Delhi: Union home minister Rajnath Singh will start his two-day visit to Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday, during which he will hold a high-level security review in Srinagar and also tour the Amarnath shrine. Sources in the home ministry said Singh, who will be accompanied by national security adviser Ajit Doval, will arrive in Srinagar on Wednesday […]
Srinagar: The army has asked media to use correct ‘military terms’ while writing about their articles on the army. “It has been observed that articles pertaining to the Army published in your newspaper are using the term Trooper for the Army personnel which is incorrect,” the Srinagar based 15 corps military headquarters stated in a […]
Srinagar: Unidentified persons on Tuesday tried to snatch a weapon of a constable of B/35Bn Central Reserve Police force (CRPF) at Humhama chowk of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district after throwing chilli powder at him. However, the CRPF personnel resisted and foiled the “weapon snatching bid”. Reports said that the attackers who were 3 in number […]
Srinagar: The annual pilgrimage was going on smoothly on Tuesday as fresh batches of yatris, chanting ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and ‘Bam Bam Bholay’ left Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam base camps for holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, where so far 36,366 yatris had paid obeisance so far. A fresh batch of 3,489 yatris, […]
Kakinada: Eighteen students were injured when two APSRTC buses collided head-on near Thallarevu on the Kattipudi-Pamarru National Highway, about 25 kms from here on Tuesday. The injured were rushed to government general hospital for treatment, Police said. Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Home Nimmakayala Chinarajappa on his way from Amalapuram to Kakinada stopped at […]
Delhi: The Congress leadership will hold a meeting in Srinagar on Tuesday with about 100 party functionaries, including its J&K MLAs, to discuss its future plan in the state, even as AICC on Monday reiterated its demand for early elections in J&K, media reports said. After a pre-scheduled meeting of the Manmohan Singh-led Congress’ policy-planning […]
California: The Napa Valley Cricket Club (NVCC) will host their seventh annual World Series of Cricket match at the Napa Valley Expo in downtown Napa on Sunday. The match marks the halfway point in the clubs 2018 season and will be played on the Midway Green, on the western side of the Expo. As ever […]
Srinagar: The “family” of the militant killed on Friday in Kachama woods in north Kashmir’s frontier district of Kupwara have approached the concerned Deputy Commissioner’s Office for the exhumation of the body. Ghulam Ahmad Bhat, who claims to be the father of the slain militant, said the family first approached a local court in Kupwara, […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the death of former Navy chief, Admiral J G Nadkarni. A war hero of Goa Liberation and Indo-Pak war, Admiral Nadkarni, 86, breathed his last in Mumbai on Monday. “Anguished by the demise of former Indian Navy chief, Admiral JG Nadkarni. He served the nation with […]
Srinagar: A massive cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) we’re launched by government forces in Hajin township of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, hours after militants appeared in a local mosque late night. Reports said that the CASO was launched after a few militants appeared at a local mosque after Isha prayers yesterday. The militants reportedly had challenged the forces […]
