Police register case after two teenage girls go missing from Bijbehara village
Bijbehara, Aug 4: Two teen aged girls have gone missing from south Kashmir’s Bijbehara village. Both girls are 14 years old and are residents of Gadhanjipora village of Bijbehara in Anantnag district. Police sources said that fathers of these teen aged girls-Ali Muhammad Dar and Farooq Ahmed Dar filed written complaints at police station Bijbehara […]
Body of elderly man recovered at Handwara
Kupwara, Aug 4: A dead body of an elderly mentally challenged man was recovered from river Puhroo in Lokipora Kralgund in Handwara on Wednesday morning, officials said. They identified the deceased as one 75-year-old Ghulam Ahmad Mir alias Amm Darvesh, a resident of Bunpora Langate Handwara. He had gone missing from his home for nearly […]
NIA carries out raids at two places in Bandipora
Bandipora, Aug 04: The National Investigation Agency along with Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday raided residences of two individuals in Chittibanday village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Official sources said that NIA officials along with police team raided residences of Muzamil Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Hassan Bhat and Waqar Ahmad Lone son of […]
COVID-19: India records 42,625 cases and 562 deaths in a day
New Delhi, Aug 4 (PTI) With 42,625 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,17,69,132 and the active caseload increased to 4,10,353, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,25,757 with 562 fatalities. The number […]
Pakistan army completes 90 per cent of fence along Afghan border
Torkham (Pakistan), Aug 4 (AP) Pakistan’s military has said that it has completed 90 per cent of a fence being constructed along the border with Afghanistan, vowing to complete the project this summer. Pakistan says it is constructing the fence to prevent cross-border militant attacks. The announcement by the Pakistan army Tuesday comes amid increasing […]
UN Security Council condemns attacks on Afghan civilians
United Nations, Aug 4 (AP) The UN Security Council condemned deliberate attacks on civilians in Afghanistan and all instances of terrorism in the strongest terms on Tuesday, while declaring its opposition to restoration of rule by the Taliban. In a press statement agreed by all 15 members, the UN’s most powerful body called on the […]
Forces conduct search operation in Samba
Jammu, Aug 4 (PTI) The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Samba district along the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway following reports of suspected movement of three people on Tuesday night, officials said. Some people informed police about the movement of the three individuals in civilian clothes in Smailpur area of Samba, they said. […]
We desires normal neighbourly relations with Pak: India at UN
United Nations: India desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan and the onus is on Islamabad to create a conducive atmosphere that is free of terror, hostility and violence, New Delhi’s Permanent Representative to the UN and President of Security Council for the month of August Ambassador T S Tirumurti. India, currently a non-permanent member of […]
Instances of ceasefire violations along LoC, IB minimal since Feb: Govt
New Delhi: Only six incidents of ceasefire violations have been reported ever since India and Pakistan agreed in February to observe all pacts related to cross-border firings along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai […]
