Clashes erupt during CASO in Kulgam village
Srinagar: Intense clashes have erupted in south Kashmir’s Budroo village in Kulgam district on Tuesday morning after government forces laid a cordon of the area. Reports said that youth during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Budroo area of Yaripora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district pelted stones on the forces which was retaliated by […]
Three feared dead as snow storm hits Khoni Nallah in Kupwara
Srinagar: Three persons were killed due to snow blizzard at Khoni Nallah forests of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday late night. Reports said that the five persons were trapped in the blizzards at Khoni Nallah near Sadna Top. They were traveling towards Karnah when the blizzard swept Khoni Nallah area at around 1:00 am. […]
Forces start search operation in Tral Village
Srinagar : Government forces on Tuesday morning launched a cordon and search operation in Hari Parigam Village of Tral in South kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that the operation was launched following ‘credible inputs about the presence of militants in the area. ‘ The search operation is being jointly conducted by Army, Police and […]
Pakistan insists will deal ‘firmly’ with militants: Trump adviser
Washington, Mar 12 (AFP) Pakistan promises to crack down on militant groups attacking Indian rule over Kashmir, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton said Monday. Bolton tweeted that he had spoken with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and “the FM assured me that Pakistan would deal firmly with all terrorists and will continue […]
Assembly polls in JK: EC to hold key meeting today
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is set to hold an important meeting today to discuss the modalities for holding the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting comes a day after the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced that the assembly elections would not be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha election 2019. Jammu […]
No end to highway troubles
IT is mid march and Kashmir is all set to welcome the spring season. However, the Valley is yet to recover from the pain and sufferings that the Jammu-Srinagar highway has caused to them during this winter. This winter the highway has witnessed innumerable closures that too for longer periods of time. The situation turned […]
Retribution to Pulwama attack and the Kashmiri sentiment
Kanchan Basu The Pulwama ‘Militants Attack’ points to a dangerous new trend of militants jettisoning ambushes for tactics with an aim to wreak maximum destruction on ‘Security Forces’ while suffering minimum casualties themselves. The ‘Suicide Bomber’, Adil Ahmad Dar, a 20 years old school dropout from Pulwama, who joined Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) last year, was specifically […]
Obstacles in the Way of Progression
Peer Faizan Bashir I will narrate some factual incidents that will put a light into the obstacles that are in our path of progression. A few months ago, my father who loves and cherishes me, suddenly lay up with a cardiac disease! On that night, when we were all sleeping, and here was my father […]
Official Secrets Act or a Cage?
Nasir Ahmad Dar The sensational revelation by Attorney General of India K. K.Venugopal in the Supreme Court has stunned the entire nation. He has claimed that the documents related to the much hyped Rafale deal have been stolen from the Ministry of Defense. He was answering the Supreme Court during the hearing on the PIL […]
Qureshi briefs Bolton about steps taken by Pakistan to de-escalate recent tensions with India
Islamabad, Mar 11 (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday briefed US National Security Advisor John Bolton about the measures taken by Islamabad to de-escalate tensions with India following the Pulwama terror attack. Tensions flared up between India and Pakistan after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel in […]
