Infiltration bid foiled in Tangdhar sector
Kupwara, Jun 25: Security forces on Friday claimed to have foiled this year’s first infiltration bid in Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police in a tweet informed that Kupwara police along with Army’s 7RR and 87 battalion of BSF foiled infiltration bid in Tangdhar sector. Police said that one AK47, one pistol, two […]
NIA files charge sheet against 7 TuM militants in cross-LoC arms smuggling case
New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said it has filed a charge sheet against seven militants of the Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) who were “smuggling” arms and explosives into India with the help of handlers based in PaK. The charge sheet was filed before a special NIA court in Jammu on […]
Imam killed by wife for planning another marriage
Muzaffarnagar, June 25 (PTI) An Imam in a village here was castrated and beaten to death by his first wife for planning another marriage, police said on Friday. The incident took place in Shikarpur village on Thursday evening when Hazra injured Maulvi Vakil Ahmad, Imam at a mosque in Bhora Khurd Village. She told police […]
Encounter breaks out in Shopian south Kashmir
Srinagar, June 25: Encounter rages between militants and government forces in Hajirpora of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. Reports aid that a joint team of Police and army’s 34RR launched a cordon and search operation in Hajipora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the […]
Lightening kills soldier, two others injured
Poonch, June 25: A soldier was killed and two others were injured when lightning struck their post along the Line of Control in Poonch district early Friday morning, officials said. They said that lightning struck Khalsa II post of army’s 40 Rashtriya Rifles in Sawjian sector in which the soldier, Rifleman Mandeep Singh, died while […]
JK seeks 20 lakh more Covid vaccine doses from Centre
Jammu, Jun 25 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration has sought 20 lakh more doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the Centre before July 10, officials said on Thursday. This demand was raised by J-K Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba to review the public health […]
Report: over 600 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada
Vancouver (Canada), Jun 25 (AP) Leaders of Indigenous groups in Canada said Thursday investigators have found hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children a discovery that follows last month’s report of 215 bodies found at another school. The bodies were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, […]
US to keep about 650 troops in Afghanistan after withdrawal
Washington, Jun 25 (AP) Roughly 650 US troops are expected to remain in Afghanistan to provide security for diplomats after the main American military force completes its withdrawal, which is set to be largely done in the next two weeks, US officials have said. In addition, several hundred additional American forces will remain at the […]
China launches first bullet train in Tibet, close to Indian border
Beijing, Jun 25 (PTI) China on Friday operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh. The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been inaugurated ahead of the centenary celebrations of […]
Four cattle smugglers arrested in Jammu
Jammu, Jun 25 (PTI) Four men were arrested while they were trying to smuggle cattle into the Kashmir valley from Jammu district on Thursday, police said. In a series of raids at Nagrota and Jhajjar Kotli, police apprehended the men and rescued 17 animals which were being transported to Kashmir, they said. Four vehicles were […]