Srinagar: A Delhi court on Wednesday gave Delhi Police time till February 28 to procure the sanctions needed to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case. The court told the police to ask the authorities concerned to expedite the sanctions, reports said. The police told the […]
Srinagar: The Army has detained three of its soldiers and is questioning them over their role in the abduction and subsequent killing of slain soldier Aurangzeb by militants in June last year, media reports said on Wednesday. The Indian Express reported that three personnel of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles are suspected to have shared the information […]
Srinagar: The Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, which has been fighting for “liberation of Kashmir” has been banned by the government of India, the Home Ministry said Wednesday. In a notification, the Home Ministry said the central government believes that the Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) is involved in “terrorism” as it has committed and participated in various acts of “terrorism” in […]
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall in Kashmir Wednesday disrupted air traffic while the weathermen forecast inclement weather for 48 hours till Friday. Officials at the Srinagar Airport said that the snowfall has led to low visibility and as such Go Air flight stands cancelled for the day. They said that the persistent snowfall may lead to further disruption […]
Srinagar: Rain and fresh snowfall started in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as the Met forecast inclement weather during the next 48 hours till Friday. “While the plains of the Jammu division will receive rain, higher reaches both in Jammu and valley region will receive moderate to heavy snowfall,” a Met official said. There have […]
Washington: Militants operating out of Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to threaten Afghan stability as well as stoke tensions between Pakistan and India, and the US looks to Islamabad to cease behaviour undermining regional stability, a top Pentagon Commander said on Tuesday. During a Congressional hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Commander of the US Central […]
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall at Banihal Wednesday led to closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway. According to Traffic department routine the traffic was scheduled to ply from Srinagar to Jammu today, however the highway was shut following bad weather. Reports said that it was raining for the whole night at several places on the highway which triggered landslides at Ramsoo […]
Srinagar: At least 42 fighters including 20 security personnel were confirmed dead in northern Kunduz and neighboring Baghlan provinces on Tuesday as the Taliban militants stepped up offensives in the northern region, officials have confirmed. The armed outfit in efforts to tight the noose around Kunduz city, the capital of northern Kunduz province, launched offensives […]
Srinagar: Octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday thanked Pakistan for observing “Kashmir Solidarity Day” to highlight the “oppression and suppression” against the people of Jammu and Kashmir at the hands of Indian forces. Expressing gratitude to Pakistan, its people, leadership of Pakistan administered Kashmir and the people across the globe, who organized demonstrations, symposiums, seminars […]
Jammu: Government Forces conducted an overnight search operation near the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district following information about movement of three armed persons, a police official said Tuesday. The information about the movement of the suspected persons in the Manohar Gopala area was received around 2130 hours Monday, the official said. Immediately, […]
