Srinagar: Nearly 400 militants infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir in the last three years and 126 of them have been killed by security forces, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Reddy said 27 security personnel were killed during the engagements with the infiltrators. Four militants […]
Anantnag: Doctors on Tuesday removed 25 kg cyst from the ovary of a 72 year old woman in southern Anantnag district. The giant cyst was removed by Dr Azad Malik and his team at his private nursing home Al Hayat. Hailing from Kund area of Kulgam, Phoola Begum had visited the doctor for consultation at […]
Srinagar: The Personal Security Officer (PSO) of National Conference (NC) Leader Syed Tawqeer Shah who was injured critically in a militant attack at Hillar area of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district succumbed to injuries. A police officer said that the policeman Selection Grade Reyaz Ahmad succumbed to injuries on the way to Anantnag Hospital. […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik skipped the official function at martyrs’ graveyard on Saturday and instead his local advisor Khursheed Ahmad Ganai and Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan paid floral tributes to 22 Kashmiris who were killed on this day in 1931 in firing by forces of Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari […]
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan have revived Track II diplomacy with a meet in Islamabad, Economic Times (ET) reported. This was the first major meet after the Pulwama attack on February 14 which claimed lives of over 50 CRPF men killed who were killed after a local militant rammed explosive laden car into the busy […]
Srinagar: Normal life was crippled in the Kashmir valley due to general strike called by pro-freedom groups here as on this day in 1931, twenty-two Kashmiris were killed in firing by police during Dogra rule outside the Central Jail, Srinagar. The firing incident took place when people had assembled outside the jail, where court proceedings […]
NEW DELHI — Chinese soldiers crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh division of Jammu and Kashmir last week after some Tibetans hoisted Tibetan flags on the occasion of Dalai Lama’s birthday, security officials said on Friday, semi official news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. “The officials in the know said […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Friday imposed restrictions in Nowhatta area of downtown on the second death anniversary of slain militant, Sajad Ahmed Gilkar alias Sajad Bila as a precautionary measure. “ Restrictions were imposed under section 144 at Nowhatta to maintain peace,” an official said. Witnesses said that heavy deployment of forces was also made in […]
Srinagar: Continuing to press for their demands, the Pakistani wives of former militants who had returned to Kashmir along with their Kashmiri husbands under a rehabilitation scheme Friday appealed the State as well as the central governments to grant them citizenship or deport them back to Pakistan. Addressing a presser here at Kashmir Press Club, […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Vice-President and Jammu and Kashmir in-charge Avinash Rai Khanna Friday said that the return of Kashmiri Pandits is party’s priority. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Khanna said that the rehabilitation of Kashmiri pandits is BJP’s agenda and they will be rehabilitated soon. He added that their security and […]
