Pulwama encounter: 2 army men injured, militants believed to have escaped
Srinagar: Two army men were injured in a brief gunfight with government forces that raged in Pathan village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday evening. Reports are saying that due to darkness and stone pelting, militants are believed to have escaped from the spot. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 55RR, SOG […]
NIA arrests absconder in 2016 Nagrota army camp attack case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has arrested a man wanted in the 2016 attack on an army camp in Jammu’s Nagrota when he was allegedly trying to flee the country through Sri Lanka, officials said Saturday. Ashraf Khandey, a resident of Pulwama in south Kashmir, was taken into custody from the Indira Gandhi International […]
Retired army colonel duped of Rs 3 crore
New Delhi: A retired army colonel has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) after he was allegedly duped of more than Rs 3 crore on the pretext of investing in insurance policies, police said Saturday. Based on the complaint, a case was registered against two men on October 18. In […]
Massive landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar highway
Banihal/Jammu: A massive landslide on Saturday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Ramban district, leaving a number of vehicles stranded, officials said. The nearly 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country. The landslide occurred near Ramsoo town in Ramban, the officials said. No vehicle was […]
ULB polls: Counting of votes begins
Srinagar: The counting for urban local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir has begun at SKICC. “All the arrangements for counting of votes have been put in place at respective district headquarters. The counting of votes will begin at 9 am today,” an official of the election department said. The fate of over 3,000 candidates […]
Death toll in Amritsar train mishap touches 61
Amritsar: Over 61 people were killed and 72 injured after two trains speeding in opposite directions mowed down people standing on the tracks near a railway crossing watching a Ravan effigy being burnt at a Dussehra celebration near Amritsar on Friday. There were at least 300 spectators at the Dhobi Ghat ground, barely 2 km […]
Fuel prices fall for third consecutive day, petrol in Delhi settles at Rs 81.99, diesel at Rs 79
New Delhi: Fuel prices fall for third consecutive day; petrol in Delhi settles at Rs 81.99, diesel at Rs 79 in Mumbai The price for diesel in Kolkata was Rs 77.21 per litre and in Chennai, it was Rs 79.69. On Friday the prices of both petrol and diesel across the country decreased. The petrol […]
Counting of votes for civic body polls today
Srinagar: The stage is set for the final leg of urban local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir as the counting of votes for the 52 civic bodies, polling for which was held in four phases earlier this month, will be done on Saturday. “All the arrangements for counting of votes have been put in […]
Pregnant woman killed in cross fire, says police
Srinagar: Police on Friday said that a woman was killed in cross fire at Shadimarg area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. SP Pulwama Chandan Kholi said that militants fired a UBGL grenade towards an army camp in Shadimarg. Soon after the blast, there was an exchange of fire for some time, he said, adding that […]
