Amid gunfight, massive protests erupt in Chakoora Pulwama
Pulwama: Massive clashes erupted in Chakoora area of Pulwama amid raging gunfight between holed up militants and government forces on Wednesday. According to locals youth took to streets and clashed with forces conducting the operation in the area. The protesters, they say, pelted forces with stones and bricks to which forces retaliated with using tear […]
Encounter between militants, forces underway in Chakoora Pulwama
Pulwama: A gunfight is raging between militants and government forces in Chakoora village of south Kashmirs Pulwama district. According to reports as the forces were conducting searches in the area militants attacked them by opening fire upon them that lead to the firefight. 55 RR, SOG Pulwama and Crpf are jointly conducting the operation. […]
Grenade attack in Kulgam, CRPF personnel injured
Kulgam : A CRPF personnel was injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF camp at Laroo area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday. Sources said that militants hurled a grenade on CRPF camp of 18 Battalion at Laroo area resulting in injuries to one paramilitary trooper. A top cop in the district […]
Sedition case involving JNU students is exhaustive, taking time: MoS Home tells RS
New Delhi, (PTI) The sedition case involving some students of Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) is exhaustive, involving many accused, witnesses and hence the matter is taking time, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said the Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet in the case registered with […]
Pak’s anti-graft body arrests Punjab govt’s senior minister
Lahore, Feb 6 (PTI) Pakistan’s anti-graft body on Wednesday arrested Punjab government’s powerful senior minister Abdul Aleem Khan for possessing assets beyond his known sources of income. The arrest has come as a jolt for Prime Minister Imran Khan who is already facing barrage of criticism for running the province of over 100 million people through […]
Boy injured in accidental grenade blast in Pulwama succumbs after 5 days
Srinagar: A 13-year-old boy who along with his coetaneous friend suffered injuries when a grenade they were toying with went off in Pulwama district of South Kashmir five days back succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS here on Wednesday. Family sources told GNS Junaid Bilal, one of the two boys injured in the […]
Yasin Malik leads JRL rally in Lal Chowk, detained
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairperson Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday led a protest rally from Abi Guzar in Srinagar and chanted slogans for the release of political prisoners. Malik said that the political prisoners are lodged in various jails even after completing their sentences and cited Muhammad Qasim Fakhtoo who has completed 26 […]
Student leaders say no talk of jobs in Interim Budget, will march to Parliament on Thursday
New Delhi, (PTI) Student leaders on Tuesday accused the Union government of presenting an Interim Budget that was silent on the issue of jobs and employment opportunities for youth in the country. Students under various outfits will march from the historic Red Fort to Parliament on Thursday in protest, they said in a joint statement. N […]
India successfully launches latest communication satellite GSAT-31
Bengaluru,(PTI) India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-31 was successfully launched by European launch services provider- Arianespace’s rocket from French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday. Blasting off from Ariane Launch Complex at Kourou, a French territory located in northeastern coast of South America at at 2.31 am (IST), the Ariane-5 vehicle injected GSAT-31 into the orbit […]
Hindu temple vandalised in Pak, PM Imran Khan orders swift action
Islamabad/Karachi,(PTI) A Hindu temple was vandalised in Pakistan’s Sindh province by miscreants who set the holy books and idols on fire, drawing a strong reaction from Prime Minister Imran Khan who ordered swift and decisive action against the perpetrators. The incident happened last week in Kumb, a town in Khairpur district. The unidentified assailants fled the […]
