Gunfight breaks out after 5-hour siege in Pulwama village

Gunfight breaks out after 5-hour siege in Pulwama village

Srinagar: A gunfight between militants and government forces broke out after around five hours siege at Drabgam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday night. Official sources said that the contingents of army’s 44 RR, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) of police cordoned off Baba Mohalla of Drabgam village today at around 7:30 […]

Forces’s install lights as they lay siege over Pulwama village

Forces’s install lights as they lay siege over Pulwama village

Srinagar, Jan 31: The government forces have installed lights amid strengthening of cordon at Drabgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district following reports about the presence of militants in the presence of some militants in the area. Official sources said that the contingents of army’s 44 RR, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) of police cordoned […]

Power to remain shut in following Jammu areas on Friday

Power to remain shut in following Jammu areas on Friday

Jammu: According to Chief Engineer, Electrical Maintenance & R.E. Wing Jammu, the power supply to Bakshi Nagar, Shakti Nagar, part of Rehari Colony part of Sarwal, part of Shiv Nagar and adjoining areas fed from 33 KV Canal-Medical line emanating from 132/33 KV Grid Station Canal shall remain affected on February 02 from 10 am […]

Central Kashmir: 30 absentee employees placed under suspension at Budgam

Central Kashmir: 30 absentee employees placed under suspension at Budgam

Budgam: Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Budgam, Khurshid Ahmad Sanai today suspended 30 Government employees for remaining absent from duties, during a surprise inspection to various offices in Budgam, Chadoora and Chrar-e-Shareef. During the inspection 5 employee of Social Welfare Office Budgam, 20 employee of Municipal Committee Chadoora and 05 employees of Municipal Committee Chrar-e-Shareef […]

Geelani convenes ‘Majlis-e-Shoora’ of Hurriyat (G); ‘participation in elections tantamount to treason with blood of martyrs’

Geelani convenes ‘Majlis-e-Shoora’ of Hurriyat (G); ‘participation in elections tantamount to treason with blood of martyrs’

Srinagar: Octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani on Thursday convened a Majlis-e-Shoora of Hurriyat Conference (G), at his Hyderpora residence and discussed the overall political situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Shoora expressed grave concern about the deteriorating condition of the Kashmiri prisoners in and outside state, particularly Tihar. It said that despite repeated statements and […]

JRL calls shutdown on Feb 3 against PM Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir

JRL calls shutdown on Feb 3 against PM Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership on Thursday called for a valleywide shutdown on February 3, Sunday to protest Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement the JRL comprising of Octogenarian Hurriyat Patriarch Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement said that the […]

Pak summons IHC to lodge protest over summoning of its HC by New Delhi over ‘Qureshi-Mirwaiz call’

Pak summons IHC to lodge protest over summoning of its HC by New Delhi over ‘Qureshi-Mirwaiz call’

Srinagar: Pakistan summoned India’s high commissioner on Thursday, a day after New Delhi summoned Islamabad’s representative in India to lodge a protest over Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s telephone call to Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Dawn reported. Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal during a weekly briefing on Thursday said that India had […]

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate north Kashmir’s first BPO on Sunday

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate north Kashmir’s first BPO on Sunday

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate first ever business process outsourcing (BPO) unit in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday. The prime minister will visit to all three regions of Jammu and Kashmir on February 3 to lay foundation stones for host of projects. “(The) Prime Minister will be inaugurating BPO in Bandipora on […]

Congo: UN says hundreds killed in organized massacre

Congo: UN says hundreds killed in organized massacre

Srinagar:A probe led by the UN has unearthed mass graves in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN said on Wednesday. The UN team from the joint UN Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and UN mission in DRC (MONUSCO) involved in the investigation said the bodies of at least 535 people, who […]

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