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 […]
Srinagar: At a time when loud calls are being made to give army free hand to crush “separatism and militancy in Kashmir,” defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman visited Kashmir to review the overall security situation The defense spokesman said defence minister, accompanied by the army chief Bipin Rawat visited the Srinagar based Chinar Corps where […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Srinagar :Mahmood A. Madani, former member of Parliament, and General Secretary, Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhawan Srinagar on Monday. Madani shared with Governor his views about the prevailing unrest in the State. He called for the formulation of a well-considered approach for the early restoration of peace and normalcy in […]
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 […]
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 […]
