Rumours of policemen being asked to deposit weapons baseless, malicious: Muneer Khan
Srinagar: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) (Law and Order) Muneer Khan on Saturday dismissed the rumours that J&K policemen were being asked to deposit their weapons asserting that strict action will be taken against those spreading false information. “The tweet on social media in which it has been mentioned that J&K policemen are […]
Body of non-local minor girl recovered; rape and murder suspected
Srinagar: Body of a non-local minor girl was found Saturday from a nallah in Hayatpora Beerwah area of central-Kshmir’s Budgam district. Reports reaching GNS said that the non-local minor girl was abducted last evening and later on her body was found from a nallah in Hayatpora today morning after thorough searches jointly by police and […]
Pakistan’s ISPR accuses Indian army of using ‘cluster ammunition along LoC’
Islamabad: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan army on Saturday said that the Indian army earlier this week used cluster ammunition to target the civilian population in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) across the Line of Control (LoC) in violation of the Geneva Convention and international law. According to the statement, the Indian military […]
Nawaz Sharif made laws to launder money: Spl assistant to Pak PM
Islamabad, Aug 3 (PTI) Special Assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister, Accountability, Shahzad Akbar has accused the family of former premier Nawaz Sharif of making laws in the 1990s to help them launder ill-gotten wealth. Sharing details of alleged telegraphic transfer of Rs 17 million to Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz, Akbar said the family built an empire […]
Sopore Encounter: Second militant killed, operation on
Srinagar Another militant has been killed in ongoing encounter in Malmaponpora area of North Kashmir’s Sopore on Saturday taking toll to two. A senior police officer told GNS that second militant has been killed in ongoing operation which had started early morning today. The identity of the militants is yet to be ascertained as operation […]
Pakistani arrested near Indo-Pak border in Punjab’s Ferozepur
Ferozepur (Pb), Aug 3 (PTI) A 38-year-old Pakistani national was arrested near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, an official said Saturday. Yakub, a resident of Kamalia village in Tobha Tek Singh district in Pakistan, was found to be roaming under suspicious circumstances on Friday night near Border Out Post (BOP) Donald Rai Dina Nath […]
New round of US-Taliban talks opens in Doha: Taliban
Doha, Aug 3 (AFP) Talks between the US and the Taliban seeking to end nearly 18 years of war in Afghanistan resumed in Doha on Saturday, the Taliban said. “Today the talks began,” the insurgent group’s spokesman in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, told AFP. The US, which invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban in 2001, wants to […]
Guv assured us no move to repeal Article 35-A, 370; want statement in Parliament: Omar
Srinagar, Aug 3 (PTI) National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir Governor S P Malik has assured his party that no moves are planned on repealing Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution, or the state’s trifurcation. However, the former J&K chief minister said he wants an assurance on these issues from […]
IAS officer’s car kills journalist in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (PTI) A 35-year-old journalist was killed when his motorcycle was hit by a car driven by an IAS officer here early Saturday, police said. Survey Director Sreeram Venkitaraman was driving the car which rammed into K Muhammed Basheer’s motorcycle, killing him on the spot. The incident happened around 1 am, police said. Basheer […]
Shopian Encounter: One more militant killed, toll 2
Srinagar: One more militant was killed in an ongoing operation at Ittoo Mohalla Pandushan area of South Kashmir’s Shopian on Saturday. Official sources told GNS that one more militant was killed and his body was recovered from the encounter site. A police officer also confirmed the killing of the militant and said that the operation […]
