Srinagar: A gunfight broke out between militants and goverment forces after CASO was launched on late night of Wednesday in Arampora area of Teliyan Mohalla area of North Kashmir’s Sopore. Reports reaching here said that a joint team of Police and Army’s 22RR launched cordoned and search operation in Arampora area of Teliyan Mohalla after […]
Srinagar: The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Shri Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the release of additional installment of 2% Dearness Allowance (DA) to the State Government employees and pensioners w.e.f 1st July, 2018, over the existing rate of 7% of the basic pay / pension. The […]
Srinagar: Suspected militants on late Wednesday evening hurled a grenade at a Naka party of army’s 55 Rashtriya Rifles outside Tahab camp in Southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that the grenade exploded with a bang and army soldiers on duty retaliated the attack by firing some shots in the air. However, no loss of life […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday removed a Station House Officer (SHO) and suspended four constables after two drug peddlers fled from custody in Udhampur district. Police said that Iftikhar Ali and Parvinder Singh, the drug peddlers escaped from the Udhampur police station on Monday night. Taking cognizance of the incident, Head Constable […]
Srinagar: Government on Wednesday suspended a teacher in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district after charges of molestation. The teacher has been as Hilal Ahmad. Ahmad, an ReT allegedly tried to molest a girl student at Government Girls Middle School Lilam in Kupwara where he is posted. The Chief Education Officer (CEO) Kupwara, Shafiq Nabi War said […]
Srinagar: Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law retired captain Mohammad Safdar were released from Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail on parole hours after his ailing wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz passed away in a London hospital on Tuesday. All three were released on a 12-hour parole, which is likely to be […]
Srinagar: A moderate intensity earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning, though no damages have been reported. An official said that an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the region at 0515 hrs. “The epicentre was located 199 km north of Kargil town in the Ladakh region”. He said that no loss […]
Srinagar: Handwara district in northern Kashmir is observing a complete shutdown on Wednesday to mourn the militant killings. Two militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed in the wee hours on Tuesday in Giloora village of Langate in Handwara. The two were identified as Furkan Ahmad, a resident of Handwara and Liyakat Lone a resident of Sopore. […]
Srinagar: Amnesty International India on Tuesday said that the intimidation, harassment, and detention of journalists in Jammu and Kashmir, by the state, threatens basic freedom of expression norms. “What we are witnessing in the valley is a new form of censorship where journalists are detained for doing their job. The recent arrest of Kashmir-based journalist […]
Srinagar: Five army personnel and a civilian were injured Wednesday after a speedy bus bumped into an army vehicle at Tangmarg in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Witnesses said that the bus bearing registration number JK01C-4779 bumped into an army vehicle along the Srinagar-Gulmarg highway. The injured army men and the civilian have been rushed to […]
