Srinagar: Responding to rumours about the health of National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah, former chief minister Omar Abdullah said his father was absolutely fine. The NC vice-president Omar said the stories about Dr Abdullah’s health were unfounded. Taking to micro blogging site Twitter, Mr Omar said, ‘I don’t know where the rumours about […]
Jammu: Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed grief over loss of precious lives due to snow avalanche at Khardung La in Leh district, this morning. In his message Governor has prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families in their hour of grief. Governor has announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 5 lakh for the Next of […]
The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Friday called for shutdown in Gaw Kadal, Handwara and Kupwara to mark the anniversaries of three massacres that took place in January 1990 in these areas. The JRL comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik, in a joint statement asked people to observe complete shutdown […]
Srinagar: Two Kashmiri boys were ruthlessly beaten by a group of people in Kufri area of Shimla. Zaffar Iqbal and Arshad Khan, the residents of Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, respectively were beaten by the mob on January 10, Pir Panchal post reported on Friday. The report said that during a trip to […]
Srinagar: Four dead bodies were recovered Friday while six were still missing after after an avalanche hit Khardung La pass in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh this morning. “The rescue operation is still underway. We have spoken to Union Ministers Rajnath Singh & Dr Jitendra Singh about the rescue operation being conducted,” officials of Ladakh Autonomous Hill […]
Srinagar: The troops of India and Pakistan on Friday exchanged gunfire along International Border in Jammu and Kashmir. Reports said that the Pakistan rangers allegedly fired some bursts towards Border Security Forces duty point in Hiranagar area of Kathua district at around 11 am. “The BSF troops responded by limited fire,” they said, adding, “No loss of […]
Srinagar: A 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing from a donation box in a shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said Friday. Rs 17,392 in cash has been recovered from the possession of the accused, a resident of the Dara Samote area in Poonch district, they said. A team of Rajouri police […]
Srinagar: Authorities at the Srinagar airport on Friday cancelled the flights to New Delhi following bad weather and low visibility in the Indian capital city. An official of the airport said that due to bad weather in Delhi Indigo 6E2187/2148; Spicejet SG 160/161; Air Asia I5 715/716; Vistara UK611 flights have been cancelled.
Srinagar: Militants Friday afternoon hurled a grenade on Special Operations Group camp of Jammu and Kashmir police in Shopian village. Report said that the militants lobbed the grenade on SOG camp located at Gargren. However, there was no immediate report of loss to life or damage to property. This is the second grenade attack of the […]
Srinagar: An army personnel was injured in a blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri on Friday. Reports said that the army man was injured after he accidentally stepped on a landmine at a forward post. The injured army man has been airlifted to a hospital for treatment.
