Srinagar February 19: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested two Lashker-e-Toiba militants in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. In a statement, the police said that, Acting on specific inputs regarding movement of militant associates, Bandipora police along with 14 RR and CRPF laid a joint naka near Papachan Bandipora Bridge. During checking two suspected persons […]
Srinagar, Feb 19: Government on Friday promoted two IPS officers of J&K cadre to DGP rank with effect from January 1 this year. According to an order issued by Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of J&K and Ladakh, the 1991-batch IPS officers, R R Swain and A K Choudhary were promoted to the DGP rank […]
Kupwara, Feb 19: A 44-year-old army soldier died due to cardiac arrest near Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Friday. They said on the intervening night of February 18 and 19, Havildar Data Ram (44) of 03 Raj Riffles of army suffered major heart attack and died on the spot […]
Srinagar, Feb 19: Militants managed escape after a fire fight in which a Special Police Officer (SPO) of police was killed while a policeman was injured in Beerwah area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Official sources said that there was a lull after initial gunfight. Subsequently, they said, searches were launched but no contact with […]
Srinagar, Feb 19: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Friday said that three-bike-borne newly recruited militants carried out the attack on the owner of Krishna Dhabar at busy Dalgate area to instil fear among tourists on a day when foreign envoys were in Srinagar. “We acted swiftly and constituted teams under the supervision […]
Srinagar, Feb 19: Income Tax department on Friday morning raided the residential house in Zainakote HMT area of Srinagar district. Sources said that sleuths of Income Tax department raided one house of Noor Mohammad Wagay, Son of Mohammad Ismail Wagay, resident of Zainakote HMT Srinagar. Sources said the Noor Mohammad @Noor master is owner of […]
Srinagar, February 18: Encounter has started between militants and government forces in Badigam of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on thursday night. Reports said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Badigam. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]
Srinagar, Feb 18: National Conference (NC) on Thursday stated that the GOI was selling normalcy of compulsion to European Union delegation as peace terming the entire exercise futile saying such curative tours have become part of new normal in Kashmir. “Such tours are conducted to reinforce the impression that everything is normal in Jammu and […]
Srinagar, Feb 18: National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday said that it arrested a militant supporter of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit who was providing logistic support to militants in Kishtwar area of Jammu region. In a statement the NIA spokesman said that “Yesterday (17.02.2021), NIA arrested a militant harbourer and logistics provider of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen namely Taraq Hussain […]
Srinagar, Feb 18: There shall be no traffic on Jammu-Srinagar, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world on Friday, officials said. A traffic department official said that the Friday has been declared as dry day for maintenance and repairing of the thoroughfare. Meanwhile, Mughal road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts, remained […]
