Srinagar: Indian intelligence officers and counterterrorism experts in Jammu and Kashmir police suspect that Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, an improvised explosive devices (IEDs) expert and former trainer at the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camp in Pakistan’s Balakot, is behind the use of vehicle-borne IEDs in the Valley. Hindustan Times quoting counterterrorism experts said that Ghazi, an Afghan war veteran […]
Pulwama: Government forces on Thursday evening laid a siege to Lettir village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 55 RR, Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary CRPF has launched a search operation in the area and has started door to door searches. An official said a cordon […]
Srinagar: A woman was found hanging at her residence in Methan area of Chanapora in the outskirts of capital city Srinagar. Reports said that a woman (name withheld), a resident of Methan was found hanging in her room. The family members of the woman, after spotting her hanging inside the room, immediately rushed her to Ahmad’s Hospital Nowgam […]
Srinagar: Government forces Friday morning launched a search operation in Kunzar orchards Pattan area of Baramulla district. Reports said that a joint team of government forces including Army’s 2 RR, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police Kunzer and paramilitary CRPF launched a massive search operation in the orchards. Sources said that searches were launched after […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Friday morning disallowed Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani to attend Urdu Book Fair at Kashmir University. Sources said that government forces present outside Geelani’s residence didn’t allow him to step out of his residence. On Thursday, in a statement, Geelani accepted the invitation of Kashmir University students to attend the […]
Jammu: A 10-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard on late Thursday evening in Mahore sub-division of Reasi. An official said that a leopard attacked a girl who was present infront of her house and was mauled. “Incident took place in Niram village of Mahore and victim has been identified as 10 years […]
Rajouri: The death toll in the building collapse in Davilian village of Kalakote in Rajouri district has mounted to three after two more injured succumbed. Earlier a man namely Mohammad Ghafoor died while seven other members of family sustained injuries when a two storey building collapsed on Thursday noon. All the seven injured were taken […]
Srinagar: Government forces on Friday morning launched a massive cordon and search operation in several villages of northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that the joint teams of government forces including Army and Jammu and Kashmir police launched a search operation in Yaroo, Sopernaghama, Hanjishat villages of the district. The searches in the area were going […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) Thursday said that its chief spokesperson G A Gulzar who is under police custody since June 15 was granted bail in Tehsil Court yesterday, but was again arrested and kept in ‘illegal confinement’ in police station Shergari. In a statement, the amalgam has strongly condemned what they termed as police highhandedness […]
Srinagar: A high level meeting of the central Kashmir’s leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday was held at the party head office here and was presided over by vice President Abdul Rahman Veeri. The meeting emphasised on the need to rejuvenate the party and strengthen it further so that it could once again […]
