Two people were killed and one was injured when a man opened fire at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport on Wednesday. The incident took place at the arrival/waiting area outside the main airport building. Footage shows the deceased man lying on the floor with two women sitting next to the body, Dawn reported. SP Cantt […]
Srinagar: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) top brass in New Delhi has decided to enhance the protection capacity of the bullet-proof vests for its men deployed for counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir to prevent fatal casualties of its men in case of any suicide attack by the militants. The decision has been taken after the deadly […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday said it arrested six drug peddlers in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and recovered contraband substances from their possession. A huge quantity of brown sugar like substance was recovered from their possessions, a police spokesperson said, adding that they were on way to sell it to school children. The spokesperson identified […]
Poonch: A man died after he fell into a water dam on Tuesday evening at hydel power project Gagarkote in Mandi area of Poonch. The deceased was identified as Faiz Khan son of Shafayat Khan a resident of Gagarkote village in Poonch. In his early 20s, the deceased was working as a labourer at the dam. The body […]
Srinagar: Body of an 18-year old girl was recovered under mysterious conditions from an orchard at Batapora area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports said that the locals of the area spotted the body of the girl hanging in a nearby orchard and immediately informed concerned police station. A police team reached the […]
The United States on Tuesday designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as a terrorist organisation. The group has carried out a number of terror attacks in Balochistan. Pakistan has already classified the outfit as a terrorist organisation and have been urging the US to do the same. “The BLA is an armed separatist group that […]
Srinagar: Two forest employees were tacked by sand smugglers in north Kashmir district of Bandipora on Tuesday, official sources said. They said two forest employees, Abdul Rashid and Mohammad Hussain, who were on patrol to check illegal sand extraction along the banks of Wular Lake in Laharwalpora village, were attacked by the smugglers. They added […]
Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau, on Tuesday registered a case against Managing Director, other officers and officials of the JAKFED in connection with the bulk purchase of cement at highly exorbitant rates to cause “huge loss” to the state exchequer. “A verification was conducted to look into the allegations that the MD and other officers and officials of […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday condemned the continuous “illegal and unjustified” detention of amalgam chief spokesperson Gh Ahmad Gulzar. Geelani in a statement said that political space is being denied by creating a situation of uncertainty and chaos in the state. He said Government of India is pursuing a “repressive” policy […]
Srinagar: As the first batch of Hajj pilgrims leaves from Srinagar on Thursday, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan on Tuesday visited Hajj House Bemina and took stock of the arrangements put in place by different Departments for the annual holy journey. According to an official statement, during his visit, the Divisional Commissioner inspected entire […]
