Army colonel loses life in accidental fire in Bijbehara

Army colonel loses life in accidental fire in Bijbehara

Srinagar :A senior army officer was killed after his service rifle went off accidentally in an army camp at Khundroo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports  said that that army’s Colonel JV Mahadik (Corps of Artillery) of army’s 21 Field Ammunition Depot (FAD) headquarters’ at Khundroo received serious bullet wounds after his gun went […]

2,000 vacancies of SPOs to be filled up from 10 border districts of J&K

2,000 vacancies of SPOs to be filled up from 10 border districts of J&K

Srinagar: The government has sanctioned 2,000 vacancies of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir for the border areas. The government said the youths living in the areas of 0-10 km from IB/ LoC/LAC/AGPL in 10 border districts namely Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Poonch, Rajouri, Baramulla, Bandipora, Kupwara, Kargil & Leh were eligible for the […]

CEC Kargil raises land issue with  Army

CEC Kargil raises land issue with  Army

Srinagar: Chairman and Chief Executive Councilor (CEC), LAHDC, Kargil, Kacho Ahmad Ali Khan Monday stressed for necessary measures to address the issues with regard to the exchange of land between the LAHDC and Army authorities at Lower Kurbathang Plateau, Upper Plateau Maratha Ground, Mulbekh and other related areas. The CEC stated this while chairing a […]

Editor’s guild of India demands action against Lal Singh

Editor’s guild of India demands action against Lal Singh

Srinagar: The Editors Guild of India while condemning  BJP leader Lal Singh’s threat to Kashmir journalists, has demanded that Governor NN Vohra  take necessary action in this regard. “Such a warning not only betrays Singh’s deep disregard for the role of the Free Press in a democracy, it also amounts to encouraging physical attacks against […]

Eight Hezbollah fighters killed in Yemen: Saudi-led coalition

Eight Hezbollah fighters killed in Yemen: Saudi-led coalition

RIYADH: At least eight members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group have been killed by  forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen in battles with the Iran-aligned Houthis, the coalition said on Monday, Reuters reported Hezbollah officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Hezbollah has previously denied Saudi accusations that the Shi’ite Muslim group is […]

Geelani, Mirwaiz congratulate Erdogan on his success in Turkey elections

Geelani, Mirwaiz congratulate  Erdogan on his success in Turkey elections

Srinagar:  Pro freedom leaders ,Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Moday extended congratulations to Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he emerged winner  in the presidential elections of Turkey. “Our long and painful walk to freedom demands and deserved more practical and concrete steps from every freedom loving nation especially the collective forum of Muslim countries—so […]

Shutdown affects normal life in Kashmir

Shutdown affects normal life in Kashmir

Srinagar: A shutdown call given  by pro-freedom leaders for  Monday affected life across the Kashmir Valley with heavy forces deployed in Srinagar and other places in Kashmir. The Valley-wide protest shutdown call was given by the Joint Residence Leadership (JRL), comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Sunday against continuous […]

Five killed in Telangana as speeding car rams auto

Five killed in Telangana as speeding car rams auto

Hyderabad:  Five people, including four women, were killed and ten others injured, after  an auto in which they were travelling was hit by a speeding car near Lingala in Rangareddy district early on Monday. The driver of the auto Srinivas was among those killed. According to police, about 15 women of Chennareddygudem started for Hyderabad […]