By Press Desk on November 28, 2018
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has said that he may not lose his job but there was no telling when he would be shifted. The remarks drew attention in the middle of a political flap over his “reveal” on assembly dissolution in Jammu and Kashmir. “As long as I’m here – it’s not […]
By Press Desk on November 28, 2018
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Srinagar: Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari has said that India is taking benefits out of Pakistan’s weak diplomacy on Kashmir. Speaking during a seminar in Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad on Tuesday, Dr Mazari said the recent UN report is good but UN should have done this before. “Before releasing the report, UN asked […]
By Press Desk on November 28, 2018
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Srinagar: Violent clashes erupted between government forces and civilian protesters near the site of the gunfight in Chatergam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district Wednesday morning. Reports said that the youths hit streets and pelted government forces with stones and rocks who retaliated by using tear smoke shells and pellet fires. During the ding-dong battles […]
By Press Desk on November 28, 2018
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Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday suspended the train services on Baramulla-Banihal track over security concerns. Officials said that the decision has been taken as a precautionary measure in view of the situation in the valley. Three militants were killed in two separate gunfights in southern Kashmir’s Tral and Redwani villages on Tuesday while a gunfight is underway […]
By Press Desk on November 27, 2018
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chief, Justice Bilal Nazki Tuesday issued a notice to the superintendent of police and the deputy commissioner Shopian to file a detailed compliance report as to how the right eye of 20-month-old Hiba Nisar was hit by pellets. The SHRC notice to the SSP and […]
By Press Desk on November 27, 2018
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Poonch: Two Junior Commissioned officers (JCOs) of army were injured in a land mine blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mankote sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday. The JCOs Dhareej Kumar and Rajendhar Singh of 5 Mahar Regiment were injured when they accidentally stepped over a mine while patrolling along LoC […]
By Press Desk on November 27, 2018
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Srinagar: Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir will now be accessible in all weather conditions, giving strategic advantage to the country, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said Tuesday. “The cold desert region will now be accessible by a double-lane motorable road from Manali in Himachal Pradesh via Zanskar in Kargil district,” a spokesman of the BRO said. The […]
By Press Desk on November 27, 2018
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Srinagar: 24.4 percent polling was recorded in Bandipora district of northern Kashmir on Tuesday in the fourth phase of Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The polling for the fourth phase of Panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir began Tuesday morning under tight security arrangements. The polling will be held at 2,618 polling stations across […]
By Press Desk on November 27, 2018
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Srinagar: The slain Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind militant Shakir Ahmad Dar was laid to rest at his ancestral village in south Kashmir’s Tral amid massive pro-freedom and pro-Pakistan sloganeering. Witnesses said that thousands of villagers from several villages of Tral and Rathsuna assembled for the funeral prayers of the slain. Meanwhile, reports said that government forces resorted to […]
By Press Desk on November 27, 2018
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday issued the following statement after two militants and an army man were killed in southern Kashmir’s Kulgam in a gunfight. “Based on a credible input about the presence of militants in Redwani area of district Kulgam, a cordon and search operation was launched in the midnight jointly by […]