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Indian aircrafts intrude LoC, face timely response, release payload while escaping, claims Pak Army

Indian aircrafts intrude LoC, face timely response, release payload while escaping, claims Pak Army

Srinagar: Indian Air Force planes violated the Line of Control (LoC), intruding from the Muzaffarabad sector, Pakistan Army’s Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations Major-General Asif Ghafoor said on his official Twitter account early on Tuesday. Ghafoor in his tweet said “Indian Air Force violated Line of Control”, following which “Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled” and Indian […]

3 Jaish-e-Muhammad militants killed in Kulgam encounter, says Police

3 Jaish-e-Muhammad militants killed in Kulgam encounter, says Police

Srinagar: Two Pakistani nationals, who were top commanders of the Jaish-e-Mohammad and wanted for a “series of crimes”, were among the three militants killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said Monday. The militants have been identified as Raqib Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Shiganpora in Kulgam, and Pakistani nationals Waleed and […]

Hospitals in Pakistan’s KPK put on alert to cope with situation in case of ‘war with India’

Hospitals in Pakistan’s KPK put on alert to cope with situation in case of ‘war with India’

Srinagar: Public and private hospitals in Peshawar in Pakistan have reserved beds and ambulances after government’s directives to stand alert for ‘national cause’, a reference to the tension with India. On February 22, health department ordered hospitals to reserve 25 per cent beds on a special directive of government for ‘national cause’. “The institutions have […]

Government urges people ‘not to pay heed to rumours’

Government urges people ‘not to pay heed to rumours’

Jammu: The Government on Sunday urged people not to pay heed to rumours and get panicky on the basis of unsubstantiated and exaggerated pieces of information which are in circulation. “During the past few days several rumours are in circulation and panic messages are being disseminated and most of these have been based on unsubstantiated […]

Dy SP operations, army personnel, 3 militants slain in Kulgam gunfight

Dy SP operations, army personnel, 3 militants slain in Kulgam gunfight

Srinagar: Deputy Superintendent of Police (Operations) Kulgam, one army man and three militants were killed in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on sunday. A Police Spokesperson said Deputy Superintendent of Police Aman Thakur was killed after being shot in the head in Turigam village. “The officer sustained a bullet injury in his head […]

War is not a picnic, former Indian spy-master, asks Modi govt to weigh his speculated options against Pakistan

War is not a picnic, former Indian spy-master, asks Modi govt to weigh his speculated options against Pakistan

Srinagar: Former Indian spy chief AS Dulat has said on Friday that war was not a picnic and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to weigh his widely speculated options against Pakistan with preference for an aggressive diplomacy. His views published by National Herald newspaper tallied with former Congress home minister P Chidambaram who said the […]

Crackdown in Kashmir: 150 people detained, mostly from Jama’at-e-Islami

Crackdown in Kashmir: 150 people detained, mostly from Jama’at-e-Islami

Srinagar: Nearly 150 people, mainly from the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz, were detained during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday as tension gripped the Valley ahead of a hearing by the Supreme Court on Article 35A of the Constitution. Though police termed the detentions as routine saying that leaders […]