Militant hideout busted, arms & ammunition recovered

Militant hideout busted, arms & ammunition recovered

Srinagar: Government forces on Tuesday busted a militant hideout and recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Official sources said  that following specific information, the security forces unearthed the hideout at Chanidagi in Bandipora. ”Huge quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from the hideout,” they said. No one was […]

Mehbooba ridiculed SHRC suggestions in ‘human shield’ case: says NC

Mehbooba ridiculed SHRC suggestions in ‘human shield’ case: says NC

Srinagar:  Upping the ante against PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for welcoming disciplinary action against Major Leetul Gogoi, senior National Conference (NC) leader Tanvir Sadiq said it was Mehbooba-led government that ridiculed the recommendations of the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) in the human shield case, involving the Army officer. ”For those who have forgotten-Let me […]

Prominent rights activist Gautam Navlakha arrested over alleged Maoist links

Prominent rights activist Gautam Navlakha arrested over alleged Maoist links

  Srinagar: At least five activists, including Gautam Navlakha have been arrested by police in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case. According to Quint the other four have been identified as  Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara Rao. the indian express reported that  police on Tuesday morning raided various locations and across states over alleged […]

Newly appointed J&K Guv pitches for dialogue at peoples level: ‘it lays foundation for high level political dialogue’

Newly appointed J&K Guv pitches for dialogue at peoples level: ‘it lays foundation for high level political dialogue’

Delhi: The newly appointed Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik, has said that his protocol will not stop him from meeting political leaders and dialogue at peoples level lays foundation for high level political dialogue. “The dialogue at the level of the people is the most fundamental thing. It forms the basic foundation […]

Dr A H Fayyaz elected as Jamat e Islami Ameer

Dr A H Fayyaz elected as Jamat e Islami Ameer

Srinagar: Dr Abdul Hameed Fayyaz has been elected as the Chief of Jamat e Islami Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The election was held at the party’s educational secretariat Nowgam Srinagar and sources said that Fayaz was given 76 votes, a major figure to make him the next chief of JEI in the state. Fayyaz, […]

Suspected militant’s fire upon NC leader’s house in Budgam

Suspected militant’s fire upon NC leader’s house in Budgam

Srinagar: Suspected militants opened gunfire towards the house of former finance minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National conference senior leader Abdul Rahim Rather in Badipora village of Budgam district on Monday night. According to reports incidents happened during the intervening night of Aug 27-28. “Rather was not present there when the incident happened,” he […]

Three gangsters killed in inter gang shoot out

Three gangsters killed in inter gang shoot out

Amritsar, Aug 27 (UNI) Three notorious gangsters were killed in a gang rivalry that took place in historic town of Goindwal of Tarn Taran district of Punjab on Monday evening. Confirming the incident Taran Taran Superintendent of Police (investigation) Tilak Raj said gangsters killed in the incident have been identified as Gurjant singh, Arshdeep Singh […]

Bank of Spain’s website hit by cyber attack

Bank of Spain’s website hit by cyber attack

MADRID, Aug 27 (Reuters) The Bank of Spain’s website has been hit since Sunday by a cyber attack which has temporarily disrupted access to the site, a spokesman for the central bank said on Monday. The spokesman said that the attack has not had any effect on the bank’s services or its communications with the […]

Sushma calls for regional peace at Indian Ocean meet

Hanoi, Aug 28 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said that economic prosperity and maritime security go hand-in-hand and in the entire paradigm of security, non-traditional and newly emerging threats ought to be tackled. “We cannot tap the bounty of the Indian Ocean without ensuring maritime peace and stability. Economic prosperity and maritime security […]