Locals anguished as authorities shift Budgam bus stand
Srinagar: The residents, especially commuters have expressed resentment against the authorities for shifting the main bus stand Budgam to a newly established bus stand, which according to them is barely one km far from the main town and two kms away from the government offices, situated in the district. Notably, the erstwhile bus stand was […]
Burglars’ loot residential house
Bandipora: Burglars on Wednesday looted property worth Rs 20 lacs from the residential house in Onagham area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “Burglars struck the residential house of Mohammad Shaffi Iqbal in broad day light at Onagham Bandipora and looted property including gold ornaments worth Rs 20 lacs,” officials said. The family as per the […]
Tortured by suspected militants, youth succumbs to injuries
Anantnag: A 20 year old youth who was allegedly tortured by militants has succumbed to his injuries in a local hospital here, police sources said. They said that on 8th of March Omais Rashid Bhat, a resident of Qoimoh was abducted by unknown persons and was tortured mercilessly. Though he was shifted to Srinagar for […]
On duty cop killed in mishap
Baramulla: An on duty traffic cop was killed in a road accident at Kanispora area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a police spokesman said. Reports said that a traffic cop identified as Mohammad Dilawar was hit by a speedy sumo at Kanispora near JET College when he was performing his duty. Meanwhile, the traffic cop […]
Nadimarg massacre was aimed to take revenge of 2002 Godhra riots, allege KPSS
Srinagar: President Kashmir Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS), Sanjay K Tikoo Thursday alleged that the Nadimarg massacre in which 24 Kashmiri pandits were killed was aimed to ‘take revenge’ of Godhra incident, which happened in the year 2002 in Gujrat. According to the statement issue here, Tikoo said that fifteen years have passed since Nadimarg Massacre, […]
48 hour long Kupwara gun-battle ends
Srinagar: All the five suspected Lashker-e-Toiba militants killed in the 48-hour long Kupwara encounter in north Kashmir were foreigners, the police said today even as the security forces launched a search operation in a dense forest area to locate a missing Army man. Apart from the five militants, the fierce gun-battle which ended yesterday also […]
Operation was difficult task for forces: IGP
Srinagar: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Range, S P Pani on Thursday said that the encounter that raged between forces and militants in Halmatpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was very difficult task for the forces. Talking to reporters on the sideline of the wreath laying ceremony at District Police Line (DPL) here, […]
Pak gets powerful missile tracking system from China: Report
Beijing: In an unprecedented deal, China has sold Pakistan a powerful tracking system which could speed up the development of multi-warhead missiles by its all-weather ally, state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said. Zheng Mengwei, a researcher with the CAS Institute of Optics and Electronics in Chengdu, Sichuan province, confirmed to the Hong Kong-based South […]
Pak envoy to India likely to return from Islamabad
Islamabad: A week after he was called back for consultations amid raging row between India and Pakistan over harassment of diplomats, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood will return from Islamabad tonight, Pakistani government sources said Thursday. According to sources, Mahmood will host a series of events tomorrow to mark the ‘Pakistan National Day’ […]
Sense of despondency has crept in among people, says Omar
Beerwah: Former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that an overwhelming sense of despondency in the state must be replaced with hope and sustained peace to usher the State out of the current political vacuum and morass. Addressing a workers’ convention of the party in Nasarpora, Beerwah on Thursday, Omar Abdullah said continued alienation […]
