Shopian: Government forces on Monday morning laid a siege to Awend Rawalpora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Following inputs about the presence of militants in the area, reports said, that a joint team of government forces including 34 RR, paramilitary CRPF and SOG of Jammu and Kashmir police launched searches in the area. They said […]
Colombo: Sri Lankan police have arrested 13 men in connection with bomb blasts on churches and hotels as the death toll mounted to 290, a police spokesman said Monday. More than 500 people were wounded in the blasts, he added, in the deadliest violence since the end of the country’s long-running civil war a decade […]
Larnoo: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Anantnag parliamentary constituency, Mehbooba Mufti said that if she had not risen to the occasion 15 years ago, people of Kashmir would still have been ‘bonded laborers’ of forces, Addressing twin rallies in Larnoo area of South Kashmir, PDP chief said those who […]
Colombo: More than 200 people, including 22 foreigners, were killed and over 400 in a series of blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, hospitals and police officials said, the worst outbreak of violence since the end of the civil war a decade ago. According to media reports, at about 0845 hrs, at least eight […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that Mehbooba Mufti is known for shedding crocodile tears at the time of poll’s and that they aren’t going to work anymore. Addressing a workers convention at Aishmuqam area of Anantnag Omar while taking a dig at Mehbooba […]
Srinagar: A study has provided evidence of the presence of the endangered Kashmir musk deer in Nepal, with the identification extending the fanged deer species’ range from India, Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan to now the rugged mountains of western Nepal. The study by Nepali and Chinese researchers identified and probed three musk deer lineages from […]
Colombo: At least 80 people were injured when multiple explosions hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Sunday as worshippers attended Easter services, officials and police said. The blasts occurred at around 8.45 a.m. (local time) as the Easter Sunday masses were in progress, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said. One of the blasts hit St Anthony’s […]
Srinagar: The restrictions imposed on civilian traffic between Srinagar and Baramulla in north Kashmir has been limited to only Sundays with effect from Monday, an official Spokesperson said here on Saturday. However, the two-day restriction in week on civilian movement will continue on Srinagar-Jammu highway. He said the restriction on civilian movement on Srinagar-Baramulla would […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) activist was injured after shot at by suspected militants at Jablipora village of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday late evening. Reports said that the masked gunmen believed to be militants fired upon the man identified as Abdul Qayoom Pandith son of Ghulam Mohidin Pandith outside his home […]
Jammu: Northern Command Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Saturday accompanied by the White Knight Corps Commander, Lt Gen Paramjit Singh visited hinterland bases and posts in Kishtwar Sector to review the operational preparedness and the prevalent security situation in wake of recent terrorists initiated incidents. During the visit to the sector, the Army […]
