Srinagar: Afghanistan cricket team has scripted history by whitewashing an international cricketing side Bangladesh in a 3-match Twenty20 series in Dehradun, India. In the third and final match of their t-20 series against Bangladesh, the Afghan team won by a thin margin of one run in a nail-biting finish to clinch the series 3-0. Batting […]
Srinagar: Police on Thursday claimed to have foiled a rifle-snatching bid by suspected militants in Mattan area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Sources said that a group of three to four militants attacked a police post guarding the house of Advocate General, Jehangir Iqbal at Mattan with an intention to loot weapons. “However, the alert […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has accused the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of suffering from “desperation” with the aim “to get credibility” by spreading rumours and unverified information about back channel diplomacy and dialogue with the resistance leadership. Launching a scathing attack against the PDP, the JKLF chairman Yasin Malik said “PDP […]
Srinagar: United Jihad Council (UJC)- an amalgam of militant groups- has threatened that it will make the names of those police officers public who it claimed were involved in humiliating ‘sisters and daughters’ of Kashmir. In an e-mailed statement issued to local news gathering agency, KNS, the UJC spokesman, Syed Sadaqat Hussain said that “the […]
An army trooper Thursday succumbed to his injuries after getting injured in militant firing at Line of control along Keran sector, reports said Reports said one among the two army troopers injured succumbed to injuries Earlier on Thursday at least two troopers were injured after militants attacked army link patrol near Line of Control (LoC) […]
A lineman working with Power Development Department (PDD) Budgam was electrocuted to death in Meerpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district Thursday afternoon, hospital sources said. The deceased, identified as Abdul Rahman Ganie, son of Abdul Aziz Ganie of Machama Beerwah, received an electric shock while making repairs at a power line in Meerpora village. […]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the governmwnt of India is concerned about the “future of Jammu and Kashmir’s youth”. Singh, who arrived at the state’s summer capital today, is on a two-day visit to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. He added that the government believe that children anywhere are […]
Kabul: The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced a “ceasefire” for the remaining days of Ramadan until June 20, with “Taliban insurgents”, The Express Tribune reported. He however said that fighting against other militant groups such as Islamic State will continue. “This ceasefire is an opportunity for Taliban to introspect (sic) that their “violent […]
Suspected militants on Thursday afternoon opened fire on a Jammu Kashmir Bank vehicle in south Kashmir’s Shopian. Sources said that the incident happened at Chitragam village of Shopian. However there is no loss of life or property reported so far.
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh reached Srinagar this morning on a 2-day visit to Jammu & Kashmir. He is accompanied by Union Home Secretary, Rajiv Gauband other senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Rajnath Singh is scheduled to address a Sports Conclave at SK Indoor Stadium Srinagar. He will review overall security […]
