Rebel attack kills 19 soldiers in Yemen
Aden: Al-Qaeda gunmen killed 19 soldiers in an attack on an army base in southern Yemen Friday, security officials said, a day after deadly assaults by rebels and a jihadist bomber. The gunmen stormed Al-Mahfad base in Abyan province and remained inside for several hours before military reinforcements came, three security officials told AFP, adding that […]
J-K police to get pepper ball launching guns, remotely operated vehicles
Jammu, Aug 2 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir police will procure pepper ball launching guns (PBLGs) and remotely operated vehicles (RoVs) to deal with the law and order situation in Kashmir Valley, an official said. The state police recently floated tenders for purchasing 50 PBLGs and two RoVs with water jet disruptors and weapon mounts for […]
Govt’s yatra, tourist advisory: Should Kashmiri’s also migrate or our lives don’t matter asks Shah Faesal
Srinagar: Following Government’s advisory for Amarnath Yatris to curtail their valley visit, former bureaucrat turned politician Shah Faesal targeted administration asking will there be any ‘advisory for locals’ or ‘our lives do not matter’. Faesal took to twitter and raised the query as to why their is no advisory for the locals living in the […]
Shopian Encounter: Militant, army solidier killed, fresh exchange of fire reported, clashes erupt
Srinagar: A militant and an army soldier were killed even as a fresh exchange of fire between militants and government forces took place at Ittoo Mohalla Pandushan area of South Kashmir’s Shopian on Friday afternoon. Official sources told GNS that a fresh exchange of fire resumed at the encounter site. Earlier, one militant and […]
J&K govt asks Yatris, tourists to curtail their Kashmir stay, return immediately
Srinagar: The state government on Friday asked Amarnath Yatris to “curtail” their stay in Kashmir Valley immediately and take necessary measures to return as soon as possible. “Keeping in view the latest intelligence inputs of terror threats, with specific targeting of the Amarnath Yatra, and given the prevailing security situation in the Kashmir Valley, in […]
NIA to seek police protection for 38 prosecution witnesses in 2008 Malegaon blast case
Mumbai, Aug 2 (PTI) The NIA on Friday told the Bombay High Court that it will be filing an application before a lower court seeking police protection for 38 “sensitive” prosecution witnesses in the September 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case. Bhopal BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit and five others are accused […]
Ayodhya: As mediation fails, SC to conduct day-to day hearing of land dispute from Aug 6
New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) The mediation proceedings have failed to resolve amicably the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya, the Supreme Court said Friday and ordered day-to-day hearing of the politically sensitive case from August 6. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the report of the three […]
Militants likely to increase violence level: DGP Dilbagh Singh
Srinagar: Dilbag Singh, DGP JK Police on Friday said that violence level by militants is likely to be increased and the security grid will remain ‘in as much active form as required’. Singh was addressing a joint presser along with Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen KJS Dhillon in Srinagar. “We’re getting inputs that violence levels […]
Shopian Encounter: Militant, army solidier killed, operation on
Srinagar: A militant and a army soldier were killed after a fierce gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Pandushan area of South Kashmir’s Shopian District on Friday. Official sources told GNS that in exchange of firing one militant, one army man were killed also one armyman injured. As per the official […]
83 Percent of local militants had record of stone pelting: Lt Gen KJS Dhillon
Srinagar: Chinar Corps Commander Lt General K J S Dhillon on Friday said that they have recovered an American sniper rifle from a militant cache along Amarnath Yatra route. Dhillon was addressing a joint presser with DGP JK Police Dilbagh Singh here. “An M-24 American sniper rifle with a telescope was also recovered from a […]