2 JeM militants killed in Khanmoh gunfight, 7 forces personnel injured
Srinagar: Two militants belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit were killed and seven government forces men including an officer suffered injuries in a gunfight at Khanmoh area of Srinagar outskirts on Saturday. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 50 RR, SOG Srinagar, SOG PanthaChowk and CRPF laid a siege early Saturday morning near […]
Thousands participate in slain Saqib’s funeral
Pulwama: Thousands of people on Saturday participated in the last rites of one of the slain militant, SaqibShafi Dar who was killed along with his associate in an encounter in Khanmoh area of Pampore in Srinagar outskirts. SaqibShafi Dar, son of Mohammad Shafi Dar of Arihal village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was killed along […]
Jmu-Sgr Highway remained closed on day 6
Fresh snowfall hampers efforts to reopen the arterial road
Banihal/Jammu: A fresh spell of snowfall hampered the efforts of authorities to reopen the Jammu-Srinagar national highway which remained closed for the sixth consecutive day on Saturday, officials said. The continuous closure of the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, had left hundreds of passengers stranded here. The […]
Kashmir shuts on JRL’s call on R-Day
Srinagar: Life came to a grinding halt in Kashmir on Saturday due to a strike called by separatist groups, which asked people to observe the Republic Day as a “black day”. Shops, offices, petrol pumps and business establishments in Srinagar remained closed while public transport services were suspended, officials said. The effect of the strike […]
Journalists protest police ‘highhandedness’
Stage protest after some scribes were ‘disallowed' to enter R-Day parade venue
Srinagar: Journalists here Saturday staged a protest against Jammu and Kashmir government and police after several scribes were allegedly not allowed to enter the venue of Republic Day function despite possessing valid accreditation passes. However, Governor’s advisor K Vijay Kumar said in Jammu that the issue of some journalists not being permitted to cover the […]
On LoC India-Pak armies’ trade fire, forget sweets
Jammu: Pakistani troops Saturday violated ceasefire by targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu division, promoting “strong and effective retaliation” by the Indian army, a defence spokesman said. There was no traditional exchange of sweets from both the sides at Chakan Da Bagh. The unprovoked small […]
Sweets exchanged at Attari
Attari (Amritsar): On the occasion of India’s 70th Republic Day, the Border Security Force (BSF) offered sweets to its Pakistani counterparts at the International border here on Saturday. BSF commandant Mukund Kumar Jha gave the sweets to Pakistani Wing Commander Usman at zero line on the Attari-Wagah border. Personnel of BSF and Pakistan Rangers, the […]
‘Intruder’ suffers critical injuries after BSF shot at him in Samba
Jammu: A 22-year-old Pakistani intruder, shot at by Border Security Force personnel along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu division and presumed dead earlier, was shifted to hospital after he was found alive, officials said. Farooq Ahmad, a resident of village Bhollian Da Kothay of Shakargarh in Pakistan, was fired upon by the […]
