Srinagar, September 27: Police on Tuesday have Identified both the militants who were killed in a gunfight at Awhatto area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Additional Director General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that both the killed militants were categorized and associated with JeM. He identified them as Mohmmad Shafi Ganie of Batpora and […]
Srinagar, Sep 27 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Jammu and Kashmir visit on October 1 and 2 has been postponed and that he will now arrive on October 4, Official sources said. A BJP leader privy to the development said that due to some engagements, Union Home Minister’s J&K visit has been postponed. “Now […]
Kulgam, Sep 26: A Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant has been killed while an army soldier and two civilians were injured in the ongoing encounter in Batapora village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said on Monday, adding that the operation was underway. An official said that the encounter broke out in Batapora village this evening. […]
Sopore, Sep 26: Halting of fruit laden trucks on Srinagar-Jammu national highway has taken a heavy toll on Asia’s second largest Fruit Mandi in Sopore, with Mandi administration stating that they have suffered around Rs 500 crore loss in the month of September alone. President buyers association, Fruit Mandi Sopore Mudasir Ahmed Bhat said that […]
Srinagar, Sep 26: In the past three years, seven new political parties, including a few little-known groups, from Jammu & Kashmir have been registered by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The ECI records show that since 2019, seven political parties have been registered by the Commission after they completed requisite formalities. According to the […]
Srinagar, Sep 26: Announcing the name of his party as Democratic Azad Party (DAP), Senior politician Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday said that ‘Azad’ word in the party’s name should be connected with his personal name as it portrays that the party will be “independent.” He also displayed the party flag having three colours—Mustard, White and […]
Srinagar, September 25: Army on Monday said to have recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, which also included two AK-47 rifles, from two militants slain during an infiltration bid in Machil sector in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Addressing a presser, Colonel Puneet Chauhan CO 21 Mahar, said; “Based on specific intelligence inputs received from […]
Bandipora, Sept 25: Jammu Kashmir Police have attached one more residential house of a native in North Kashmir for allegedly sheltering militants. Police said that it attached a residential house in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district for ‘willfully’ sheltering and harbouring militants after obtaining sanction from the competent authority. A police spokesperson said that police attached […]
Srinagar, Sep 24: Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), a conglomerate of Kashmir’s religious clerics, Saturday said forcing students in educational institutions of valley to sing Bhajas and to do Surya Namaskar was direct interference in religions and the move was totally unacceptable. The MMU also sought release of Kashmir’s head priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, ahead of the […]
Srinagar, Sep 24: Two migrant labourers were shot at and injured in Kharbhatpora locality of Ratnipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday evening. An official said that the labourers identified as Shamshad Ahmad and Faizan Qadri both residents of Bihar were shot at by militants in Kharbhatpora locality. He said that soon after the […]
