scenes in the House. The Pulwama MLA moved the resolution immediately after veteran National Conference (NC) leader […]
SRINAGAR — Veteran National Conference leader and seven-time MLA from Charar-e-Sharief Abdul Rahim Rather was on Monday elected the first speaker of the legislative assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Rather (80) was elected the speaker with a voice vote after the opposition parties decided against contesting for the post. Protem Speaker […]
SRINAGAR — The five-day long session of Jammu & Kashmir Assembly will begin at 10.30 a.m. on Monday with Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s address. The ruling National Conference (NC) leaders met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday to decide the party’s strategy during the Assembly session. A decision was made […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — At least 12 civilians were injured in a grenade attack at Sunday market in Srinagar on Sunday. According to reports, the incident occurred at around 02:10 pm when militants lobbed a hand grenade on security forces deployment near a crowded Sunday market which missed the target and exploded on the road, resulting […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday in the wake of a grenade attack directed the Union Territory’s top police officer and other security officials to give a forceful response to the terrorists. “The LG spoke to DGP Nalin Prabhat and senior officials of the security agencies on the grenade attack […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the grenade attack at a Sunday market in Srinagar that injured 11 people and said the security apparatus must do everything possible to check the spurt in terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. Two women were among the 10 civilians injured when militants threw a grenade towards a […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A top commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group is among three militants killed, while four security personnel were also injured in two separate encounters in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday. The first encounter broke out between security forces and militants in the Khanyar area of Downtown Srinagar on Saturday morning after […]
KANPUR (UP) — Terming the recent militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir as “unfortunate”, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday there is no security lapse, adding that security forces are giving befitting reply to the militants. Singh claimed that the number of attacks taking place in the valley have been reduced compared to the […]
SINAGAR (KIMS) — At least two militants were killed in an encounter between security forces and militants at Kachwan forest area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir on Saturday morning. According to reports, the encounter broke out after a joint team of security forces, including the Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF, launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — An encounter breaks out between security forces and militants in Khanyar area of Downtown Srinagar on Saturday morning. According to reports, the encounter broke out after a joint team of security forces, including the J&K Police and CRPF, launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Khanyar, following the inputs about presence of militants in the […]