Tehran:To increase the air combat capabilities the Iran has launched the mass production of a fourth-generation all-indigenous interceptor jet. Defense Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami presided over a ceremony to inaugurate the production line for the Kowsar fighter jet at Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company in Isfahan Province on Saturday. In a major step toward the […]
Srinagar: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Saturday received the season’s first snowfall as cold wave like conditions gripped the Valley due to continuous downpour. The snowfall, which began in the higher reaches of the Valley on Thursday, has considerably brought down the maximum temperature in Kashmir. All weather stations across the Valley […]
Srinagar: A man died due to lightning in Gawalan area of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday morning. Reports said that Sher Ahmad (38) son of Mir Ahmad, a resident of Gawalan, Uri died when lightning struck him at around 8.30 am. MET department has forecast highly inclement weather in Jammu and Kashmir […]
Srinagar: The family of Srinagar youth, who is reported to have joined “militant ranks”, on Saturday made an appeal to him to return home for the sake of his ailing father. Ahtesham Bilal Sofi (19), a resident of Old City’s Khanyar area in Kashmir capital Srinagar was a first-year graduate student at Sharda University in […]
Srinagar: Arizal in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district and Pampore in southern Kashmir Pulwama district are observing a shutdown for the third consecutive day on Saturday to mourn the killing of two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants killed in a gun-battle on Thursday. Reports said that all shops, business establishments, and educational institutions remained closed in the twin towns. Mohammad Amin Mir […]
Srinagar: Sopore town and its adjoining areas in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district are shut for the second consecutive day against the killing of a local militant Naseer Ahmed Teli in a brief shootout with government forces late Thursday night. Witnesses said that all shops and business establishments remained shut in the town while a thin movement […]
Srinagar: General officer commanding (GoC) 15 Corps, Lt Gen A K Bhatt Saturday said that the militant recruitment has seen a decline during past two months. Bhatt said that the recruitment of local youth in militant outfits has been persistent during past couple of years. “However, we have seen a drop in it (recruitment) in […]
Srinagar: The Ladakh region remained cut off from Kashmir valley for the third day on Saturday due to fresh snowfall during the past 24 hours, a traffic police official said. He said there was fresh snowfall during the night and traffic remained suspended on Saturday also. Due to the accumulation of snow, the road has become […]
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday while heavy rains lashed the plains, the weather department said. “Fresh snowfall has occurred in Zojila Pass, Drass, Kargil, Sonamarg, Pahalgam, and Gulmarg during the last 12 hours,” a department official said. “Rains continued in the plains of the valley and […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday recovered the dead body of a non-local person from Nasrullahpora village of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A police official said that the body of a non-local man was found on a shop front in the village. The cause of death and identity of the person could not be […]
