As authorities fail to crack whip on burglars, two more shops looted in Sopore
By Bilal Ahmad Sopore:- Burglars struck at two mobile phone shops in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday and decamped with goods worth lakhs of rupees and cash in north Kashmir’s Sopore town of Baramulla district. Two Mobile phone shops including Mobile point of Bashir Ahmad dar and Mobile gallery of Muzaffar Ahmad dar, […]
Five including 3 Chinese nationals arrested for carrying beef
Nagpur (Mah), Feb 1 (PTI) Nagpur Rural police on Friday booked five persons including three Chinese nationals for allegedly carrying beef. On January 18, the police had intercepted an SUV heading for Gumgaon mines at Khapa in the district, and on search found 10 kg or meat inside. Police detained its driver Afroz […]
Indian embassy opens hotline for students detained by US authorities
Washington, Feb 2 (PTI) The Indian embassy in the US has opened a 24/7 hotline to assist 129 Indian students arrested by the American authorities in the “pay-and-stay” university visa scam, officials have said. As many as 129 Indians are among the 130 foreign students arrested for enroling at a fake university allegedly to […]
Woman killed over dowry demand
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Feb 2 (PTI) A newly married woman was allegedly killed by her in-laws over dowry demand at Pakki Garhi village under Garhi Pukhta police station in Shamli district, officials said Saturday. The deceased Sana Khan, 28, had married one Ariz Hasan nine months ago. A case has been registered against the husband and […]
Forces lay siege over Habdipora Shopian, searches launched
Shopian: Government forces on Saturday morning laid siege over Habdipora area of Shopian district in South Kashmir. According to reports large contingent of forces arrived in the area and sealed all the entry and exit points of the village. The operation, sources said, is being conducted by 23Para Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police Shopian. […]
Highway closed after fresh landslides
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the third consecutive day Saturday due to fresh landslides at Banihal and Ramban areas. A fresh landslide hit the road this morning while the debris clearance operation of earlier landslides was still going on, a traffic police official said. He said that no traffic will be allowed on […]
Assembly polls: EC team to visit JK next week, will take a call on polls
Kolkata: The Election Commission will visit Jammu and Kashmir next week to take stock of the situation there before deciding on the Assembly elections in the state, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said Friday. Jammu and Kashmir is currently under President’s Rule. The commission will hold a meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs […]
India objects to UK conference on Kashmir
New Delhi: India said it has “very strongly” taken up with the UK the issue of a conference on Kashmir being allowed to be hosted in London which is scheduled to be addressed by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India was expecting the British government to address its […]
Drabgam encounter leaves two militants dead
Thousands participate in last rites
Pulwama: Two local militants who were affiliated with Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) were killed in an encounter that raged between forces and militants in Drabgam village on Thursday evening. The slain militants were identified as Shahid Baba, son of late Mushtaq Ahmed Baba of Baba MohallaDrabgam and Anayat Ahmad Ziger, son of Mohammad Abdullah Ziger of AstanMohallaArihalPulwama, […]
Anayat’s sojourn with militancy ended in five days
Pulwama: Barely five days after joining militant ranks, Anayat Ahmad Ziger of Arihal was trapped along with his senior associate Shahid Baba in Drabgam village of Pulwama district on Thursday evening. Anayat, son of Mohammad Abdullah Ziger, a driver by profession according to his friends left home on 26th January, soon after SaqibShafi Dar along […]
