Kreeri, Baramulla gunfight rages on, one militant killed
Baramulla, Aug 22: An unidentified militant was killed in an ongoing encounter that broke out between militants and security forces in Check-e-Saloosa village of Kreeri area of Baramulla district of north Kashmir, officials said Saturday. They said that acting on a specific input, joint teams of army, police and the CRPF launched a cordon in […]
Pharmacist among nine more die of Covid-19 in JK
Srinagar, August 22: Jammu and Kashmir reported nine more covid-19 related deaths since overnight, taking the fatality count to 612. Among those who succumbed to the virus include five from Kashmir Valley including a 56-year-old pharmacist and four others from Jammu division. Official sources said that a 60-year-old woman from Kishtwar, a 70-year-old man Marh […]
Encounter starts in north Kashmir’s Baramulla
Srinagar, August 22: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Saloosa Kreeri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. A senior police official said that on specific information a joint team of police, Army’s 52RR and 176BN of CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Saloosa. As the joint team […]
Two suspects shot dead by BSF near Indo-Pak border in Punjab
Chandigarh, Aug 22 (PTI) Two suspects were shot dead by BSF troops along the India-Pakistan border at Dal border outpost in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district in the wee hours of Saturday, a BSF official said. After noticing suspicious movement at BOP Dal near the Indo-Pak border, the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel opened fire at […]
Pakistan violates ceasefire along IB in Kathua
Jammu, Aug 22 (PTI) Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing and mortar shelling along the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The ceasefire violation in the Border Out Post Karol Mathna area of Hiranagar sector started at 11.30 pm on Friday, prompting strong and effective […]
Vaccine will not end pandemic on its own, or restore old normal: WHO
Geneva, Aug 22: World Health Organisation director general Tedros Ghebreyesus has said that while a vaccine would be a “vital tool” in containing the spread of Covid-19 disease, it would not end the pandemic on its own. “A vaccine will be a vital tool, and we hope that we will have one as soon as […]
ISIS operative held in Delhi: Police
New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) The Delhi Police has arrested an alleged ISIS operative with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from central Delhi’s Ridge Road area, a senior officer said on Saturday. The accused was arrested on Friday night following a brief exchange of fire. “The accused was arrested after an exchange of fire from Ridge […]
Peace, or arms deal
The world was taken by a surprise when a US-brokered deal that saw Israel and the United Arab Emirates begin to open diplomatic ties became a reality. The peace deal as many in the Arab world and the west called it-however is proving to be an arms deal as the US has already notified that […]
Five siblings drown in pond in northwest Pakistan
Peshawar, Aug 21 (PTI) Five children, including four sisters, of a family were drowned in a pond in northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said. The incident occurred at Kheri Shekhan area of Kohat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when their mother while going to the pond to wash clothes took her children — four girls […]