Added on June 8, 2019
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Jammu: An Army man was injured in a landmine blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday, officials said. The blast took place during routine patrolling of the area, when an explosive device blew up in Salotri Forward Area along the LoC, they said. The injured Army man […]
Added on June 8, 2019
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Srinagar: Militants Friday hurled a grenade at a police station in Sopore township of Baramulla district in north Kashmir, but there was no casualty, police said. According to a police officer, the incident took place in the afternoon. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or injury in the explosion, the police […]
Added on June 5, 2019
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New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah was on Tuesday given a detailed presentation on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, where the BJP has been pushing for carrying out a delimitation exercise for getting more seats for Jammu region in the state assembly. The home minister was briefed about the ground situation in the sensitive […]
Added on June 5, 2019
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New Delhi: Kashmiri separatists Shabir Shah, Asiya Andrabi and Masarat Alam Bhat were arrested Tuesday in connection with a terror funding case and produced before a Delhi court which allowed NIA their 10-day custodial interrogation. The case relates to alleged terror funding in the Valley and involves Jama’at-ud-Da’wah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai […]
Added on June 5, 2019
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Preposterous to detach science from religion, says Pak Minister
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has hit out at clerics for trying to detach science from religion, saying the religious leaders must use “common sense” when it comes to sighting the moon to determine Eid-ul-Fitr. Chaudhry, a close aide of Prime Minister Imran Khan, has angered the clerics by discontinuing the […]
Added on June 5, 2019
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New Delhi: Security agencies have prepared a list of 10 most wanted militants in Jammu and Kashmir, that includes top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo, against whom targeted operations will soon be launched to kill or nab them, officials said Tuesday. The list was prepared following inputs from intelligence agencies, paramilitary forces, the […]
Added on June 5, 2019
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Jammu: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Bipin Rawat Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and exhorted troops to remain vigilant against the nefarious designs of anti-national elements. General Rawat had accompanied Rajnath Singh on his first official visit as Union Defence Minister to Siachen glacier Monday. The Army chief visited the […]
Added on June 5, 2019
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JAMMU: Over 60,000 displaced Kashmiri pandits from various parts of India and abroad are expected to visit five famous temples in the Kashmir valley during “Mela Kheerbhawani” starting on Zeasht Astami on June 10. Relief Commissioner T K Bhat Tuesday completed his visits to all the five shrines in the Valley to supervise the massive […]
Added on June 5, 2019
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Srinagar: A special police officer (SPO) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police was killed in Anantnag district when his service rifle went off accidentally on Monday, police said. SPO Nazir Ahmad Ganie got injured due to accidental fire from his service rifle, a police official said. The injured SPO was rushed to District Hospital, Anantnag, […]
Added on June 5, 2019
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Peshawar: A famous Pakistani shoe-maker who made sandals from snakeskin for Prime Minister Imran Khan as an Eid gift, which was confiscated by authorities for violating the country’s Wildlilfe Act, got the shoes back after he paid a hefty fine of Rs 50,000. Officials from the Wildlife Department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa raided the shop Nooruddin […]
