Three militants killed in Shopian encounter: Police

Srinagar, Oct 12: Three militants of TRF outfit have been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Tulran area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. The encounter started on Monday afternoon, police said. A police spokesman in a tweet said that three militants of TRF outfit have been killed whose identification […]
Surge in violence: 5 soldiers, 2 militants killed in three encounters

Jammu/Srinagar: Five Army personnel, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), lost their lives in a fierce gunfight with militants during an operation in Poonch district on Monday, officials said. Meanwhile, two militants were also killed in separate encounters in north and south Kashmir. Defence sources said that a operation was launched in a village close […]
Home Minister Amit Shah to visit JK
Shah also scheduled to visit Goa, Andaman, Uttarakhand
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Jammu and Kashmir, Goa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Uttarakhand in the next fortnight, officials said on Monday. Shah will first visit Goa on October 14 to inaugurate a forensic science laboratory and hold meetings with top functionaries of the state government. The home minister will […]
Devender Rana, Surjit Singh Slathia join BJP
New Delhi: A day after resigning from the National Conference, Devender Rana, the former head of its Jammu division, along with another party leader Surjit Singh Slathia joined the BJP on Monday. Rana and Slathia joined the BJP at its headquarters here in the presence of Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Hardeep Singh Puri and Jitendra […]
NC witnesses more exits in Jammu province
Jammu: The National Conference has got yet another jolt as over three dozen party activists, including a provincial secretary, two district presidents and two Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) corporators, resigned on Monday. The fresh resignations came a day after two prominent leaders of the NC — provincial president Devender Singh Rana and former minister S […]
Eastern Ladakh row: India, China fail to resolve remaining issues
13th round of military talks was held Monday
New Delhi: India and China failed to make any headway in resolving the 17-month standoff in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh with the Indian Army on Monday saying the “constructive suggestions” made by it at the latest round of military talks were neither agreeable to the Chinese side nor Beijing could provide any […]
PM Modi to participate in G20 leaders’ summit on Afghanistan

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually participate in a G-20 leaders’ summit on Afghanistan on Tuesday that is expected to deliberate extensively on the overall situation in the war-torn country after its takeover by the Taliban. Announcing Prime Minister Modi’s participation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the agenda of the summit […]
53 fresh covid-19 cases reported across JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir registered 53 new positive cases even as there was no death due to the pathogen during the past 24 hours, officials said Monday. Among the fresh cases, nine were reported from Jammu Division and 44 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 330586. There was no death due to the virus. […]
Sikh Delegation calls on Lt Guv
SRINAGAR: A Sikh delegation led by President, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), S. Manjinder Singh Sirsa called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here Monday. The delegation comprising office bearers of DSGMC and members of Sikh Gurdwara Management Committees of Kashmir region held discussion with the Lt Governor on the concerning […]
AC enhances mandate of JAKEDA from 2MW to 10 MW
S&T Department designated as Nodal Department for RSE
SRINAGAR: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal for assignment and restoration of earlier mandate of Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA) of development of Hydro-electricity Projects upto 10 MW capacity, an official spokesman said. He said that the AC designating Science and […]