Srinagar: Two militants of Al Badr including outfit’s top commander were killed in an encounter with government forces at Katpora area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 34 RR, SOG and CRPF laid a siege at Katpora area of Yaripora at around 5:30 p.m. An […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Saturday said that he will announce a truth and reconciliation process to probe killings if his party is elected to power with a majority in the upcoming assembly elections. Abdullah who represents Srinagar-Budgam constituency in the Parliament, said his son and NC vice president Omar […]
Washington: The US government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump’s row with Democrats over building a Mexico border wall entered a record 22nd day Saturday. The Democrats’ refusal to approve 5.7 billion demanded by Trump for the wall project has paralyzed Washington, with the president […]
Srinagar: The Indian army deployed along the Line of Control (LOC) is set to get new sniper rifles, including an anti-material rifle that can go through concrete and metal objects, such as vehicles, The Print reported on Friday. The procurement process is expected to be completed this month. “The guns being given to the soldiers […]
Rajouri: Two army soldiers including an officer were killed and another one was injured in two separate incidents of blasts near Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district of Jammu on Friday. Official sources said that the blast occurred at around 1500 hours at Laam area, resulting in injuries to three soldiers. All […]
Srinagar: While categorically rejecting the idea of joining the pro-freedom politics, bureaucrat turned aspiring politician, Shah Faesal said that he was a man from the system and will like to change things by being within the system. “I am a man from the system and I would be happy to change things by being in […]
Srinagar: The police and other government forces are using 70,000 tear gas shells on an average every year after 2016 mass pro-freedom protests rocked Kashmir, reported the Outlook Magazine. The news outlet reported that in 2016 over 100,000 (one lakh) tear gas shells were used in Kashmir to quell the protests “Approximately one lakh-plus tear-gas […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that granting citizenship on the basis of religion is appalling and disgusting in equal measure. “We are full of venom when it comes to Pakistan but are matching some of its policies in spirit,” she tweeted. The Peoples Democratic Party president said: “But even […]
Srinagar: The NIA’s investigations into the suspected Amroha-Delhi module of the Islamic State have now found a Kashmir link to the alleged conspiracy. Interrogation of Saqib Iftekhar — a Hapur-based muezzin under arrest for allegedly helping the group acquire weapons — is learnt to have revealed that he had travelled to Jammu and Kashmir twice in […]
Srinagar: Hitting out at Union Minister Jitendra Singh over his comment that J&K IAS topper’s resignation indicates the lack of conviction to be ready to condemn the act of terrorism, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said no one more than Dr Sahib Shah Faesal knows the pain and suffering militancy and violence have brought […]
