IAF jawan shoots self in Udhampur
Jammu, Aug 9 (PTI) An Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The 22-year-old jawan, Shubham Singh Parmar, was on sentry duty at Air Force Station, Udhampur when he shot himself dead on Saturday, a police […]
BJP’s Gen Sec Ashok Koul writes to party chief Nadda, seeks safe accommodation for workers
Srinagar, Aug 09: Jammu and Kashmir Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul has petitioned party’s national president J P Nadda and sought safe accommodation for the party leaders in every district of Kashmir and urged workers and leaders not to come out without security cover. Koul said that the attack on yet […]
70-year-old man from Budgam dies of covid-19, JK toll reaches 469
Srinagar, Aug 09: A 70-year-old man from central Kashmir’s Budgam district become another victim of covid-19, fourth since overnight and 469th so far in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. They said that the septuagenarian was battling cancer and had been operated recently. “He had metastasis and was admitted to the hospital recently,” a […]
Pak shells forward areas along LoC in Poonch
Jammu, Aug 9 (PTI) The Pakistan Army shelled mortars at forward areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday morning, prompting retaliation by Indian Army, a defence spokesperson said. The shelling in Mankote sector was going on when last reports were received, but there was no report of any […]
Doctor among three die of Covid-19, JK toll touches 468
Srinagar, Aug 09: A senior doctor was among three persons who lost the battle to covid-19 since overnight in Kashmir Valley, taking the number of people succumbing to the virus to 468 in J&K, officials said. They said that the 45-year-old doctor who was admitted at SKIMS Soura for some time died at around 6:50 […]
BJP worker shot at in Budgam, shifted to hospital
Budgam, Aug 09: Suspected militants on Sunday morning shot at a person in Ompora area of Budgam. An official said that militants fired upon a person identified as Abdul Hamid Najar son of Late Mohammad Jammal Najar resident of Ompora Mehendipora. He was shot near Ompora Railway leaving him injured and was later shifted to […]
Gunfight breaks out in Kulgam south Kashmir
Srinagar, August 09: After a lull in encounters, a nocturnal gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Sighanpora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday. According to the reports, a joint team of Police, Army’s 34 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Sighanpora. As the joint team encircled the suspected spot, the […]
A changed world order
The dependence of various world powers on each other for trade, commerce and support in times of political and other needs has made the present world order highly complex. We are witnessing increased involvement of nations with each other-overtly or covertly-on various issues including elections when various powers have been known to support a particular […]