Kabul: As many as eight people were killed while 10 others sustained injuries as a result of a Taliban attack on a convoy of vehicles carrying the governor and other senior officials of Afghanistan’s central Logar province, local media reported on Sunday. The attack left the governor unharmed. The Taliban movement has claimed responsibility for […]
Srinagar: Seven persons, including a mother-daughter duo, were injured in Sunday in a gas cylinder blast in Karnah area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Seven persons including a 50-year-old woman and her daughter were injured when a gas cylinder exploded inside the house of Mohammad Ismail Shiekh. All the injured were rushed to nearby hospital […]
Srinagar: Jan 20; People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed serious concerns over the selective targeting of tribal Muslim community in Jammu Division. Highlighting instances of how this community is being targeted and harassed, she asked the governor’s administration to take immediate measures to restore the confidence of this […]
Srinagar: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehboob Beg on Sunday hailed party president Mehbooba Mufti as one of the most consistent and strongest chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir. Beg, in a statement, said no matter if she is in the government or in the opposition she remained steadfast. “Her politics and conviction finds […]
Srinagar: Despite weather warning which could affect surface and air traffic, Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was through for one-way traffic on Sunday. However, Leh-Srinagar national highway, connecting Ladakh region with the valley, and historic Mughal road remained closed for traffic from last […]
Jammu: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to extend the ‘watch hours’ upto 2100 hours at the Jammu Airport. AAI in a communication to the State Government has conveyed that it is ready to handle extended ‘watch hours’ operations at Jammu Airport. “As and when the airlines submit their flight schedule, AAI will […]
Srinagar: Militants on Saturday attacked the police station Yaripora in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources said that militants lobbed a grenade on police station Yaripora. “However, there was no official report of any injury,” Meanwhile, the militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed the responsibility of the attack. A spokesperson of JeM, Mohammad Hassan in a […]
Srinagar: Two more bodies were recovered on Saturday at Khardungla Top area of the Ladakh’s Leh district where two tippers came under an avalanche yesterday morning. While as five bodies were recovered yesterday, two bodies were retrieved by the joint rescue teams on Saturday afternoon. “Two more bodies have been recovered at Khardungla avalanche site. In […]
Srinagar: Former finance minister, Syed Altaf Bukhari on Saturday welcomed the decision taken by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that he feels that has been freed from the confinement. Soon after being expelled, Bukhari said that “I am happy that the party has taken a decision to expel me. I feel that I have been […]
January 19: Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone (IGP) S.P Pani today visited north Kashmir’s Sopore and chaired a security review meet besides holding interactions with the officials and policemen at Police Station Tarzoo Deputy Inspector General (DIG) North Kashmir Atul Goel and Superintendent Police Sopore Javed Iqbal besides other officers of the district were […]
