By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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Srinagar: The Foreign Secretary of India Vijay Gokhale on Tuesday said that a large number of JeM militants, trainers, senior commanders were eliminated in largest JeM camp in Balakot in Pakistan. Addressing a press conference he said that the camp was led by Maulana Yusuf Azhar alias Ustad Ghauri, brother in law of JeM Chief […]
By Press Desk on February 26, 2019
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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 […]
By Press Desk on February 25, 2019
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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 […]
By Press Desk on February 25, 2019
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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 […]
By Press Desk on February 25, 2019
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Srinagar: The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) on Sunday called an emergency meeting of its Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir on February 26 on Pakistan’s request, media reports said. “On the request of Islamic Republic of Pakistan a meeting of the Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir … will be held at the OIC […]
By Press Desk on February 25, 2019
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Srinagar: The National Investigating Agency has recovered the CCTV footage of the red Eeco car which is likely to have been used for the Pulwama militant attack. The video was recorded before the suicide bomber rammed into the convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force leading to the death of 49 personnel. Zee News quoting […]
By Press Desk on February 24, 2019
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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 […]
By Press Desk on February 24, 2019
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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 […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
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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 […]
By Press Desk on February 23, 2019
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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 […]