India Pakistan armies trade gunfire along LOC in Nowshehra sector
Jammu : India and Pakistan armeis traded gunfire along line of control in Nowshehra secot of Distric Rajouri in Jammu division of the state on Saturday. Officials said that at about 1230 hours Pakistan initiated Unprovoked Cease Fire Violation by shelling with mortars & firing of small arms along LoC in Nowshera Sector, District […]
Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir
Srinagar, (PTI) The higher reaches in Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains, an official at the MeT Department said Saturday. The Meteorological Department has forecast another spell of wet weather across the state over the next few days. Many areas in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, including the famous […]
Day 2 of Handwara gunfight: No militant body recovered yet, says IGP Kashmir, operation ongoing
Handwara: The encounter which started between security forces and militants on Friday midnight is still underway and there is no confirmation regarding the killing of any militant while as four forces personnel have been killed so far. According to KNO, IGP Kashmir SP Pani while talking to reporters on the sidelines of wreath lying […]
Three members of family injured in fresh shelling in Poonch
Poonch: Two siblings and their mother were injured as India and Pakistan troops continued shelling at Mankote area of Poonch district of Jammu on Saturday. A police officer told GNS that Pakistan Army in violation of ceasefire attacked Indian Army’s posts in Mankote as a result of which some shells landed in residential […]
Masood Azhar suspected to be afflicted with renal failure; undergoes regular dialysis
New Delhi, (PTI) Massod Azhar, the founder of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), is suspected to be afflicted with renal failure and is under regular dialysis at an army hospital in Rawalpindi in Pakistan, officials said here Saturday. This suggestion of security officials came after Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the JeM chief is “unwell”. […]
After Centre ban, several properties linked to JeI leaders sealed in Kashmir: police
Srinagar, (PTI): Authorities in Kashmir have sealed several properties belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), including residences of some of its activists, police said Saturday, days after the Centre banned the outfit on grounds that it was “in close touch” with militant groups and was likely to “escalate secessionist movement”. Several properties, including residential houses, belonging to various […]
One way traffic resumes on Jammu-Srinagar highway after five days closure
Jammu, Mar 2 (PTI) After remaining closed for the past five days, Kashmir-bound traffic from here was allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway Saturday even as fresh snowfall and rains lashed parts of the state, officials said. Thousands of vehicles were stranded after the 270-km strategic highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of […]
GAD orders administrative transfers, postings
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered new postings and transfers in the administration. An order said: In the interest of administration, the following transfers and postings are hereby ordered with immediate effect: Zubair Ahmad, KAS, Chairman, J&K Services Selection Board, is transferred and posted as Secretary to the Government, Culture Department. Rahul Sharma, […]
Pakistan partially resumes flight operations
Lahore,(PTI): Thousands of air travellers stranded worldwide heaved a sigh of relief as Pakistan on Friday partially resumed flight operations in the country, two days after the country’s airspace was closed in view of escalating tensions with India. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that flight operations at Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta airports […]
Handwara Encounter: CRPF inspector, policeman killed, five forces personnel injured as militant presumed dead earlier fires indiscriminately
Srinagar: A CRPF Inspector and a policeman were killed and five other forces personnel were injured in the gunfight at Babagund Langate area of Handwara in the frontier Kupwara district on Friday. Official sources told GNS that when a joint search team of police, CRPF and army went to retrieve the militant bodies amid […]