Two militants were killed, another injured as 4-6 were pushed back: Army

Jammu: Army in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district Sunday claimed that they foiled an infiltration attempt on the Line of Control on December 30 by killing two militants and pushing back four to six others. Official sources termed it as one of the major infiltration attempt made along the Line of Control in 2020. They […]

Have urged J&K Govt to investigate Lawaypora encounter: Ashok Koul

Says if there is any wrong, that will come to fore; BJP has appointed trainers who would train 500 workers in Kashmir for governance related issues

Srinagar: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul Sunday said BJP’s J&K unit has urged the J&K government to investigate the Lawaypora encounter and to find out whether any wrong has been committed. Talking to reporters at party headquarters in Srinagar, Koul, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that BJP has […]

Centre to provide liberal funding to make J&K power-surplus region: Union minister

Jammu: Stating that Jammu and Kashmir is a challenge as far as providing round-the-clock electricity to consumers is concerned, Union minister R K Singh on Sunday said the Centre would spend “liberally” to tap the immense potential of the Union Territory in the sector to make it a power-surplus region. However, he said a conducive […]

Probe agencies carrying out ‘audit’ of my father’s grave: Mehbooba Mufti

Srinagar:”Let them prove a single case, I am ready to face the consequences,” said PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti about the cases being probed by various investigating agencies, including the NIA which has arrested a senior leader of her party on terror funding charges. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said it is mortifying […]

182 new COVID-19 cases, one more death in J-K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 182 new positive cases on Sunday, bringing the infection count to 1,21,653, while another fatality linked to the pandemic raised the death toll to 1,866, officials said. Of the fresh novel coronavirus cases, 103 were from the Jammu Division and 79 from the Kashmir Division, they said. The officials said […]

Arms, ammunition seized in  Poonch

Jammu: Security forces Sunday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said. This was the third round of recovery of arms and ammunition in the district following the busting of a three-member module of Jammu and Kashmir Gazanvi Force. […]