Srinagar: Government forces on Thursday night claimed to have killed a militant in a shootout at Sagipora area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An army official said that acting on a tip off, a Naka was laid by army’s 7 sector at Sagipora today late evening. In the meantime, a car was signalled […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar were killed in an attack by unknown gunmen at Kishtwar in Jammu on Thursday, police said. According to a police officer, the brothers were returning home after closing their stationery shop in Kishtwar town when unidentified gunmen shot them from close […]
Budgam: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has issued a summon to senior hurriyat leader and president Anjuman-e-Sharie- Shian Aga Syed Hasan Almosvi Alsafvi directed him to appear before the agency tomorrow. The agency had conducted a raid at the residence of Agha Syed Hassan in central Kashmir’s Budgam district in September 2017 in connection with funding […]
Srinagar: At least two militants were killed Police on during the fierce gunfight with government forces in Zagoo village of Arizal in Budgam district. One of the killed militants has been identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Ahad Khan, a resident of Brass Arizal Budgam while the other militant has been identified as Muhammad […]
Srinagar: China on Thursday sought to defend the proposed bus service with Pakistan through PaK, saying its cooperation with Islamabad has nothing to do with the territorial dispute and will not change its principled stance on the Kashmir issue. India Wednesday said it has lodged strong protests with China and Pakistan over the proposed bus service […]
Srinagar: The family of missing downtown boy Ahtisham Ahmad on Thursday staged a protest demonstration in Srinagar demanding whereabouts of their son. Ahtisham Bilal is a first-year student of Bachelors in Medical Imaging Technology at the Sharda University. The family refuted the reports that Ahstisham’s was in the Valley, saying that they have no information about it, […]
Srinagar: Two militants have been killed in an ongoing gunfight in a Budgam village of central Kashmir Thursday morning. Police sources confirmed the death of two militants and said that the gunfight erupted in the wee hours today. “The encounter ensued after a joint contingent of forces who hd laid siege to Zagoo village of […]
Srinagar: The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik, approved honorarium for Sarpanchs and Panchs to be elected in the ensuing Panchayat elections. The SAC decided that the Sarpanchs will be paid monthly honorarium of Rs 2500 and Panchs Rs 1000. The meeting was attended by […]
Islamabad: In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was sentenced to death in 2010 on blasphemy charges, after accepting her 2015 appeal against the punishment. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar announced the verdict here. The bench overturned the Lahore High Court’s […]
Srinagar: The State Administration Council (SAC) appointed Dilbagh Singh as the Director General of Police Jammu and Kashmir. The decision was taken during SAC meting chaired by Governor Satya Pal Malik in Jammu on Wednesday where Singh’s full-time appointment was finalized. The governor’s administration had on September 6 appointed senior IPS officer Dilbag Singh as […]
