2018 witnessed 2936 ceasefire violations on LoC, highest in 15 years
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 2,936 instances of ceasefire violations by Pakistan army in 2018 — the highest in the past 15 years with an average of eight cases daily — in which 61 people were killed and over 250 injured, officials said Monday. Shelling and firing by Pakistani troops was “very heavy” in 2018, […]
Pak summons senior Indian diplomat
Islamabad: Pakistan Monday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh and condemned the alleged “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by Indian troops across the Line of Control which resulted in the death of a civilian. Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal, who is also the foreign ministry spokesman, summoned Singh and “condemned the unprovoked […]
Nawaz Sharif’s bid to secure a release gets a jolt
Court indefinitely postpones hearing seeking suspension of sentence
Islamabad: A top court in Pakistan on Monday indefinitely postponed hearing of a petition filed by jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif seeking suspension of his sentence in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case. On December 24, 2018, Accountability Court II Judge Arshad Malik sentenced 69-year-old Sharif to seven years in prison along with a fine of […]
Plea challenging resettlement Act 1982: JK govt seeks adjournment of hearing, says state under Prez rule
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Monday sought adjournment of the Supreme Court hearing on a plea challenging the validity of the sensitive J&K Resettlement Act of 1982, saying that there is no elected government at present in the state which is under the President’s rule. It said that since the challenge is to the state […]
Hizb module busted in Kathua, two arrested: Police
Jammu: Police have busted a HizbulMujahideen module involved in purchase and supply of arms and ammunition to the outfit to carry out militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir, a senior official said Monday. On Saturday night, it was learnt that a group of accomplices of militants belonging to the outfit was operating as a module […]
230 kg heroin seized along the IB in Punjab in 2018: BSF
Jammu: The Border Security Force seized 230 kg heroin and arrested 80 border crossers and smugglers along the Indo-Pak border in the Punjab frontier in 2018, a senior official said Monday. The BSF also seized 635 gram opium in the frontier last year, he said. Besides, 70 Indian border crossers, five Indian smugglers and five […]
Six arrested for ATM theft
Jammu: Six people were arrested for allegedly stealing an ATM machine of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank here, police said Police received information that the J&K Bank ATM machine was taken away by thieves from Baba Talab on Saturday, SSP Jammu Tajinder Singh told reporters. During investigations, it was found that the thieves had dumped […]
Militant recruitment, infiltration worries forces in JK
Srinagar/New Delhi: Failure to curb infiltration from across the Line of Control and putting a check on local recruitment of youth in militant groups remain a constant source of worry for security agencies in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Sunday. Analysing the trends of 2018, it has been seen that infiltration figures continue to […]
30 killed in gold mine collapse in Afghanistan: officials
Kunduz: At least 30 people were killed when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, in the latest tragedy to strike the war-torn country. Another seven were injured in the incident in Kohistan district of Badakhshan province, district governor Mohammad RustamRaghi told AFP. Villagers had dug a 60-metre (200-feet) deep shaft […]
