Pulwama encounter: Two militants killed, three army men injured
Pulwama: Two unidentified militants have been killed while as three army men were also injured in the ongoing encounter in Ratnipora village of Pulwama District. A police official said that the two unidentified militants have been killed in the ongoing encounter. Three army men, two of them critical were also injured during the have been shifted […]
Srinagar-Jammu Highway closed for 7th straight day
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu highway remained closed on seven consecutive day today, reports said. They said that even as the road remained blocked due to accumulated debris and intermittent shooting stones at T2, Maroog and Panthyal in Ramban- Banihal axis, the restoration work is going on. Meanwhile, authorities had claimed to take a decision on opening […]
Grand Mufti of Kashmir Mufti Bashir-Ud-Din is no more
Srinagar: The Grand Mufti of Kashmir, Mufti Bashir ud Din Farooqi passed away in SKIMS Soura here on Tuesday. According to the reports Mufti was hospitalized in SKIMS after he complained of chest pain last evening. The Nimaz-e-Jinaza of Mufti will be held at 3:30 pm at Khankahi Mohalla Srinagar, Nasir Ul Islam, his son […]
Pulwama Encounter: Militant killed, Army soldier critically injured in ongoing gunfight
Srinagar: A militant has been killed and an army soldier was critically injured after nocturnal gunfight raged between militants and government forces in Ratnipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. A senior police official said that one militant has been killed while an army soldier received critical bullet injury in ongoing operation. The […]
Forces start search operation in Shopian village
(Jahangeer Ganaie) Pulwama: Government forces on Tuesday morning laid a siege over Trenz village in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that based on specific inputs about the presence of militant’s government forces including 44 RR of Army and special operation group of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a search operation in the […]
Gun fight rages in Pulwama, protests erupt
(Jahangeer Ganaie) Pulwama: A gunfight is going on between holed up militants and government forces in Ratnipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 50RR, 183/182 BN of CRPF and SOG Pulwama launched a cordon and search operation in Ratnipora after receiving inputs about the presence of […]
Fresh landslides delay opening of Jmu-Sgr highway
No decision on opening of highway
Jammu: The restoration work along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway continued for the sixth straight day on Monday as fresh landslide hampered the efforts to reopen the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, officials said. A massive landslide hit the 270-km-long highway at Maroog on Sunday afternoon shortly after 150 Srinagar-bound stranded […]
Kashmir-bound passengers attacked in Jammu
Jammu: A scuffle broke out between a group of students and some stranded Kashmir-bound passengers outside the Gandhi Memorial Science College here on Monday but timely intervention by police brought the situation under control, officials said. The clash took place when the students came out of the college to protest alleged chanting of “objectionable slogans” […]
Our natural routes have been blocked: Mirwaiz
Srinagar: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed deep concern about the fate of people stranded on highways, roads and airports because of inclement weather and asked Kashmiris’ to help each other in this hour of crisis. Taking to micro-blogging site twitter Mirwaiz said, “Tens of thousands of Kashmiri’s are stranded in […]
Power crisis in JK to worsen: NTPC to curtail power supply for payment default
New Delhi: State-owned power giant NTPC will regulate power supply to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) from February 18 midnight for not clearing outstanding dues of more than Rs 1,600 crore. On February 5, the company had also issued similar notices to discoms in Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to regulate power, as the states had […]
