Srinagar: A woman critically injured in a knife attack in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday night succumbed to her injuries today. Reports said that two masked men barged inside the house of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worker Abdul Majeed at Shahgund and attacked his wife Shakeela with a sharp-edged weapon. […]
Srinagar: Normal life came to standstill in Kashmir on Sunday as the valley observed complete shutdown to mark the second death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, who was killed along with his two associates by government forces in Kokernag on this day in 2016. On his death anniversary the native village of Burhan […]
Srinagar: Hizbul Mujahideen on Sunday released a pictures of new recruits that include brother of an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. Shamsul Haq Mengnoo, 25, a resident of south Kashmir’s Shopian, was pursuing his BUMS from a government college at Zakura on the outskirts of Srinagar and went missing from May. Shamsul’s elder brother Inamul […]
KABUL: Thirty-four militants were killed and 18 others injured in Afghanistan’s Balkh province during security operations, a police official said on Sunday. “The militants were killed during the cleanup operations in Chamtal district on Saturday,” the official news agency. Two security personnel were also injured.
Srinagar: Clashes break out in Nowdal village of Tral in south Kashmir between locals and government forces on Sunday. Reports said that as youths tried to march towards the native village of Burhan Wani to pay tribute to him on his second death anniversary. However, the forces prevented and foiled their plan. Meanwhile CRPF troopers […]
Srinagar: The historic Jamia Masjid in the down town Srinagar, remained closed for the third day on Sunday as a precautionary measure to prevent any protests, when Joint Resistance Leadership have called for a general strike on second death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) commander Burhan Wani who was killed in an encounter by security […]
Srinagar: A woman pilgrim, who was undertaking the annual Amarnath yatra, died of cardiac arrest at the Baltal base camp on Sunday, official sources said. The deceased was identified as Lakshami Bai of Telangana. The woman complained of chest pain and were taken to the hospital for treatment, where she breaths her last.
Islamabad: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and daughter Maryam are set to challenge the accountability court’s verdict against them in the Islamabad High Court on Monday, a Geo TV report said on Sunday. The father-daughter duo was sentenced on Friday to 11 and eight years in prison and slapped £8-million and £2-million fines, respectively, in […]
UNDATED: At least four people were wounded when a medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday night, with one in critical condition, medical reports said. The pilot made a “mayday” radio call from a Eurocopter 135 air ambulance at about 9:15 p.m. Central Time (0215 GMT Sunday), according to a Federal […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday suspended the Amarnath pilgrimage from Jammu for a day following a strike called by Joint Resistance Leadership to mark the second death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani across Kashmir. “In view of law and order situation in South Kashmir where three civilians died in clashes with security forces on […]
