Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy fire and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday, reports said. Local reports said that the firing started in Kalal area of Nowshera and later the two sides fired mortars to target each other. The sound of explosions […]
Srinagar: After months of speculation, Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal is learnt to have finally resigned from the services to join politics. New Delhi based The Print quoting sources said the 2010 batch topper sought voluntary retirement Monday to join the Farooq Abdullah-led National Conference. Faesal, 35, who comes from the Lolab valley in north Kashmir’s Kupwara, […]
Srinagar: Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat welcomed peace talks with the Afghan Taliban as long as they did not have any “preconditions” attached to them, The Hindu reported on Wednesday. Rawat was speaking at the Raisina Dialogue — an annual multilateral conference arranged in New Delhi jointly by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs […]
Srinagar: The Centre has extended special concessions and incentives, including departmental arrangements for stay, security and transportation, for central government employees working in Kashmir valley for two more years till 2020, according to an order issued by the Personnel Ministry. The move is aimed at encouraging more employees to work in the valley, officials said. The […]
Srinaagr: A four-year-old boy died while his six-months-old sister was injured after a portion of their home collapsed on them in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in Mendhar belt of the district, Station House Officer (SHO) Iniyat Hussain said. Kamran died on the spot while his sister Anika was […]
Srinagar: Without naming Pakistan, Army Chief Bipin Rawat has said that that “terrorism was here to stay,” and there was a need to curb social media to stop radicalization. He also said misinformation and falsehoods about religion are being used to radicalise young people in Jammu and Kashmir. “That is why you find more and […]
Srinagar :Dozens of far-flung and remote areas, including those near the Line of Control (LoC), remained cut off for the fifth successive day on Wednesday from their respective districts and tehsil headquarters in north Kashmir due accumulation of snow and slippery road conditions. Traffic on the roads, connecting border town of Keran and Tanghdar, besides dozens […]
Srinagar: At least nine shops were gutted due to the devastating fire in north Kashmir’s Handwara area. According to the officials, the fire broke out in the pre-dawn hours in the main market of Handwara and consumed ten shops in the meanwhile. The locals said it were locals and firemen who controlled the fire and […]
Shopian,Jan 9: Government forces on Wednesday launched a cordon-and-search operation (CASO) in Heff area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. A police official said a joint team of army, Central Reserve Police Force and SOG men ring-fenced Heff village of the district and began a door to door search operation. The operation, according to the official, […]
Srinagar: The Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire at forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday. The two armies have resorted to shelling at each others posts for the fourth time in last two days. On Tuesday, the two armies exchanged fire and shelled the cross-LoC military […]
