Pampore: Amid heavy rains clashes erupted in many places in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday afternoon after rumours about the killing of three Pulwama militants in a gunfight with government forces in Hapatnar Budgam spread. Reports said that soon after news spread, shopkeepers drowned their shutters while transport went of the roads. Local sources said […]
Srinagar: Refuting that his name was at any point suggested as an interim president of the party, Vice President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdul Rahman Veeri on Monday said that seeking self promotion through illicit, undemocratic and unethical measures was Altaf Bukahri’s sole agenda in PDP. Reiterating his faith in the leadership of Mehbooba Mufti […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched a special drive against child labour in the state’s Katra city and rescued seven children, an official said Monday. A police team and the Child Welfare Committee (care and protection of child team) conducted special drive against child labour, begging and other crimes related to juveniles in Katra Sunday, […]
Srinagar: A coordinated Taliban assault on a military base and police training center in eastern Afghanistan on Monday morning killed at least 12 and wounded over 30 people, provincial officials said. Salem Asgherkhail, head of the area’s public health department, said that most of those killed in the attack in Maidan Wardak province were military […]
Srinagar: The commercial hub of Srinagar’s Lal Chowk and adjoining areas Monday observed a complete shutdown on a call given by Joint Resistance Leadership to mark the anniversary Gaw Kadal massacre. Shops, business establishments and offices in Gaw Kadal, Basant Bagh, Lal Chowk, Maisuma, Residency Road and Maulana Azad Road remained closed due to the […]
Srinagar: Deputy Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation Sheikh Imran was injured when a councilor threw some object at him during councilor session of SMC on Monday, official sources told GNS. They said Sheikh Imran got injured and was shifted to police hospital where he got one stitch also. A senior police official confirmed the incident and […]
Srinagar: The enquiry committee formed to probe the recent delivery and subsequent demise of a new born baby outside Lal ded hospital has found that the doctor on duty did not follow the Standard Operating Procedure by not admitting the patient. “.. unfortunately the doctor on duty went against the SOP for referrals by not […]
Srinagar: Had it not been for the 9/11 WTC attacks, the Indian Army may have carried out its largest operation to end cross-LoC infiltration by capturing at least 25 selected Pakistani posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in September 2001, two former senior army commanders have revealed in a new book. The operation, dubbed ‘Operation […]
Srinagar: A Power Development Department employee was Monday morning electrocuted in north Kashmir’s Barmaulla district. Identified as Mohammad Sultan, a resident of Sheeri in Baramulla, reports said, Sultan was electrocuted while repairing an electric line at Sheeri. Sultan worked as power inspector in PDD.
Srinagar: Two militants have been killed in an ongoing gunfight with government forces in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Sources said that two militants have been killed in the gunfight so far, while the encounter is still underway. The gunfight raged after a joint team of army’s 53RR, Jammu and Kashmir police’s Counter Insurgency Group and other paramilitary […]
