Srinagar:: A Pakistani militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit was killed in a brief shootout at Litter area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday, police said. A police official said that the militants attacked an army patrolling party of 55 RR in Chowduribagh. The army retaliated the fire, he said, triggering an encounter which lasted for a […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday reiterated that the youth of Kashmir have opted gun as a reaction “to the Indian military and occupation of Jammu and Kashmir”. He stated this after paying tributes to the militant killed in Kakpora Pulwama encounter Irfan Ahmad Rather. Terming Kashmir as ‘a bone of contention’ between […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said the security cover of its leaders is being withdrawn in a most unprecedented manner and that such government action could affect the political landscape of the already strife torn state. PDP Chief Spokesman Rafi Ahmad Mir said that the governor administration without taking into account the ground […]
Srinagar: The militant killed in a brief shootout with government forces in Litter area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir has been identified as Irfan Ahmad Rather alias Wajid Khan. The slain was a resident of Rajpora Pulwama and was affiliated with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.Reports said that Rather fired upon an army patrolling party of 55 RR […]
Srinagar: An extra ordinary meeting of Hurriyat Conference (G) was held today under the chairmanship of Syed Ali Geelani at his Hyderpora residence. Meeting was attended by all the constituent heads or their representatives. The Hurriyat (G) spokesman stated that some important administrative decisions which includes disbanding the existing setup in All Parties Hurriyat Conference […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) on Saturday said that the disintegration of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shows how shallow and synthetic it is. Addressing a party function in Srinagar, NC North Zone president Muhammad Akbar lone said: “The people of Jammu and Kashmir are well aware of how PDP had shut its […]
Srinagar: A sweeper was crushed to death by an unknown vehicle in a hit-and-run case in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday. Reports said that 35-year-old Fayaz Ahmed, a resident of Badergund, who worked as a sweeper with Municipal Committee Ganderbal, was hit by a vehicle while he was working at Beehama market. Police officials, […]
Srinagar: A severe cold wave tightened its grip over the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Monday as temperatures dropped several notches below the freezing point. At minus 24.8 degrees Celsius, Drass town was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir where even the maximum temperature remained below the freezing point at minus 9.8. Water bodies […]
Srinagar: BSF troops resorted to brief firing following suspicious movement along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district Sunday night, officials said.The troops observed suspicious movement of some persons near Fatwal post along the IB in Ramgarh sector of the district and fired a few rounds, they said. The personnel have been alerted […]
Hailing the efforts of Pakistan to help resolve the long pending Kashmir issue, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani said that on visit to Turkey Pakistan Primer Imran Khan in a joint press briefing with Turkish president, both leaders expressed their serious concern about the issues concerning the Muslim Ummah. He said that Muslim […]
