Srinagar, September 18: Army defuses 4 mortar shells in Balakote Poonch. An army official said that four 120-mm mortars, fired by Pakistan, were recovered and destroyed today. “Army team dugout unexploded live shells from a village and destroyed it at a safe place,” the official said, adding, “The operation was undertaken swiftly by the bomb […]
Srinagar, Sep 18: Amid the ongoing border tensions with China in eastern Ladakh, the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that India is committed to resolve the dispute peacefully. Singh addressed the Rajya Sabha today and assured that India is committed to peacefully resolve the dispute but won’t shy away from taking any […]
Srinagar, Sept 17: A 26-year-old youth was among 19 more people who succumbed to covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, taking its fatality count to 954. Five of the deaths were reported from Kashmir Valley and 14 from Jammu division, officials said. Among the deaths from Kashmir Valley, they said, a 95-year-old […]
Srinagar, Sep 17: General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff, met Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here today. He was accompanied by Lt. General YK Joshi, Army Commander, Northern Command and Lt. General BS Raju, GOC, Chinar Corps. The Lt Governor and the Army Chief discussed several important issues related to […]
Sopore, Sep 17: The low speed internet continues to remain suspended for the second consecutive day in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district after it was snapped following the death of a youth on Wednesday. An official said that low speed internet was suspended on Wednesday as a precautionary measure following the death of […]
Srinagar, Sept 17: The death of a 23-year old youth a day after his arrest by police in Sopore area of Baramulla district is another glaring example of how the rule of law is being violated with impunity in Kashmir, CPI (M) said in a statement issued here. “The police version about the killing of […]
Srinagar, Sept 17: National Conference on Thursday said that J&K continues to suffer for want of effective administration, saying the LG-led J&K bureaucracy has failed to bring in constructive changes on ground and has confined itself to press releases. In a statement, party Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said the recent announcement of Back to Village […]
Srinagar, Sep 17: The son of deceased Batamaloo woman alleged that government forces killed his mother without any provocation. Kousar Reyaz (45) according to police was killed in a ‘cross fire’ in Firdous Abad, Batamaloo during a gunfight in which three militants were killed. Aqib Reyaz, the son of deceased woman told KNT that they […]
Srinagar, Sept 17: Jammu and Kashmir reported 1467 novel coronavirus cases including 62 travelers in last 24 hours, taking the total count to 59711. Official sources said that 785 cases were from Jammu and 682 from Kashmir Valley. This is for a fortnight that more than thousand cases were reported in J&K. Giving the district […]
Pulwama, Sep 17: During a joint search operation, government forces found 52 kilogram explosives in 02 different 250 liters plastic tanks in Awantipora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police sources said that during a joint cordon and search operation by soldiers from 42 Rashtriya Rifles, 130 Battalion CRPF and Special Operation Group Awantipora a […]
