Poonch: A 35-year-old man died of electrocution in Surankote of Poonch district on Saturday late evening. Reports said that the person identified as Abdul Khaliq son of Wazir Mohammad hailing from Sinai Upper of Surankote came in contact with a general live wire, resulting into his instant death. Reports, quoting witnesses said that, Khaliq was […]
Srinagar: As many as 264 personnel of Jammu and Kashmir police security wing were promoted by Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC), a police spokesman said here on Saturday afternoon. He said the DPC constituted under the Chairmanship of Additional Director General (ADG) of police Muneer Ahmad Khan met on 26 July and cleared the Promotions to […]
Srinagar: More than 100 sheep and goats were killed due to cloudburst in the upper heights of Tral in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, official sources said on Saturday. They said cloudburst hit Bayri Aangan forest area in Tral in Pulwama late Friday night resulting in their on the spot death. A team of Animal […]
Srinagar: To woo more people towards it in Kashmir, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has decided to go for a major public contact program ahead of the Assembly polls with party’s national General Secretary Ram Madhav scheduled to visit the Valley next week. Sources in BJP said that Madhav’s visit assumes significance given the fact […]
Srinagar: Appealing people not to give ear to rumours, Additional Director General Police (ADGP) Law and Order Muneer Khan Saturday said 100 companies of paramilitary forces will replace those personnel of training companies, who are deployed on various duties since last year starting from Urban Local Bodies elections. “Around 200 training companies are presently performing […]
Srinagar: Reacting sharply on deployment of additional 100 companies of forces to Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone said that rumors of tinkering with Article 35 A are spreading fast and no one is reacting to them. “The news about deployment of troops has created scare and panic among the people. Nobody […]
The countdown for the removal of the controversial Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir has started. Two days after National Security Adviser Ajit Doval returned from a visit to the Valley, the Centre has decided to move 10,000 additional paramilitary troops there to address the likely fallout of the move on the ground, IANS news […]
Ten personnel of the Pakistan armed forces, including an officer, were killed in two separate attacks in North Waziristan tribal district and Balochistan, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. In the first incident, six Pakistan Army soldiers were killed when terrorists from across the Afghan border opened fire on a border patrolling party near […]
China and Turkey on Friday threw their weight behind the international community’s efforts to seek a “peaceful resolution” to the longstanding Kashmir dispute. Beijing backed US President Donald Trump’s recent offer of mediation between Pakistan and India in the Kashmir issue, Express Tribune reported. “We support the international community, the US included, in playing a […]
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik, Chancellor of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, visited the University today. Farooq Khan, Advisor to Governor was present on the occasion. Governor inaugurated buildings of Habba Khatoon PG Girls Hostel and Laboratory cum Lecture Block-B of the Faculty of Horticulture situated within the Campus of the University. He […]
