Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday emphasised the importance of State Vigilance Commission (SVC) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to work without fear and favour to ensure that corrupt elements are effectively dealt with. A Raj Bhavan spokesperson said that P L Gupta, Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) met the Governor at the Raj […]
Srinagar: Government forces arrested three brothers in the wee hours of Friday from a village in central Kashmir’s district of Badgam. Sources said government forces raided two houses at Cherawani near Charar-e-Sharief in Badgam in the wee hours Friday. The forces later arrested three brothers Muzaffar Ahmad Dar, Irfan Ahmad Dar and Touseef Ahmad Dar, […]
Kabul: Nine civilians were killed while nine others sustained injuries in landmine explosions in two Afghan provinces, authorities said Friday. In one incident on Friday morning, five civilians were killed and four others wounded after a vehicle carrying them touched off an improvised explosive device (IED) in Nawa Maish district of central Daykundi province, district […]
Srinagar: A 65-year-old man slipped to death from a mountain in Kangan area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Friday. Identified as Abdul Aziz Bijran son of Mawali Bijran a retired PDD employee and a resident of Haknar Gund in Ganderbal district, reports said he slipped from nearby mountains when he was tilling his own cultivation […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday said that the militant slain in a brief shootout with government forces was involved in a series of attacks on police and paramilitary forces in capital city Srinagar. In a statement, a police spokesperson said that acting on credible input, a cordon and search operation was launched today […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Friday expressed concern over the frequent occurrence of fatal road accidents on Jammu- Srinagar highway, terming the 294 km road stretch nothing less than a death trap. In a statement, PDP leader Naeem Akhtar said that the present dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the central government have […]
Srinagar: At least six youths have suffered injured, many of them with pellets, during clashes with government forces outside the historic Jamia Masjid in the old city area of Nowhatta. Reports said that soon after the congregational Friday prayers concluded in the historic masjid, the youths assembled outside the mosque and pelted stones on the […]
Srinagar: Intense clashes broke out between youth and government forces outside the historic Jamia Masjid in the old city area of Nowhatta after the congregational Friday prayers. Reports said that soon after the prayers concluded, the youths assembled outside the mosque and pelted stones on the government forces who were deployed around the mosque in strength. […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said civilian vehicles will be restricted on the Jammu-Srinagar highway only on Sundays. The restrictions had been imposed on civilian traffic on the highway on Wednesdays and Sundays after the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14 in which 40 CRPF troopers were killed. The […]
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for a second consecutive day on Friday due to landslides in Digdol area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. Traffic department officials said the highway was still closed for traffic as the landslide debris were still being cleared. A massive landslide hit the highway on Thursday morning. Officials said […]
