Jammu: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at her house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police said Wednesday. Mohammad Iqbal and Babu Din, both from Sadrota-Lohai Malhar village, were arrested on Tuesday after the girl’s father lodged a complaint alleging that the duo had raped his daughter last week […]
Pulwama: Three persons were injured during clashes between govt forces and local residents of Wahibugh village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. The residents were protesting against the duping of garbage by Municipal Committe Pulwama in the village. Reports said that the residents of the Wahibugh village of Pulwama took to the streets and started protesting against the […]
Fire erupted on Wednesday in control room of Sanat Ghar, a building in Bemina here which houses many government offices. Official sources told GNS that the fire started in the control this afternoon and concerned rushed to douse off the flames. When this report was filed, the efforts were ongoing to control the fire. The […]
The Hague: The International Court of Justice will deliver on Wednesday its verdict in a case relating to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, whose death sentence by a Pakistani military court based on an “extracted confession” has been questioned by India. Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by the Pakistani military court […]
Baramulla: A militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit was killed in an encounter with government forces at Gund Brath area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Reports said that a joint team of army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation today morning. A police spokesman in a statement issued here said that the […]
Srinagar: Former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker and senior leader Mohammad Khalil Bandh has resigned from the basic membership of the party. In a letter, Khalil Bandh outlined how the party compromised on its basic principles after demise of late Mufti Mohammad Syed and how veteran faces were sidelined in decision making process and the manner […]
Congress leader and grandson of last Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir Vikramaditya Singh has called July 13, 1931 martyrs as “rapists, criminals and looters”. Kishtwar Chief Judicial Magistrate Sudhir Khajuria has ordered SHO Kishtwar to investigate whether it makes out to be a cognizable offence, The Indian Express reported. Singh is the grandson of late […]
Jammu: A fresh batch of 4584 pilgrims on Wednesday left for the Amarnath Cave Shrine in South of Himalayas from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp, here. The fleet of 192 vehicles ferrying pilgrims was escorted by CRPF personnel in jeeps and on motorbikes. However, for Pahalgam route,536 females, 12 children and 95 sadhus left […]
Jammu: The potatoes loaded truck rammed into an ATM while two persons were killed and one injured in Channi Himmat area, here. Police said that one truck loaded with potatoes might had a brake failure. “The truck rammed into the ATM booth of J&K Bank in Channi Himmat area following which, the driver and helper of […]
Srinagar: Gunfight erupted between government forces and militants in Brath village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Wednesday morning. Local residents said that the joint teams of army’s 22RR and SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a cordon and search operation in the area following inputs the presence of militants. A police official said […]
