Indonesia Lion Air flight with 188 on board crashes into sea
Jakarta: A Lion Air flight with 188 people on board crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Monday. Indonesia’s disaster agency posted photos online of a crushed smartphone, books, bags and parts of the aircraft fuselage that had been collected by search and rescue vessels that have converged on […]
How did militants know slain intelligence officer was travelling home, police launch inquiry
J&K cop killed by militants was desperate to see parents, shaved off beard to change appearance Srinagar: The police have launched a probe to ascertain how the information about slain police officer’s journey to home had been leaked to militant groups, who had been waiting to ambush him at Wahibugh in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, PTI […]
LeT commander killed in Sopore gunfight, says police
Slain militant carried Rs 5 lakh 'bounty on head'
Srinagar: The two militants killed in a gunfight with government forces in Pazalpora Sopore have been identified as foreigners and one of them includes top LeT commander who carried reward on his head, police said on Saturday. The duo, killed on Friday were buried at Reshwari area of Waderballa in Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara […]
Confrontation has only yielded bloodshed: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said confrontation in the State has only led to more body bags and bloodshed. She said her Party’s consistent stand since its foundation has been dialogue and peaceful engagement to get Jammu and Kashmir out of the crisis. Mehbooba Mufti said this while addressing the Parliamentary party […]
Municipal Councilors take oath in Ganderbal
GANDERBAL: The newly elected Municipal Councilors of Municipal Committee Ganderbal took oath of office at a swearing-in ceremony held here at Town Hall today. The oath was administered by Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Ganderbal, N A Baba to all the elected members including 6 women of 17 wards of Municipal Committee Ganderbal. While congratulating to the […]
Illicit timber seized in Budgam
SRINAGAR: Acting on a specific information, a team of forest officials of Surasyar Block here laid a naka and sized illicit timber on the intervening night of October 26 and 27. During the naka, four horses loaded with illicit timber were spotted moving in the dark and the efforts were made to apprehend the armed smugglers, […]
Gunmen Kidnap Civilian in Kulgam
Kulgam: One person was abducted by gunmen after they barged into his house in Kulgam area of South Kashmir. Reports said that Sheeraz Ahmed Czak son of Ghulam Mohammed Chak was abducted by unknown gunmen from the Laroo area of Kulgam. Details Emerging.
Kashmiri student attacked at his accommodation in Punjab, family approaches Div Com
Srinagar: A Kashmiri student pursuing engineering in Chandigarh was injured after a group of seven persons attacked him with a knife and iron rods at his rented accommodation on Friday night. Reports quoting the injured student, Musbashir of Balhama Srinagar, said that a group of seven persons, masked and armed with knife, iron rods attacked […]
3 armed robbers loot Rs 1 crore from Delhi-bound truck in J-K
Jammu (PTI): Three armed robbers allegedly looted cash worth Rs one crore from a private Delhi-bound truck on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway on Saturday, a police officer said. The robbers intercepted the truck in the early hours near Barwal in Kathua district shortly after it left for Delhi from the Bari Brahmana area of Samba district, […]
Security in panchayat polls to be more challenging than civic elections: J&K police officer
Srinagar (PTI): The panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be more challenging than the recently concluded municipal elections in terms of security, a top police officer said Saturday, asserting that the forces were prepared to tackle any situation. Panchayat elections in the state will be held in nine phases beginning November 17. The urban local […]
