Kupwara, May 17: A Special Police Officer (SPO) has been arrested with contraband in main town Kupwara, officials said on Monday. The officials said that the accused identified as one Akhtar Hussain Mir of Izz Gund Khumriyal was arrested after police intercepted a vehicle on receipt of a specific input. During searches of the vehicle […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Monday said that 72 of the 479 inmates at Udhampur jail have been tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent of Udhampur Jail, Harish Kotwal reported that the samples of the inmates were collected yesterday and have tested positive for the deadly viral disease. Kotwal added that the cases were detected through the Rapid […]
Srinagar, May 17: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Monday said that there are five militants active in Srinagar who are being tracked while as there is a vast network of Over Ground Workers (OGWs) in the district of which many were arrested while C-category OGWs are being counselled and handed over to […]
Srinagar, May 17: Students from Pulwama district have urged Kashmir University authorities to postpone online examinations scheduled for today due to snapping of the internet services in the southern Kashmir district following a gunfight in Khanmoh area. A number of MA students who are scheduled to appear in the examination beginning at 1400 hours told […]
Kupwara, May 17: An army soldier sustained injuries in an ‘accidental’ mine blast along Line of Control in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police sources said that a soldier while working on a fence at Golf-11 post was injured after a mine exploded abruptly. The injured soldier was shifted to hospital for treatment. Sources identified the […]
Kargil, May 17: Amid Covid-19 scare, Muslim volunteers in Kargil region of Ladakh buried a Christian who died in hospital from Coronavirus. Local sources said that an NHPC employee Samir Akaa from Ranchi Jharkhand posted in Kargil was tested Covid-19 positive and admitted at Covid-Care Hospital last week. The infected employee was Christian by faith […]
Srinagar, May 17: One more militant has been killed taking toll to two in an encounter at Khanmoh area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar on Monday. The encounter had ensued after a team of police and army’s 50 RR was fired upon during a cordon-and-search operation launched in the area amid specific information about the presence […]
Srinagar: A militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight between militants and government forces in Khanmoh area of Srinagar on Monday, police said. Police in a tweet said that one militant has been killed and operation is going on. Earlier a joint team of Police and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in […]
Srinagar, May 17: A 23-year-old youth was among at least 20 persons who succumbed to the covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir since last evening, officials said on Monday. 13 among the fresh deaths were reported at Jammu hospitals while seven persons died at various hospitals here, taking the overall toll due to the virus in […]
Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that an end to seven days of hostilities with Gaza fighters was not imminent, despite diplomatic moves to restore calm, the Aljazeera reported. Israel “wants to levy a heavy price” from Gaza’s Hamas rulers and its offensive on the Palestinian enclave would “take time”, he said in a […]
