US, UK, France voice concern at FATF meet over Pak inaction against Saeed, Azhar: Sources
New Delhi, Jun 21 (PTI) The US, the UK and France are some prominent countries to have voiced concern over Pakistan’s failure to do enough to contain terror funding in its soil and not registering cases against terror masterminds Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar under anti-terror laws, sources said Friday. Several countries expressed this view at […]
Gunfight breaks out in Kishtwar forests
Kishtwar: An encounter broke out between government forces and militants in Keshwan forest area of Kishtwar district. Forces had launched search operation in area over specific inputs about presence of militants there. “As the searches were intensified, the hiding militants opened fire which was retaliated by forces triggering encounter in the area,” the official […]
Youth apprehended while trying to flee from Naka at KP Road Anantnag
Anantnag: Government forces on Friday apprehended a teenage boy (pillion rider) even as the motorcyclist managed to flee from the spot amid some warning shots at KP road Anantnag in south Kashmir. Reports reaching GNS said that a joint naka party of SOG and CRPF signaled to stop a motorcyclist near K.P Road Anantnag for […]
Anantnag couple fired on legs before being released by unidentified abductors
Anantnag: The husband-wife duo who were abducted by unidentified gunmen last evening have been released but both have gunshot wounds in legs and are being treated at the medical facility. They, Nusrat and Mudassir Ahmad Makroo, are resident of Arwani area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag. Nusrat is being treated at Sub District […]
Army officers whose bases were attacked by militants in J&K may be told to ‘go home’: report
New Delhi: New Delhi has recommended to the Indian army high command that those officers should “go home” who were in charge of the Uri brigade, the Sunjuwan military camp and the Nagrota army base in Jammu and Kashmir when militants attacked their bases in past few years, Hindustan Times reported on Friday. “The government […]
‘Even if my people victimize me, they’ll still be treated with dignity’ were Morsi’s last words
Cairo: Immediate medical help was denied to former President of Egypt Mohammad Morsi, who died on Monday, after he collapsed in court house. A report by Washington Post quoting Morsi supporters, including three of his attorneys who were inside courtroom, said that ‘at least 20 minutes, and perhaps as many as 40 minutes, elapsed between […]
Over 12,000 Maharashtra farmers committed suicide in 3 years: Govt
Mumbai, Jun 21 (PTI) More than 12,000 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra between 2015 and 2018, the Legislative Assembly was informed Friday. Out of the total 12,021 farmer suicides during the three-year period, 6,888 cases were found to be eligible for government aid after scrutiny by district-level committees, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Subhash Deshmukh told […]
Lightening kills man in Rajouri
Rajouri: One person was killed and other received injuries after lightening struck Bari Darhal area in Rajouri district in Jammu division of the J&K state. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Razaq Chowdhary, a resident of Bari Darhal. Officials said that the incident happened during intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The deceased was inside […]
Body of missing elderly found in power canal in Uri
Uri: The body of missing 85-year old man was found inside the Power Canal Power Project Uri in north Kashmir Baramulla on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Azam Sudan, S/o Faqeer Mohd Sudan. The body was fished out in Bimayar area of Uri.
PSA slapped on four drug peddlers in Kupwara
Kupwara: Four drug peddlers have been slapped with Public Safety Act in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, official said on Friday. The four have been identified as Riyaz Ahmad Badan, Mudasir Ahmad Piswal, Tanveer Ahmad Raina and Zameer Ahmad Raina, all residents of Amrohie Karnah. A police officials said that a huge quantity of Brown Sugar […]
