Srinagar: Government forces arrested several youth in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district during nocturnal raids in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Reports said that the government forces arrested at least nine youth from their homes in Adigam, Arihal and other villages for their alleged involvement in stone pelting incidents in the district. They said […]
Srinagar: Seven people died and another was seriously injured in a building fire in a wealthy Paris neighbourhood on Monday night, the fire service said. The blaze in the French capital’s trendy 16th arrondissement also left 27 people — including three firefighters — with minor injuries. “The toll could still increase because the fire is […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that India was “committing grave human rights violations” in Kashmir, stressing that the right to self-determination was a basic right of the Kashmiri people. Addressing an international conference on Kashmir in London, the foreign minister appealed to the world conscience that humanity was bleeding in Kashmir, the […]
Srinagar: Kashmir meteorological department has forecast a fresh spell of rains and snowfall in the Kashmir Valley beginning from Today afternoon. An official of the department said that moderate snowfall is likely to occur across Kashmir from today afternoon. The divisional administration has issued avalanche advisory at several places in the valley. On Tuesday, the minimum temperature […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday found an unidentified dead body in north Kashmir’s Uri. A police official said that a dead body of an unidentified person was recovered near Sumo stand in Uri township of Baramulla district. The body was shifted to a local hospital for investigation purposes while the identity of the the […]
Srinagar: One-way traffic will continue on Kashmir highway Tuesday from Srinagar to Jammu, officials said. The official said that no vehicle will be allowed to move from the opposite direction. For the last three days the highway has remained open for one-way traffic. The highway remained blocked persistently for last few days due to landslides at Banihal, Ramban, […]
Jammu: Lieutenant General AK Bhatt, GOC 15 Corps, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan on Monday and briefed him about the security management situation in the Valley. He was accompanied by Lt. Gen. KJS Dhillon, GoC 15 Corps (Designate). Governor appreciated the Army’s strong support to the Security Forces in carrying out counter-terrorism […]
Srinagar: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested an OGW of JeM outfit in north Kashmir’s Kreeri. Police in a statement said an OGW of JeM outfit was arrested during naka checking by a joint team of forces at Dulatpora area of Kreeri village on Sunday. Police statement further said that the arrested OGW was identified […]
Srinagar: Chairman State Human Rights Commission Justice (Rtd) Bilal Nazki Monday summoned the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Srinagar in person through a CPO to explain as to why there was a delay in completing the investigations into the FIR lodged in the case of Gaw Kadal massacre of January 22, 1990. The SSP is […]
Jammu: Two persons, who were wanted in separate criminal cases for a long time, were arrested in separate operations in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana, police said Monday. Shoukat Ahmad, a resident of Goran village, was arrested by Kathua police from Gungad village of Samba district Monday, a police spokesman said. He […]
