Srinagar: Army Monday paid tributes to Lance Naik Nazir Ahmed Wani, Sena Medal Bar (SM) who was killed in an encounter with militants on Sunday in southern Kashmir’s Shopian district. In a solemn ceremony at BB Cantt, Lt Gen AK Bhatt, Chinar Corps Commander and all ranks, paid homage to Wani. “In a show of solidarity, representatives […]
Srinagar: Former independent lawmaker Engineer Rasheed along with his party workers Monday held a sit-in protest in Srinagar against the State Administrative Council’s decision to turn Jammu and Kashmir Bank into a Public Sector Undertaking. The protest was held outside the corporate headquarters of Jammu and Kashmir bank on Moulana Azad road here. Addressing the protesters, […]
Raipur: Eight Naxals and two police personnel were killed in an encounter between ultras and security men in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, police said. The gunbattle took place at a forest in Kistaram area bordering Telangana, around 500 km from here when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Sukma’s Superintendent […]
Srinagar: The Supreme Court of India on Monday refused to hear a fresh petition challenging Article 370 of the Constitution of India that grants special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir. The Court refused to hear the petition and said the petitioner may file an impleadment application (IA) in the case, reported news gathering agency ANI.
Bhilwara (R’than): The Congress was in power when the Mumbai attacks took place but questioned the BJP government’s surgical strikes in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Monday. The prime minister was addressing an election rally here on the tenth anniversary of the 26/11 terror strike when 10 Pakistani terrorists sneaked into Mumbai, killing […]
Srinagar: Six men have been detained on suspicion from the Pathankot railway station, Punjab Police officials said Monday. They were on board the Pooja Express from Jammu to Ajmer in Rajasthan, when security forces stopped the train in Pathankot late Sunday and took them in custody, a news gathering agency reported. The Punjab Police and […]
Srinagar: Minimum temperatures across Kashmir rose marginally owing to a partial cloud cover Monday, with Ladakh region witnessing a continuous intense cold wave, the Meteorological Department said. Kargil town was the coldest at minus 8.6, followed by Leh at minus 8.4 degrees Celsius, a MeT official said. The same weather conditions are likely to continue […]
Srinagar: Train service was again suspended on Monday for security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for a general strike against civilian and militant killings during the past one week. ‘We have again suspended all train runs in the Kashmir valley following a fresh advisory from police last night, […]
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed across Kashmir Monday against the killing of six militants and a civilian in a gunfight with government forces on Sunday in a nocturnal gunfight. An Indian army soldier was also killed in the gunfight. Government fearing protests and clashes made additional deployment of government forces personnel at several […]
Srinagar: The Governor’s administration has made it clear that the board of directors of J&K Bank was its supreme decision-making body and remained unquestioned. An official spokesman said while concerns had been raised in certain isolated quarters, people of the state by and large had hailed the decision of the State Administrative Council (SAC) to […]
