Srinagar: The Met on Wednesday forecast heavy snowfall for at least five days starting Saturday that is likely to disrupt air and surface traffic to and from the Kashmir Valley. “A comparatively intense western disturbance is becoming active over Jammu and Kashmir from January 19 and will remain till January 23, peaking on January 22. […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said Governor Satya Pal Malik’s job was not to interfere in state politics but to make the situation favourable for the elections so that people are able to take part in electoral process again. “Governor (SP Malik) Sahab’s job is not to interfere in the […]
Srinagar: The Indian Army will not hesitate to take strong action to deal with militant activities along the border with Pakistan, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said on Tuesday. ”The country along India’s western border is providing support to militant groups and the Indian Army is dealing with them effectively, Gen Rawat said in an […]
Srinagar: A BSF assistant commandant has succumbed to injuries in cross LoC shelling in hiranagar sector of Kathu in Jammu and Kashmir. Vinay Prasad, an assistant commandant with Border Security Force was injurd in cross LoC firing earlier today, ANI reported. The injured personnel was shifted to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Srinagar: An abandoned newborn baby girl was found dead in uptown Srinagar on Monday near maternity hospital Lal Ded. Reports quoting police said that the newborn girl was found dead when police reached the spot. The baby girl was found in a small carton near the Town square crossing in Rajbagh. “An FIR No. 9/2019 has been […]
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Monday advised militants to shun the path of violence, assuring that his administration is ready to do whatever it can for their rehabilitation. “There is nothing like ‘operation all out’ and some people are using this wrong term. We want these children (militants) to come back and we […]
Srinagar: Posts on “Azad Kashmir”, those defaming deities, and depictions of the Indian Tricolour on any clothing below the waist — these are among 20 “locally illegal” markers that Facebook has for content from India. Facebook’s content reviewers around the world routinely scan posts that are either reported by users or chosen by the company’s […]
Srinagar: Thousands of people attended the funeral procession and subsequent prayers for the slain Al-badar commander, Zeenat-ul-Islam at his native village, Sugam, Shopian. Zeenat was killed with his associate Shakeel Ahmad in a gunfight with the government forces in Kathora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday evening. Locals said the government forces including […]
Srinagar: Four people sustained fire arm injuries after forces opened fire and pellets upon the youth who objected to the army’s presence when the funeral prayers of the slain Al-badar commander, Zeenat-u-Islam located in Sugan Village of Shopian, were being offered The health authorities at Pulwama district hospital told The Kashmir Press that four people […]
Srinagar: Zeenat-ul-Islam, who remained associated with militancy for a decade, had the distinction of being affiliated with three militant outfits in Kashmir- Hizb-ul-Mujhaideen, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Al-badar mujhaideen. He was killed along with his another associate during a brief gunfight in Katapora area of Kulgam. Known as the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) expert, Zeenat, 30, hailed […]
