Muslim Brotherhood blames Egypt for Morsi’s ‘deliberate slow death’

Nicosia: The Muslim Brotherhood accused Egyptian authorities of being responsible for Mohamed Morsi’s “deliberate slow death” after the former Islamist president died after falling ill in a Cairo court on Monday. The Egyptian authorities “put him in solitary confinement… they witheld medication and gave him disgusting food… they did not give him the most basic […]
7 drug peddlers arrested in Jammu

Jammu, Jun 18 (PTI) Seven suspected drug peddlers were arrested and narcotics seized from them in Poonch and Jammu districts, officials said. A police party conducted raids following which four drug peddlers, identified as Shakeel Ahmed, Shafaat Ali, Musharraf Parvaiz and Waseem sakinder, who were involved in drug trafficking business, were kept under preventive detention, […]
J&K Bank concludes PO mains examination

Srinagar, Jun 18: Concluding second phase of the three-tier examination for the post of Probationary Officers (PO), J&K Bank Monday conducted the mains examination for the posts at various centres set up in Jammu, Srinagar, Ladakh and outside the state. The online Main Examination was held by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), Mumbai […]
Guv Malik inaugurates J&K Bank branch in Shirdi, Maharashtra

Srinagar, Jun 18:J&K Bank, the state-owned premier financial institution, inaugurated its new branch at Shirdi, Maharashtra that will offer a comprehensive range of financial products besides other banking services. J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik inaugurated state-of-the-art business unit in presence of the bank’s Chairman and MD Rajesh Kumar Chhibber along withExecutive President P K Tikoo, […]
Waghoma Encounter: Two JeM militants, armyman killed, two armymen injured, operations on

Srinagar, June 18: Two JeM militants, an army soldier were killed while as two armymen sustained bullet wounds in the ongoing encounter at Waghoma area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. Official sources said that two militants have been killed so far in the ongoing operation as searches are still underway. A senior police […]
Gunfight rages in Anantnag Village

Srinagar, June 18: In less than 24 hours another gunfight is raging between militants and government in Anantnag district, this time in Waghoma area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports said that a joint team of Army’s 3RR and SOG Anantnag cordoned off Waghoma area. A senior Police officer told that contact has been established […]
Pulwama blast update: One Soldier succumbs, 19 other admitted In Military Hospital

Srinagar, June 17: A soldier has died while as nineteen others besides two civilians, who were working in their fields, were injured when militants triggered off explosives-laden in a car at Aarihal village in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Monday evening. Official sources said that around 06:00 pm militants triggered the blast as soon […]
Militants trigger ‘car blast’ in Pulwama, 9 soldiers injured

Srinagar: A day after Pakistan authorities informed their Indian counter parts about a possible Improvised Explosive Device (IED) being used to trigger off a major blast in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, militants Monday detonated a car blast leaving nine soldiers injured. The IED fitted in a vehicle was blasted near an Army patrol in the […]
Army Major, militant killed in Anantnag encounter
Srinagar: An army officer and a militant were killed while three soldiers including a major were injured in an ongoing gunfight in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Monday. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles, SOG and CRPF laid a siege at Bidoora, Aknigam in Anantnag early morning on Monday. […]
Two killed as rains, thunderstorms wreak havoc in Valley parts
Farmers, horticulturists express concern over changing weather patterns
Srinagar: Two persons, including an 18-year-old woman, were killed due to lightning and rains in separate incidents in Bandipora and Ganderbal districts of Kashmir valley on Monday afternoon, officials said here. They said that Fatima Bano (18), a resident of Najan village in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora died when she was struck by […]