Pulwama, Aug 20: A teenage boy was electrocuted to death in Newa area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. An official said that Marood Ahmad Dar (13) son of Mohammed Ashraf Dar resident of Urwan Poshwanin locality of Newa, a 7th standard student, received an electric shock while he was repairing electric wire of […]
Srinagar, Aug 20: Jammu & Kashmir reported 159 new coronavirus cases while one person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said 36 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 123 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall case tally to 323951. They said one death was […]
Islamabad: Government of Pakistan on Friday said that 24 men had been taken into custody through geo-fencing and matching record from National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for harassing and assaulting a female TikToker and her companions at Lahore’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day, the Dawn reported. The incident had drawn police attention after […]
Srinagar: A soldier was killed after he fell down into 40-ft gorge during an anti-militancy operation along the higher reaches of Pir Panjal Range in Poonch district, army said. Defence ministry spokesman based in Jammu said that at around 1315 hours, the soldier, Sepoy Lovepreet Singh, while operating along the higher reaches of Pir Panjal […]
Srinagar, Aug 20: Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir, amalgam of all ulemas and leading religious organisations on Friday expressed its reservation and condemned the repeated closure of all major places of worship in Kashmir under the guise of Covid-19. In a statement the MMU headed by incarcerated Mirwaiz Umar Farooq expressed strong reservation and […]
Srinagar, Aug 20: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of several political parties has called for a meeting-cum-convention on August 24 to discuss and deliberate on the prevailing situation in Kashmir. Sources said that the meeting has been called at the residence of amalgam’s president and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah. They […]
Poonch, Aug 20: Three boys from Pakistan administered Kashmir, who were apprehended along Line of Control in Poonch two days ago, are being repatriated, army said on Friday. Addressing a presser here, Commander 10 Infantry KG Brigade here said that at around 3:45 p.m. on 18 August 2021, Indian army personnel deployed along the LoC […]
Kabul: An Afghan footballer who played for the national youth team fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation has said. The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan, a government institution that worked with sporting groups, confirmed the death […]
Srinagar, Aug 20: Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar on Friday said that one among the two militants killed in a n gunfight in Khrew Pampore was involved in the killing of peon at Govrenment Higher Secondary School Pastuna on July 23 this year. “Out of 2 killed (militants) of (Hizb-ul-Mujahideen) outfit, one Musaib Mustaq […]
Srinagar, August 20: A Hizbul Mujahideen commander and his associate were killed in an encounter that at Khrew, Pampore area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said on Friday. A police official said that a joint teams of Police, Army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on a specific information […]
