Jammu: A Rashtriya Swayamasevak Sangh (RSS) was injured while his personal security officer died on Tuesday after unknown gunmen opened fire at them at District Hospital in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. A police official said gunmen opened fire on Chandrakant Singh and his security guard, while Singh was critically injured, his security guard died. […]
Srinagar: A 37- year old activist of Peoples Conference was injured critically after he fell from a moving vehicle near Bakhihaker in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday afternoon. Reports said that the man Mushtaq Ahmad Mir son of Ghulam Mohammad Mir, a resident of Bhawan Watser, Rajwar suddenly fell off from a […]
The United States put Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its list of “terrorist groups” on Monday. The move against another country’s armed forces is bound to rachet up tensions with Tehran. Here’s what you need to know. What is the Revolutionary Guard and what does it do? The IRGC is an elite wing of […]
Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that the United States was the real “leader of world terrorism” after Washington blacklisted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a “foreign terrorist organisation”. “Who are you to label revolutionary institutions as terrorists?” Rouhani asked in a speech broadcast live by state television. “You want to use terrorist groups as tools […]
Shopian: Government forces Tuesday morning busted a militant hideout in forest area of Yawran Keller in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports said that the operation was carried out by a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police and Army’s 23 Para. The hideout was blasted with explosives. Sources said that incriminating material was recovered from the […]
New Delhi: Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq Tuesday appeared before the National Investigation Agency for the second consecutive day for questioning in connection with a case related to funding of “terror groups” and separatist organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Mirwaiz came to the NIA headquarters under police protection and will be questioned on […]
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that Article 370 and Article 35-A are a hindrance to the development of Jammu and Kashmir. “The people of Kashmir want a change, including in Article 35-A and Article 370 as the two articles hinder development,” Modi said in an interview with New18. “The problem in Kashmir is largely […]
Srinagar: Gunshots were heard during a Cordon and Search Operation in Aripal area of south Kashmir’s Tral on Tuesday morning. Sources said that a joint team of army’s 42 RR and Jammu and Kashmir Police’s SOG cordoned off the forest area in Aripal after credible inputs about presence of militants. They said that as the […]
Srinagar: Stating that Special Status granted to Jammu and Kashmir was permanent and irrevocable and cannot be diluted, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G A Mir accused BJP of misleading people over Abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A and other sensitive issues for electoral gains. Mir, who is Congress candidate from Anantnag parliamentary constituency, […]
Washington: The US on Monday designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organisation, an unprecedented declaration against a foreign government that may prompt retaliation and make it harder for American diplomats and military officers to work with allies in the region. It is the first time that the US has designated an entity of another […]
