By Press Desk on January 5, 2019
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United Nations: The UN refugee agency has expressed regret over India’s decision to repatriate a group of Rohingya to Myanmar, saying it has sought clarification from India on the circumstances under which the asylum seekers were sent back, voicing concern over the unconducive conditions for such returns. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for […]
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Srinagar: With pellet guns earning notoriety as a crowd control tool in Jammu and Kashmir, India’s top defence research agency has come out with plastic bullets as an alternative. “Plastic bullet’s lethality is 500 times less than pellets. It can be used for targeted shooting in a riot situation,” reports quoted Manjit Singh, director of […]
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Srinagar: Train services were suspended in the Kashmir valley on Saturday due to heavy snowfall. Officials said that the train service has been suspended in the valley today as tracks are under one to two feet of snow and it was still snowing. Therefore, they said, no train will chug on Badgam-Srinagar-Anantnag-Qazigund in south Kashmir […]
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Srinagar: An intense gunfight broke out between militants and government forces Saturday morning in Aripal village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The gunfight ensued after militants fired upon government forces who had laid a siege to the village. “Two militants are believed to be trapped,” reports said. Authorities have already snapped the mobile Internet […]
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Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan late Friday night exchanged heavy gunfire and mortar shelling along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch. Reports said that Pakistan army shelled Indian posts near the LoC. “The security forces have been retaliating to the gunfire by Pakistani troops. Reports inform that the mortar shelling has been […]
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Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday suspended vehicular traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway after heavy snowfall at several places on the highway. Officials said that snow has accumulated on the road in Banihal, and near Jawahar Tunnel which has made the road slippery. They said that the highway will be reopened after the weather improves..
By Press Desk on January 5, 2019
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Srinagar: A ten year old south Kashmiri kid’s cover drive has stunned the Sri Lankan legendary cricketer and former skipper Kumara Sangakkara. On Friday, a Twitter user tweeted a video in which a small kid was stroking the ball. He tagged the former Lankan captain in the tweet and asked him the opinion regarding the kid’s […]
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Administrative Council (SAC) Friday accorded sanction to a set of exemptions for making the 624 MW Kiru hydro electric project (HeP) commercially viable, an official spokesman said. The Kiru 624 MW HeP is coming up on run of the river Chenab located in Kishtwar district and is being implemented […]
By Press Desk on January 5, 2019
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Srinagar: Government forces on Saturday launched a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in Aripal village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that around three militants are believed to be hiding in the village. Meanwhile, Internet services have been blocked in entire Pulwama district. So far there was no exchange of fire between the militants and the […]
By Press Desk on January 5, 2019
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Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday welcomed the statement of Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan on Kashmir during his interaction with Turkish president Reccip Tayyip Erdogan. Mirwaiz said that Turkey has always been a strong supporter of Right to Self Determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir and an active member of […]