Thousands throng Amit Shah rally

Baramulla: Long queues with people jostling to enter through two narrow gates and excitement writ large on their faces, thousands flocked the Showkat Ali Stadium where Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a rally on Wednesday. The highest turnout was from Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora districts in north Kashmir. People walked up to the venue […]

Amit Shah pauses speech during rally after hearing ‘Azaan’

Baramulla: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday briefly stopped his speech during a rally in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir as ‘Azaan’ or Muslim call to prayer was going on from a nearby mosque. Five minutes into his about half-an-hour speech at Showkat Ali stadium in this North Kashmir district, the senior Bharatiya […]

Four terrorists killed in separate encounters in Shopian

Srinagar: Four terrorists were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in south Shopian district on Wednesday, police said. Three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operatives were killed in the Drach area of Shopian, while a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was killed in the Moolu area of the south Kashmir district, they said. “Three local #terrorists linked with […]

MeT predicts mainly dry weather in J&K

Srinagar: The weatherman on Wednesday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours. A meteorological department here said that no large change was expected for subsequent two days. As regards the mercury, he said that Srinagar recorded a low of 9.2°C against 9.6°C on the previous night. The temperature was 0.7°C […]

JK will be made terror free: Home Minister tells Security top brass

Asks them to act tough against guilty

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high level crucial security meeting in Srinagar and directed the security top brass to step up anti-terror operations to make J&K “terror free” so that people taste the real democracy and reap the benefits of peace. Shah, who was on a three-day visit to J&K, chaired the […]

Civilian dies in ‘accidental’ fire at Pulwama

Srinagar: A civilian, who sustained injuries in an accidental fire at Haal village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, succumbed to his injuries at SMHS hospital in Srinagar on Wednesday. An official said that a rifle of security personnel, who was part of a Naka Party, went off accidentally in which one civilian received critical injury. […]

H K Lohia cremated with full honours, police say no terror angle emerged in his murder

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Prisons) Hemant K Lohia was cremated with full state honours here on Wednesday, two days after he was murdered allegedly by a domestic help, in a sombre ceremony attended by family members, senior officials and colleagues. Lohia, a 1992-batch IPS officer, was found dead with his throat slit at […]

JKPCC abandons work on vital bridge on Srinagar outskirts

Srinagar: Thirteen years after it was sanctioned by the authorities, a vital bridge on Srinagar outskirts is awaiting completion, raising questions on the executing agency. Notably, the 120 meter long bridge in Pandrethan area of Srinagar was sanctioned in 2009 and the work was handed to Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation (KPCC) and the […]