Srinagar: Slain Ikhwani turned army man Nazir Ahmad Wani wiil be conferred with the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award. A resident of from Ashmuji Kulgam, Wani was killed during a gunfight in Shopian in November last year. He was a government gunman, but was later inducted into army in 2004. Wani was part of a number […]
Srinagar: Police in New York state on Wednesday identified three young men arrested for allegedly planning a “potentially lethal” attack on a Muslim community regularly targeted by US extremist sites. Brian Colaneri, 20, Andrew Crysel, 18 and Vincent Vetromile, 19 were arrested after police in Greece, New York recovered three explosive devices and 23 weapons from […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people on Thursday morning amid inclement weather conditions attended the funeral prayers of three slain militants in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla. Three militants were killed in a brief gunfight with government forces in Binner area of the district on Wednesday. The slain trio were affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba and have been identified as Shoaib Akhoon […]
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan Thursday exchanged gunfire along the Line of Control in Sunderbani sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said that the exchange of fire is going on at ‘four forward locations.’ “Both small and heavy weapons are being used by both sides,” he said, adding Indian army retaliated to ceasefire […]
Srinagar: Authorities have beefed up the presence of government forces across Kashmir valley in view of the January 26 functions to be held at several places. Mobile checkpoints have been established at several places in the capital city Srinagar where vehicles are thoroughly checked. ADGP Law and Order Muneer Ahmed Khan on Wednesday told a news gathering agency […]
Srinagar: Weekly Kashmir Life photojournalist Bilal Bahadur has suffered grievous injuries while covering the funeral prayers of two slain militants in Old Town Baramulla. Bahadur, according to Kashmir Reader lensman Faisal Khan, fell down from a truck that he had mounted on to click the pictures of the funeral. Khan said that Bahadur has […]
Srinagar: Kashmir highway will remain closed Thursday for the fourth consecutive day following fresh snowfall in Banihal and adjoining areas. Officials said that the road is slippery near Jawahar Tunnel due to fresh snowfall. “Traffic cannot be allowed on the highway as the road has turned slippery,” the official said. He said that a big […]
Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir has condemned the use of “unjustified” force by the govcernment forces personnel upon journalists who were performing their professional duties in Shopian. “This action is not only inhuman but against the basic fundamental rights particularly of the freedom of speech,” a spokesperson of JeI said in a statement. In another such inhuman incident, […]
Srinagar: Two hunters have gone missing a snow avalanche swept them along in Lolab forests of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Reports said that three persons left home today morning for hunting in nearby Rang Warnow forest area. One of them returned by evening and informed the police and administration that there was a snow […]
Srinagar: The State Administrative Council (SAC) is scheduled to hold a meeting on January 25 one day before January 26, when the Republic Day of India is to be celebrated officially across the Jammu and Kashmir State. The Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) on its twitter handle said, “State Administrative Council (SAC) meeting […]
