Rajnath to visit Valley on Friday
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will reach Srinagar on Friday to take stock of the ground-situation after a militant attack on a CRPF convoy killed at least 30 personnel in Awantipora. The Ministry of Home Affairs said on Thursday that Rajnath has spoken to J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik as well as […]
Awantipora attack: Death toll reaches 30
Srinagar: At least 30 CRPF personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the bus they were travelling in, one of the worst terror strikes in the state in recent years, officials said. More than 2,500 Central Reserve Police Force personnel, many of […]
Lethpora car bomb attack: Death toll reaches 18, likely to go up
Srinagar: At least 18 CRPF personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus they were travelling in, officials said. The terror group has claimed responsibility for the incident, they said. Police identified the terrorist as Adil Ahmad from Kakapora in Pulwama. […]
Authorities in UEA predict Ramadhan from May 6, 2019
Abu Dhabi: Authorities in UEA said that residents can look forward to the holy month and its blessings to land on May 6, 2019. This tallies with the prediction given earlier by the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department of the Government of Dubai regarding the start of the holy month. In a welcome surprise, […]
India to produce 7.47 lakh Kalashnikov assault rifles
NEW DELHI: The union government has cleared a proposal to produce at least 7.47 lakh Kalashnikov assault rifles by the Ordnance Factory Board and a Russian Joint venture firm for the Indian Army. The plant for the same will be set up near Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, said reports. News agency ANI confirmed that the […]
No plan B
With last two months being disturbing as far as the status of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway is concerned, the government has failed miserably for putting a plan B in action. The highway has been troubling everybody from the past two months. From an average commuter to a common man in the state everybody has been […]
PDD employee shot at in Tral
Tral: Unidentified gunmen shot power development department employee in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources told KNO that they identified the PDD daily wage employee as Lateef Ahmad. He was shot in Amlar area of Tral. He was shifted to near by hospital for treatment, they said. A police officer while confirming that a person […]
Situation under control, essential supplies normal: Div Com
3000 trucks, 504 oil tankers, 3400 LMVs reached valley
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today said that on the strict directions of Governor Satya Pal Malik, Advisors, BVR Subrahmanyam, the Divisional Administration of the valley worked round the clock to review the situation daily and now the situation is totally under control and stabilized regarding the essential commodities and other important […]
JRL withdraws 14th Feb Shutdown Call
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership said that the protest strike call against hearing of 35 A case in Supreme Court of India on 14th February , has been withdrawn after the lawyers conveyed to the leadership that in the cause list issued by the Supreme Court at 7 pm today,it is not listed for hearing tomorrow […]
Army soldier commits suicide
Jammu: A 30-year-old soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside an Army camp here, a police official said Wednesday. Sepoy Sandeep Singh, a resident of Punjab, was on a guard duty at a post in a transit camp at Panama Chowk where he shot himself in the head on Tuesday, […]