Jammu: A day after the Amarnath Yatra from Jammu to Kashmir was suspended due to inclement weather, a fresh batch of nearly 4,000 pilgrims left a base camp here on Saturday to offer prayers at the cave shrine of Lord Shiva, officials said. The yatra from Jammu city to Kashmir on the Baltal route in […]
Jammu: A spell of rains on Saturday created havoc in parts of Jammu region while the city was completely waterlogged and the passengers at Jammu Airport faced tough times as water entered the terminals. Meanwhile a bus ferrying passengers also got trapped in River water in Billawar area of Kathua district but timely action prevented […]
Srinagar: Several persons were injured as government forces fired pellets, and burst teargas shells to disperse demonstrators, who were pelting stones and trying to disrupt Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Shopian, where two militants were killed in an encounter on Saturday. Immediately after news spread about the encounter at Bonbazar in the main Shopian town, […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is a “political problem” which would not be solved by military means, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday, as she criticised the Centre’s decision to deploy additional 100 companies of central armed police force (CAPF) to the valley. Mehbooba, the president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also said the Centre […]
Doda: A woman was killed while her son suffered injuries after a landslide hit a residential house in Doda district on Saturday. Reports said that at least 25 sheep also perished in the incident which occurred in Baggar area of Tehsil Assar in the mountainous district at around 6 am. They said that owing to overnight rains, […]
Srinagar: Two drug peddlers were arrested, one of them booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) in the Kashmir valley during the past 24 hours, a police spokesman said on Saturday. He said police established a naka on Srinagar-Jammu national highway at Jablipora Bijbehara in Anantnag. During the naka a drug peddler identified as Lateef Ahmad, […]
Shopian: Government forces on Saturday morning killed two Jaish-e-Muhammad militants in a gunfight in Bonbazar village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The slain militants include a local commander and foreigner. Sources said that the counterinsurgency forces including army, Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and other paramilitary forces cordoned the village late last night. […]
Days after the meeting between President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Pentagon notified the Congress on Friday of its decision to approve military sales worth USD 125 million that would result in 24×7 end-use monitoring of the F-16 fighter jets of Pakistan. “The State Department has made a determination approving a […]
Srinagar: An army soldier was killed in cross-border firing in Machil sector of frontier Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Saturday. Official sources said that Pakistani forces attacked the army’s posts in Machil sectors today morning. A police officer while confirming it said that the Pakistani army opened unprovoked fire upon the Indian Army posts […]
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Bonabazar village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district Saturday morning. Sources said that the gunfight ensued after a joint team of Army and Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir police sealed the village and launched a search operation late last night after inputs about […]
