Pak rejects India’s objections to Qureshi-Mirwaiz telephonic conversation
Islamabad (PTI) The Pakistani and Kashmiri leadership has always been communicating and there is nothing new in Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s telephonic conversation with separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar, the Foreign Office has said as it rejected India’s objections. India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s envoy Sohail Mahmood and categorically told him that Qureshi’s […]
Grenade attack on police post in Anantnag, six injured
Srinagar: A paramilitary trooper and five civilians including a woman were injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF party outside police post Sheerbagh in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A police officer told GNS that some militants hurled a grenade on the forces party resulting in injuries to a CRPF man and five […]
Stray cattle menace: Villagers lock cows in UP school
Muzaffarnagar, Jan 31 (PTI) A case has been registered against 24 people for allegedly evicting students and teachers of a government primary school in Uttar Pradesh to keep stray cows, officials said Thursday. It has been alleged that villagers in Kudana brought the cows inside the school on Wednesday and closed it, […]
SC dismisses PIL against appointment of former CBI spl dir Asthana as DG civil aviation security
New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a PIL challenging the appointment of former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana as director general of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi refused to entertain the plea filed by lawyer M L Sharma challenging Asthana’s […]
Woman’s body recovered from Jhelum in Chattabal
Srinagar: Body of an elderly lady of approximately above 60 years of age was recovered from river Jhelum in Chattabal area of Srinagar on Thursday. Police and locals from the Malik Sahib area fished out the body at Veer Chattabal. While the identity of the deceased is not known yet, the age of the […]
Fresh snowfall drapes valley, air traffic likely to be effected
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall has draped parts of valley while it continues to fall in Srinagar leading to closure of highway. Aerial traffic too might get suspended due to poor visibility conditions. Srinagar Jammu highway has been closed for vehicular movement due to snowfall and landslides. Airport authorities said that the bad weather conditions might effect […]
Forces lay siege over Kadam village in Shopian, search operations launched
Shopian: Government forces on Thursday laid siege over Kadam village in Shopian district of South Kashmir. According to reports the search operation was launched after forces received information about militant presence in the area. 34RR of Army and special operations group of JK Police is jointly conducting the operation in the area. Entry and exit […]
Highway shut after fresh snowfall, landslides
Srinagar: The Srinagar Jammu highway has been closed for vehicular traffic after fresh snowfall and landslides at different places along the mountainous terrain. “The roads have turned slippery due to fresh snowfall at Banihal. Landslides have blocked the road at some places in Ramban,” officials said. He said that vehicles stranded on the highway will […]
Massive search ops in J-K’s Samba ahead of PM’s visit
Jammu, (PTI) A massive search operation is being conducted along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district for the second day Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on February 3. The Army, police and other security force continued the search operation in Basantar river area in […]
People’s Conference adopts ‘apple’ as its poll symbol
Srinagar, Jan 30 (PTI) The People’s Conference, led by separatist-turned-mainstream politician Sajad Gani Lone, has adopted “apple” as its party symbol in Jammu and Kashmir. “Apple will be the symbol of JKPC. A symbol of economic power,” Lone took to Twitter to announce it on Tuesday night. The former Jammu and Kashmir […]