Srinagar: The Twitter handle of the Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps was Thursday suspended by the social media giant, but restored on Friday, an official said. The Twitter verified the handle and added back its followers, the Army official said. The official said it was unclear as to why the official account of the Army’s Srinagar-based […]
Srinagar: Two policemen, including a Sub Inspector (SI), were injured in a grenade attack by militants in the apple township of Sopore in north Kashmir district of Baramulla on Friday. A police official said that militants hurled the grenade at a police station in Sopore, resulting in injuries to an SI and a constable. ”The […]
Poonch: An Army soldier received serious injuries in a mysterious explosion along the Line Of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. A police official said that the explosion took place near Salotri area along LoC. In the incident, one soldier sustained critical injuries and was taken to a near-by military hospital […]
Srinagar: The Director School Education Kashmir has drawn flak for suspending on-leave staff of a government school on the day of Arafah, a day ahead of Eid, in Srinagar. Reports said that the Director School Education Kashmir Muhammad Younis Malik on Tuesday suspended more than half a dozen teachers for their unauthorised absence from schools during official […]
Jammu: A plot by Pakistani spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to revive militancy in Jammu region has been unearthed with the arrest of six persons from whom photographs and videos of strategic locations have been seized, officials said Friday. The six spies were in direct contact with their handler, a colonel-level officer at ISI […]
Srinagar: Federation of University Teachers Associations of Kashmir (FUTAK) – an amalgam of the teacher’s associations of the University of Kashmir, Central University of Kashmir and SKAUST-Kashmir, has questioned the timing and intent behind the overzealous actions of Director, School Education Kashmir. The statement further said that when the DESK was suspending the teachers on the […]
Srinagar: A para-trooper allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Muchpora area of Kellar in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. Reports said that the Army commando of 23 Para Regiment, posted at Muchpora Kellar, shot himself while he was on duty today at around 10:30 am. Soon after the incident, his […]
AMRITSAR: The pro-Khalistani Sikh leaders on Thursday took up the issue of freeing Kashmir during the Operation Bluestar anniversary observed at Nankana Sahib. In a viral video on the internet pro Khalistani leader Gopal Singh Chawla is heard saying that Sikhs would also struggle for the freedom of Kashmir. “We will snatch away our Kashmir and […]
NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor of India Ajit Doval chaired a high-level meeting Thursday to discuss issues concerning Kashmir, including the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra and pending Assembly election, officials said. The meeting was attended by Vijay Kumar, Advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir governor, state chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, director […]
Budgam: A man died and four others were seriously injured after being electrocuted at Aaripanthan Magam in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Reports said that they were repairing an electric line and received an electric shock and were immediately rushed to a local hospital. “However, one among the injured succumbed on way to the hospital,” official […]
