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Gunmen shot dead woman in Narbal Kakapora

Gunmen shot dead woman in Narbal Kakapora

Srinagar: A woman was killed and another person was injured after attacked by unknown gunmen at Narbal area of Kakapora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. A police officer said that some unknown gunmen barged inside a residential house of Nageena Jan wife of late Mohammad Yousuf Lone and opened fire upon her. In […]

16 hotels to be sealed on Boulevard for violating norms including Heemal

16 hotels to be sealed on Boulevard for violating norms including Heemal

Srinagar: Acting on the order issued by the State Pollution Control Board, the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar has ordered sealing of 16 hotels in and around Dal Lake on Posh Boulevard in Srinagar for unauthorized and defaulting commercial establishments. The Deputy Commissioner has constituted a team of 7 officials headed by the sub-divisional magistrate of the […]

Amith Shah discusses action plan for fresh delimitation of constituencies in J&K, Jammu seats to rise

Amith Shah discusses action plan for fresh delimitation of constituencies in J&K, Jammu seats to rise

By IANS Home Minister Amit Shah has hit the ground running, as expected. With a catalogue of review meetings, Shah has many crucial things on his agenda including redrawing the long pending delimitation of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir. With President’s Rule operational in the strife-torn state, Shah has already had a closed door meeting with Governor Satyapal Malik. He also met Director, Intelligence […]

Trail over in Kathua rape and murder, judgement on June 10

Trail over in Kathua rape and murder, judgement on June 10

Srinagar: The trial in the Kathua rape and murder case of an 8-year-old girl is complete and the final arguments will be filed on June 10. News gathering agency ANI reported: “Trial over in Kathua (J&K) rape and murder case. Judgment to be pronounced on June 10,” ANI reported. Defence lawyers completed their final arguments […]

Karvan-e-Aman bus between two Kashmir’s continues to remain suspended

Karvan-e-Aman bus between two Kashmir’s continues to remain suspended

Srinagar:The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-Administered -Kashmir (PaK), remained suspended on Monday since March 24, official sources said. The cross-Line of Control (LoC) bus, introduced as one of the major Confidence Building Measure (CBM) by Pakistan and India in 2005, remained suspended today since March 4 after it was reported […]

50 youth join militant ranks in 5 months on 2019

50 youth join militant ranks in 5 months on 2019

Srinagar: Over 100 militants, including 23 foreigners, have been killed in Kashmir in the first five months of 2019, but what is keeping the security establishment worried is a large number of new recruits, officials said Sunday. The officials said that 50 youngsters have joined various militant outfits since March and the security establishment needs […]

Updated: Police say militant, associate killed in Shopian; family refute claims, ‘none of the slain was militant or OGW’

Updated: Police say militant, associate killed in Shopian; family refute claims, ‘none of the slain was militant or OGW’

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said that two militants were killed in a brief shootout in Shopian village in the wee hours on Monday. However the locals and family refuted police statement, claiming that the deceased were not militants neither Over Ground Workers (OGW) of any militant organisation. Police has claimed that […]

Uri cylinder blast: Two more sisters succumb, toll reaches 4

Uri cylinder blast: Two more sisters succumb, toll reaches 4

Srinagar: Two sisters who were injured in a gas cylinder explosion in north Kashmir’s Uri village on May 27 have succumbed to injuries at SKIMS hospital in Srinagar on Monday. Seven family members including a mother and her six children were injured when an LPG gas cylinder exploded inside a residential house of Mohammad Shafi Chalkoo […]