Srinagar: Sopore town and its adjoining areas in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district are shut for the second consecutive day against the killing of a local militant Naseer Ahmed Teli in a brief shootout with government forces late Thursday night. Witnesses said that all shops and business establishments remained shut in the town while a thin movement […]
Srinagar: General officer commanding (GoC) 15 Corps, Lt Gen A K Bhatt Saturday said that the militant recruitment has seen a decline during past two months. Bhatt said that the recruitment of local youth in militant outfits has been persistent during past couple of years. “However, we have seen a drop in it (recruitment) in […]
Srinagar: The Ladakh region remained cut off from Kashmir valley for the third day on Saturday due to fresh snowfall during the past 24 hours, a traffic police official said. He said there was fresh snowfall during the night and traffic remained suspended on Saturday also. Due to the accumulation of snow, the road has become […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday recovered the dead body of a non-local person from Nasrullahpora village of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A police official said that the body of a non-local man was found on a shop front in the village. The cause of death and identity of the person could not be […]
Srinagar: Srinagar-Jammu highway was Saturday reopened for traffic after remaining closed for several hours due to landslides. The highway remained closed due to landslides in Digdol and Ramsoo areas triggered by night-long rains in Ramban district. An official said that men and machinery were pressed into service to clear the landslide. He said traffic is […]
Srinagar: Curfew continued for the third day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Saturday. The Curfew was imposed on late Thursday night after the killing of BJP state Secretary Anil Parihar and his brother. The Army carried out a flag march in the curfew bound areas of Kishtwar while the police and paramilitary forces […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu highway was on Saturday closed for vehicular traffic due to snowfall and incessant rains at many places along the highway. Reports said that incessant rains and snowfall triggered landslides along the highway in the mountainous Ramban district. Beacon, the agency responsible for the maintenance of the highway, they said was making efforts […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Friday expressed disappointment over summoning of Hurriyat Conference (G) leader Aga Syed Al Hassan Al Moosvi by NIA. In a statement, the PDP chief stated that it is high time that Government of India sees the “futility of its muscular policies” and not […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) leaders and activists on Friday held protests after congregational Friday prayers in Hyderpora against the continuous house detention of the Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani for last 9 years; ‘killings, atrocities and prolonged detention of political prisoners’. In a statement, a spokesperson of the amalgam said that the protesters while voicing […]
Srinagar: A few minutes of winds and overnight rains have sent Srinagar city into darkness. As soon as the rains began last evening along with winds, electricity started playing hide and seek in major city areas including Residency Road, Lal Chowk, Budshah Chowk, Saraibala, Magarmal Bagh, Jawahar Nagar and Rajbagh. The Power Development Department (PDD) […]
