Pakistan to invite PM Modi for SAARC summit: Foreign Office
Islamabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to Pakistan for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Tuesday. The 2016 SAARC Summit was to be held in Islamabad. But after a deadly terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir […]
Thousands attend slain militants funeral prayers
Srinagar: Thousands of people on Tuesday assembled at Rathsuna Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district to take part in the last rites of Shakir Hassan Dar. Shakir, who was affiliated with Zakir Musa-led Ansar Ghazwat ul Hind outfit was killed in a gunfight with the forces in Reshipora area on Tuesday morning. Dar was later […]
Voting underway for fourth-phase of JK panchayat polls
Srinagar, Nov 27 (PTI) Voting for the fourth phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections is underway at over 2,600 polling stations in the state, officials said Tuesday. Polling for the fourth of the nine-phased elections is being held at 2,618 polling stations, including 639 in the Kashmir division and 1,979 in the Jammu […]
Militant killed in Tral Encounter, search ops on
Srinagar: A militant was killed after a gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Reshipora area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday morning. Reports said that a militant was killed after a joint team of army’s 42RR, 180 BN CRPF and SOG cordoned off Reshipora. A police officer confirmed that […]
Kulgam gunfight: Two Militants, Army man killed, two CRPF men injured
Srinagar, November 27:(GNS) Two militants, a armyman were killed while as two CRPF men were injured after a Nocturnal gunfight raged between militants and goverment forces in Redwani area of Qaimoh in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday. Reports said that two militants and a armyman were killed after a joint team of army’s 1RR, […]
Pakistan will never again fight ‘imposed wars’ on its territory: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday told tribal elders in Waziristan that Pakistan has “fought an imposed war inside our country,” and that “we shall not fight any such war again inside Pakistan”. The Pak premier had travelled to Miranshah earlier in the day accompanied by Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and […]
Encounter breaks out in Tral, search ops on in Redwani Kulgam
Srinagar: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Reshipora area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday morning. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 42RR, 180 BN CRPF and SOG cordoned off Reshipora. As the joint team of forces intensified searches towards suspected spot the hiding militants fired […]
JRL calls for shutdown in poll bound area
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Monday called for a complete protest shutdown in Mawer, Qalamabad, Bandipora, Bijhama, Wailoo, Singhpora, Beerwah, Waterhail Pulwama, Aripal, Shopian, Kund, Achabal, Qazigund, Veisu, Shangus, Chittergul areas going to polls in the 4th phase of Panchayat elections thrust on them by the ‘authoritarian state’. JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz […]
Take a step forward
There seems to be no letup to the killings in Kashmir. Last three days have seen 17 killings which include local boys from south Kashmir who have taken to arms, two civilians and a soldier, who too was a local, falling to violence. This killing spree has once again raised several important questions like what […]
SSA teachers: When will their suffering end?
By Mushtaq Hurra Official promises, written orders, verbal assurances, committee formations, reports and other things but the miseries and agonies of SSA teachers are yet to culminate. The incumbent governor, his advisors and the other higher ranked officials have taken us on a ride again. The month long hunger strike at Jammu and Srinagar had […]
