Srinagar, December 15: A militant of Hizbul Mujahideen was killed in an overnight encounter at Uzrampathri area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. A top police officer confirmed about killing of Hizb militant, while identifying him as Feroz Ahmad Dar resident of Shopian. Dar had joined militant ranks in 2017 and was involved in […]
Srinagar, Dec 15: Cold conditions intensified in J&K and Ladakh as Srinagar had coldest night of the season with mercury plunging to minus 3.9°C. The weatherman has forecast dry weather till December 23 with “further fall” in mercury in coming days and predicted “white Christmas” in J&K and Ladakh. A meteorological department official here said […]
Srinagar, December 14: Encounter has started between militants and government forces in Uzrampathri area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. Reports that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Uzrampathri. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon […]
Srinagar, Dec 14: A meeting of Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu & Kashmir was held at Mirwaiz Manzil Rajouri Kadal, Srinagar, after authorities disallowed it to be held at the Anjuman Auqaf headquarters at Jama Masjid Srinagar. According to a statement, the meeting was presided over by the leading Islamic scholar of J&K Mufti Nazir Ahmad […]
Srinagar, Dec 14: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Tuesday informed the Parliament 206 militancy related incidents were reported in J&K till December 5 this year against 244 in 2020. Replying to a query about how many militancy incidents took place in J&K in 2021 and 2020, the MHA replied that 206 militancy related incidents […]
Srinagar, Dec 14: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Tuesday informed the parliament that the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved significantly since August 2019 and there has been a decline in militant incidents. The Ministry also said that a turnout of 98.29 percent was registered in Block Development Councils (BDC) elections in […]
Srinagar, Dec 14: Jammu and Kashmir reported two fresh fatalities due to covid-19 while 134 persons tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. 31 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 103 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 339124. There were two deaths reported […]
Jammu, Dec 14: Four women from among five persons killed while two others were injured when a tempo they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Ramban district on Tuesday. Official sources said that the accident occurred invoving tempo (JK06-2075) near Chuchater at Rajgarh-Kastigarh link road. The deceased […]
Baramulla, Dec 14 : A Border Security Force Constable was charred to death after an explosion in charcoal bukhari at ‘Observation Point’ in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The incident occurred during the intervening night of Dec 13 and 14. Sources told news agency that a BSF Constable who was part of a section deployed for […]
Ganderbal, Dec 14 The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that peace in Kashmir remains elusive as ever with the footprint of forces personnel increasing and new security bunkers being constructed across Srinagar. While addressing large workers convention at the district headquarters of the party in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal […]
