One killed, four others injured as car overturns
Jammu, March 18: A person was killed while as four others were injured after a vehicle skidded off the road at Tandwal Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening. Reports said that the vehicle (private car Breeza bearing registration number JK12A-6789) turns turtle at Tandwal at about 6:00 pm. In the mishap, five persons were […]
NC to contest all six seats from Jammu and Kashmir in LS polls
Srinagar, Mar 18 (PTI) The National Conference Monday decided to contest all six Lok Sabha seats in the state, but has left a slim possibility of an alliance with the Congress “based on the national scenario”. The National Conference and the Congress have been in talks for the past few days for a pre-poll alliance. […]
LS polls: NC chief Farooq Abdullah to seek re-election from Srinagar
Srinagar, Mar 18 (PTI) National Conference president Farooq Abdullah will seek re-election from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat while former Jammu and Kashmir speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone will be the party’s candidate from the Baramulla constituency, a NC spokesman said Monday. The NC parliamentary board, which met here on Monday, also authorised the party president to […]
J&K Bank inaugurates new premises in Beerwah Budgam
Srinagar, Mar 18: Reinventing customer-interaction platforms and service-spaces, J&K Bank on Monday threw open new state-of-the-art premises of its 47-year-old Business Unit Beerwah in Budgam district. The Bank’s Executive President Abdul Rashid Sheigan inaugurated the new premises and an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in presence of Zonal Head Kashmir (Central-II) Syed Rais Maqbool, Cluster Head Budgam […]
Indian Army holds military exercise with 17 African nations
New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI) The Indian Army Monday began a 10-day military exercise with armed forces of 17 African nations at Aundh in Maharashtra, reflecting the growing strategic ties between India and the Africa continent. The countries participating in the inaugural edition of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX) include Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, […]
Youth shot at Tral village succumbs
Srinagar, March 18 (GNS): Suspected militants on Monday evening shot dead a 25-year-old labourer in Reshipora, Tral are of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that the militants fired upon Mohsin Ahmad Wani (25) son of Ghulam Ahmad Wani outside his home at Reshipora. Wani, suffered serious bullet wounds and died instantly on the […]
Civilian shot at in Tral
Srinagar : Unidentified gunmen on Monday shot at a person in Reshiepora area of Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that a civilian identified as Mohsin Ahmed Wani has been shot by unidentified gunmen leaving him critically injured. He has been shifted to nearby hospital, they said. A police official while confirming […]
Pak Air Force fighter jets carry out off-runway operations on highways
Islamabad, March 18 (PTI) Pakistan Air Force’s fighter jets on Monday carried out take-off and landing sorties from highways as part of its operational readiness, an official statement said. Pakistan has maintained high-level of alertness since the Indian Air Force carried out a counter-terror operation, hitting the biggest JeM training camp in Balakot, deep inside […]
BJP in danger, creating fear psychosis: Farooq Abdullah
Jammu, Mar 18 (PTI) National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah blamed the BJP for “creating fear psychosis” across the country by crying hoarse over the “nation being in danger”. Paying tributes to Guru Nabba Dass ji at a congregation here, he underscored the crucial need of social justice and avenues of progress for all, irrespective […]
At least 8 dead as gunmen storm Mali army camp
Bamako, Mar 17 (AFP) At least eight people were killed on Sunday in a raid by suspected jihadists on an army camp in central Mali, military and security sources said, warning the toll could rise. Driving cars and motorbikes, the attackers stormed Dioura army camp in the Mopti region at dawn, leaving “many soldiers dead or […]
