Srinagar: Two militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Bonabazar village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district Saturday morning. Sources said that the gunfight ensued after a joint team of Army and Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir police sealed the village and launched a search operation late last night after inputs about […]
Srinagar: The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to deploy 100 additional companies of central armed police forces (CAPFs) in Jammu and Kashmir. An order vide no: III-11018/1/2019-G/P-II dated 25-07-2019 in this regard was issued by the MHA states, “In order to strengthen the counter insurgency (CI) grid as well as for maintaining law and […]
Srinagar: President National Conference (NC) and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Friday expressed dismay over the distressing complaints of the Hajis from Kashmir that there was lack of transport facilities including proper accommodation at Mecca and Medina. While decrying the lack of facilities being given to the pilgrims’ Party president said, […]
Anantnag: Despite being declared unsafe by the authorities in 2015, the Maternity and Child Hospital in Anantnag continues to operate from a dilapidated building in Sherbagh locality of the south Kashmir district. Sources revealed to The Kashmir Press that in January 2015 the then Director Health Services, Dr Saleem-ul-Rehman and Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Fazil […]
New Delhi: Pakistan can neither fight a full-fledged nor a limited war with India and is waging a proxy war, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. He was speaking in Lok Sabha on the 20th anniversary of Kargil conflict as Parliament paid tributes to Indian soldiers who drove out enemy forces and reclaimed Kargil heights. […]
Srinagar: The Indian army chief Gen Bipin Rawat Friday said that Kashmir is no longer an issue with the international community as Pakistan has been singled out by the global community. Talking to reporters at Drass on the eve of Vijay Diwas, General Rawat said that Kashmir is no longer an issue with the International community […]
Srinagar: The incessant rains since Thursday morning has left scores of areas in Srinagar city waterlogged leaving the residents fuming. The rains continued to lash across Valley since the morning hours of Thursday. Reports poruing in from various parts of the city said that the rains have left vital roads and junctions submerged while the district […]
New Delhi: Recruitment of local youth into militant groups in Jammu and Kashmir is down by 40 per cent, while infiltration from across the border has been reduced by 43 per cent, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Wednesday. Replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Reddy said […]
Srinagar: The School Education Department on Wednesday clarified that there would be no extension in summer vacations in the valley schools. The clarification comes amid rumours and fake orders being circulated on social networking sites over the extension of summer vacations. A senior official of the School Education Department ruled out the extension in the summer vacations […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president and Member of Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for seeking intervention of United States President Donald Trump in solving the protracted issue of Jammu and Kashmir and asked world powers to make Kashmir a zone of peace and not the zone of […]
