Srinagar: Two persons including a Kashmir Administrative Service Officer died on Friday evening while another sustained injuries after a rolling rock hit a trekking group near Kolahai glacier at Dhanwet, about twenty-five KM’s away from Aru area of Pahalgam. The deceased were identified as Naveed Jeelani, Excise and Taxation Officer (ETO) and Adil Shah of […]
Srinagar: Hours after a militant was killed in a shootout with government forces at midnight on Friday in Achabal area of Anantnag district, police issued a statement saying that the militants had at midnight attacked a police picket, and that was retaliated by the policeman on duty, in which a militant was killed. “The weapon […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday suspended train services in from Srinagar to Banihal after a militant was killed in a brief shootout with government forces at Ranipora in Anantnag District. However, the railway officials said that the train will chug routinely on Srinagar-Baramulla track. Pertinently, a militant, identified as Bilal Ahmad Bhat, of Yaripora in Kulgam […]
Srinagar: Police on Saturday claimed to have killed a militant in a shootout at Achabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A police officer said that militants attacked police post Achabal late this night. The fire was retaliated triggering off a brief gunfight, he said. In the shootout, one militant was killed and a policeman […]
Srinagar: Centre-appointed interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma met Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday and apprised him about his ongoing discussions being held from different sections of the society. A Public Relation Officer (PRO) of Raj Bhavan said that Mr Sharma, who is the Union Special Representative for Dialogue in J&K, met the Governor at Raj Bhavan. […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday arrested four civilian protesters during clashes after congregational prayers in Jamia Masjid area of Nowhatta. Witnesses said that policeman in civvies, putting on a face mask and holding a pistol arrested the youth from Jamia Masjid compound. The policeman had apparently faked his presence as a protester and […]
Srinagar: Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested two suspected militants believed to be associated with Islamic State in Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK), reports quoting a senior police official said on Friday. The duo, hailing from Kashmir, was arrested near Red Fort area on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, he added. They were associated with ISJK, the outfit […]
Srinagar:The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Fronton Friday held a protest demonstration in Srinagar on call of Joint Resistance Leadership. The call for protests was given against the recent civilian killing in Pulwama and plight of Kashmiri inmates in different jails. Witnesses said that soon after the congregational Friday prayers were over, scores of activists of […]
Srinagar: Dilbag Singh, IPS on Friday took over as Director General of Police J&K. He succeeded Dr SP Vaid who has been transferred and posted as transport commissioner. Immediately after taking over as the Director General of Police, Singh chaired a high-level meeting of Police Officers. In the meeting, a police statement said, he impressed […]
Srinagar: A youth died of electrocution on Friday afternoon at Kharmode at Awantipora in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The deceased has been identified as Jamshid Ahmad, son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din, a resident of Kharpora Midoora in Tral. The slain was rushed to to PHC Awantipora where doctors declared him brought dead. Police have registered the […]
