Caracas: An uprising in a pre-trial detention center in Venezuela that flared up on Friday resulted in 29 people killed and 19 others injured, a source in the Venezuelan state prosecutor’s office told Sputnik. “According to updated data, there are 19 injured and 29 killed,” the source said. The source added that there were 14 […]
Srinagar: Train service remained suspended for the second day on Saturday in the Kashmir valley for security reasons following killing of Ansar Gazwatul chief Hind Zakir Musa, in an encounter by government forces in Pulwama district on Thursday. Train service could not be restored as a fresh advisory was received last night that all trains […]
Srinagar: Curfew, amid a shutdown called by octogenarian Hurriyat Conference (G) chairperson Syed Ali Geelani, continued in parts of Kashmir for a second day Saturday following the killing of Zakir Musa, the chief of an Al-Qaeda affiliated group, in an encounter with government forces in Pulwama district on Friday. Officials said the curbs on the movement […]
Srinagar: Educational institutions remained closed as a precautionary measure for the second day on Saturday in the Kashmir valley, where Ansar Gazwatul Hind chief Zakir Musa was killed in an encounter by government forces in Pulwama district during over 12 hours Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) which ended on early Friday. The Kashmir University (KU) and […]
Banihal: A massive landslide hit the Kashmir Highway in Ramban district in the wee hours of Saturday, leading to the suspension of traffic on the road, officials said. The landslide, triggered by incessant rains over the past two days, occurred near Battery Cheshma, completely blocking the 270-km arterial road, said Suresh Sharma, Deputy Superintendent of Police […]
Srinagar: Born in an affluent family of Noorpora village in volatile Tral region of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Zakir Musa, succeeded Burhan Muzzafar Wani as the divisional commander of Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir soon after he was killed in an encounter on July 8, 2016. Zakir, who was in his mid-twenties, joined […]
Srinagar: Scores of people were injured in government forces actions to quell protests at several places in Kashmir Valley against the killing of Zakir Musa, Kashmir’s most wanted militant commander, who headed the Al Qaeda affiliate Ansar Gazwatul Hind. Reports of clashes were received from several parts of Srinagar including Grid Station Illahibagh, Soura, Nalbal […]
Reasi: A 7-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in Mahore area of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday evening. Reports reaching GNS said that the leopard attacked the minor Rakeela Akhter daughter of Mushtaq Ahmed of Shajroo (Hill) mountainous village last evening. The reports said that the leopard dragged the minor girl […]
Reasi: Three persons were killed after a Tipper they were travelling in met with an accident at Mahore in Reasi district of Jammu region on Friday. Reports reaching GNS said that the vehicle (Tipper JK19-5322) loaded with Bajri skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge at Baja Morh Jamalan in Mahore today […]
Srinagar: The government has asked all the officers to observe the statutory rules and codal provisions in “letter and spirit” regarding ban on the engagement of casual, seasonal, adhoc, consolidated, contractual and need based daily rated workers. The government has ordered that any person appointed on adhoc/contractual/consolidated/ temporary basis after the imposition of ban on such […]
