Poonch, Aug 09: Army on Sunday claimed to have foiled an infiltration attempt by militants along LoC in Krishna Ghati sector in this district but said the body was “dragged back”. “A group of (militants) were attempting to infiltrate across LoC in Krishna Ghati Sector, District Poonch (J&K). The alert Indian Army troops detected the […]
Kulgam, Aug 9: The house owner whose house was damaged in an encounter on 17 July last month was found hanging inside his house here in Nagnad DH Pora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. On 17 July last month three militants including Jaish commander Waleed were killed in Nagnad Kulgam encounter. The house in […]
Srinagar, Aug 09: Jammu and Kashmir Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul has petitioned party’s national president J P Nadda and sought safe accommodation for the party leaders in every district of Kashmir and urged workers and leaders not to come out without security cover. Koul said that the attack on yet another […]
Srinagar, Aug 09: A senior doctor was among three persons who lost the battle to covid-19 since overnight in Kashmir Valley, taking the number of people succumbing to the virus to 468 in J&K, officials said. They said that the 45-year-old doctor who was admitted at SKIMS Soura for some time died at around 6:50 […]
Srinagar, Aug 09: Suspected militants on Sunday fired upon a BJP activist in central Kashmir’s budgam district. Official sources said the militants fired upon a BJP activist, identified as Ab. Hamid Najar (38) son of Jamal Najar resident of Moheindpora. They said, militants fired upon him near railway station when he was on morning […]
Srinagar, August 09: After a lull in encounters, a nocturnal gunfight breaks out between militants and government forces in Sighanpora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday. According to the reports a joint team of Police, Army’s 34 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Sighanpora . As the joint team encircled the suspected […]
Colombo, August 08: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leader Mahinda Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the Prime Minister of the ninth Parliament on August 9 at the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihare, Daily Mirror reported . According to the report, the Cabinet of Ministers will be sworn-in on the following day. It will be followed […]
Pampore, Aug 8: Burglars have a looted cash and jewellery in a house in absence of family members here in Pampore town of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources said that a person Mehrajuddin Bhat of Frastabal Pampore has registered a complaint in Police Station Pampore claiming that during the intervening night of August 7 and […]
Srinagar, August 8: A senior IAS woman officer, 46 travelers and 36 uniformed men were among 463 new covid-19 infections in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 24390, officials said on Saturday. Among them, 81 were reported from Jammu Division and 382 from Kashmir Valley including 36 uniformed— 13 each from army and […]
Srinagar, Aug 8: Kashmir Valley reported fifteen more deaths due to covid-19 since overnight, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 465 in J&K, officials sources said on Saturday. They said that four deaths were reported from Kupwara, three each from Srinagar and Baramulla, two from Anantnag besides one each from Pulwama, Bandipora […]
