Srinagar: Bodies of two hunters who were buried in a snow avalanche in Lolab forests of north Kashmir’s Kupwara distric Thursday have been recovered. Officials said that the bodies of Bashir Ahmad Hajam son of Muhammad Younis and Mamdin Hajam son of Najamdin of Ring Warnow were recovered by the rescue team, equipped with latest tools. […]
Srinagar: Slain Ikhwani turned army man Nazir Ahmad Wani wiil be conferred with the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award. A resident of from Ashmuji Kulgam, Wani was killed during a gunfight in Shopian in November last year. He was a government gunman, but was later inducted into army in 2004. Wani was part of a number […]
Srinagar: Police in New York state on Wednesday identified three young men arrested for allegedly planning a “potentially lethal” attack on a Muslim community regularly targeted by US extremist sites. Brian Colaneri, 20, Andrew Crysel, 18 and Vincent Vetromile, 19 were arrested after police in Greece, New York recovered three explosive devices and 23 weapons from […]
Srinagar: Several journalists were on Thursday stopped by Jammu and Kashmir police from performing their professional duties in north Kashmir’s Baramulla. A local journalist said that they were stopped at the bridge connecting the area were funeral prayers were scheduled to be held. “They did not allowing us to cover Suhaib Akhoon’s funeral,” he said. Another […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people on Thursday morning amid inclement weather conditions attended the funeral prayers of three slain militants in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla. Three militants were killed in a brief gunfight with government forces in Binner area of the district on Wednesday. The slain trio were affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba and have been identified as Shoaib Akhoon […]
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan Thursday exchanged gunfire along the Line of Control in Sunderbani sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said that the exchange of fire is going on at ‘four forward locations.’ “Both small and heavy weapons are being used by both sides,” he said, adding Indian army retaliated to ceasefire […]
Srinagar: Authorities have beefed up the presence of government forces across Kashmir valley in view of the January 26 functions to be held at several places. Mobile checkpoints have been established at several places in the capital city Srinagar where vehicles are thoroughly checked. ADGP Law and Order Muneer Ahmed Khan on Wednesday told a news gathering agency […]
Srinagar: Weekly Kashmir Life photojournalist Bilal Bahadur has suffered grievous injuries while covering the funeral prayers of two slain militants in Old Town Baramulla. Bahadur, according to Kashmir Reader lensman Faisal Khan, fell down from a truck that he had mounted on to click the pictures of the funeral. Khan said that Bahadur has […]
Srinagar: Kashmir highway will remain closed Thursday for the fourth consecutive day following fresh snowfall in Banihal and adjoining areas. Officials said that the road is slippery near Jawahar Tunnel due to fresh snowfall. “Traffic cannot be allowed on the highway as the road has turned slippery,” the official said. He said that a big […]
Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir has condemned the use of “unjustified” force by the govcernment forces personnel upon journalists who were performing their professional duties in Shopian. “This action is not only inhuman but against the basic fundamental rights particularly of the freedom of speech,” a spokesperson of JeI said in a statement. In another such inhuman incident, […]
