Bijbehara encounter: One militant killed, operation on

Anantnag, Apr 11 : One unidentified militant has been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Semthan Village of Bijbehara area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. A senior police officer said that one unidentified militant has been killed whose identification is being ascertained while as operation is on in the […]
Woman, daughter missing since Mar 28 rescued

Jammu, Apr 11 (PTI) A woman and her daughter, who went missing from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, were rescued from Samba on Saturday evening, police officials said. Kuldeep Sharma, a resident of Nai Basti in Reasi district, reported that his wife and daughter are missing from his home since March 28, they said. A missing […]
Shopian encounter: Two more militants killed, toll 3

Shopian Apr 11: Two more militants have been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in orchards of Chitragam Kalan area of South Kashmir’s Shopian taking the toll of killed militants to three. A senior police officer said that three unidentified militants have been killed whose identification is being ascertained while as operation […]
Covid surge: Mutants, sluggish vaccine drive, carelessness responsible for spike, say Scientists

Shakoor Rather New Delhi: Why are India’s COVID-19 cases flaring up so sharply? There are no clear answers but top scientists say the complex interplay of mutant strains, a hugely susceptible population made more vulnerable by elections and other public events and the lowering of guard are primarily to blame. India’s COVID tally climbed to […]
1,005 fresh COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths reported in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday saw its highest single-day spike this year as 1,005 new COVID-19 positive cases were recorded, taking the tally to 1,37,475, even as six fresh deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours took the toll to 2,029, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 299 were from […]
No backchannel talks going on with India: Pak
Says need for enabling environment for meaningful dialogue
Islamabad: Pakistan stopped short of categorically denying its involvement in some kind of backchannel talks with India though Islamabad has been insisting publicly that New Delhi should create an “enabling environment” for “meaningful dialogue”. Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry at the weekly press briefing was asked by several journalists about reported backchannel talks with […]
Militant killed, two Army men injured in Shopian gunfight
Another encounter underway in Bijbehara
Anantnag: An unidentified militant has been killed while two Army men were injured in an ongoing gunfight that raged between forces and militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Presently, two anti-militancy operations are underway at Chitragam area of Shopian and Simthan village of Bijbehara area in Anantnag district of south Kashmir, officials said Saturday. They […]
Eastern Ladakh Row: India, China agree to resolve outstanding issues expeditiously
New Delhi: India and China held detailed deliberations on disengagement in remaining areas of eastern Ladakh and agreed to jointly maintain stability on the ground, avoid any new incidents and resolve the outstanding issues in an “expeditious manner”. A day after the 11th round of military talks that lasted for 13 hours, the Indian Army […]
Tourism ministry plans mega event in JK on April 11-13
New Delhi: The Ministry of Tourism will organise a mega event to showcase the myriad tourism products of Jammu and Kashmir from April 11 to 13, an official statement said on Saturday. The event titled ‘Tapping the Potential of Kashmir: Another Day in Paradise’ will be held in Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj […]
Plea seeks repeal of provisions criminalizing begging
SC asks Centre, four states to respond
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and four states, including Maharashtra and Gujarat, to file their response within three weeks on a plea seeking a direction to repeal the provisions criminalising begging. A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy noted in its order that though a notice was issued […]