Srinagar: Government forces Wednesday launched a Cordon and search operation in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that a joint team of Army’s 29 RR, Special Operation Group of Police and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation at Hanjiveera area of Pattan after inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Reports […]
Srinagar: The historic 86-km-long Mughal road was closed due to slippery road condition on Wednesday while only one-way traffic will continue on the national highway connecting Kashmir valley with Jammu. However, two-way traffic will ply on 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national with some restrictions. “We have suspended all traffic movement on the Mughal road, connecting Shopian in […]
Jammu: A Vaishno Devi pilgrim died of suspected cardiac arrest outside Bhawan in Vaishno Devi hills of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. “An information was recieved from Dispensary Bhawan that one pilgrim identified as Surender Gole,35, son of Mangi Lal, resident of 3/213 Rattan Vihar, Kiradi Suleman Nagar, Northwest Delhi, […]
Srinagar: In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the ‘unprecedented developments’ wherein the Union government sent Central Bureau of Investigation Director Alok Verma on leave, the Congress on Wednesday asked why the government removed Verma and said “who are they protecting and what are they hiding?” “Why has the government removed CBI […]
Srinagar: Government sealed southern Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday to stop the protest march to the district called by the joint resistance leadership against the killing of seven civilians in a blast on Sunday. The JRL had appealed people, especially those residing in south Kashmir, to march towards Kulgam to pay homage and express solidarity […]
Srinagar: In a post-midnight drama, the Centre on Wednesday virtually sacked CBI Director Alok Verma in the midst of the war at the agency’s top, a decision that came under all-round fire from the opposition who termed it “the last nail in the independence” of the organisation. Verma moved the Supreme Court, which will hear […]
Srinagar: The UN independent expert on freedom of opinion and expression, has said he’s ‘very disappointed’ that Member States have so far failed to back calls for an independent international investigation into the ‘evident murder’ of dissident Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. In an exclusive interview with UN News, Special Rapporteur David Kaye, urged all governments […]
Jammu: Fifteen passengers were injured when a mini bus skidded off a road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district Wednesday, police said. The bus carrying passengers from the border area of Nowshera skidded off the road and rolled down at Laam, they said. The injured passengers have been hospitalised, they said.
Srinagar: Clashes broke out in Sangam area of southern Kashmir’s Islamabad district on Wednesday after the news that one of the two militants killed in Nowgam gunfight in Srinagar was a local, spread in the area. Reports said that scores of youth hit streets raising pro-freedom, anti-India slogans and hurled stones at the government forces. […]
Srinagar: In its first, careful steps toward punishing the Saudis involved in the death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the US administration has revoked 21 visas of Riyadh men linked to the murder, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. It was the first concrete step by the Donald Trump administration after the disclosure of […]
