Kupwara witnessed maximum militant deaths during 2018
Jammu: Encounters between security forces and militants were witnessed in 12 of the 22 districts of Jammu and Kashmir last year with Kupwara accounting for the highest number of militants (52) killed in such encounters, police said. While such encounters were witnessed in 9 out of 10 districts of Kashmir Valley that year, 3 out […]
Hearing on Article 35-A: SC says will take ‘in-chamber’ decision on listing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would take an “in-chamber” decision on listing of a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A, which provides special rights and privileges to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. Advocate Bimal Roy had mentioned the matter before the bench headed by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi and […]
Mandatory order on R-day parade: Politics being played by pol parties on the issue: Guv
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Tuesday accused political parties of politicising an order mandating government employees to attend the Republic Day celebrations and said he stood by the order which was being issued since 2009. Malik said there was nothing wrong in the order. “I stand by this. This is not a […]
Three killed in mishaps in Jammu region
Jammu: Three people were killed and as many injured in two separate accidents here, police said Tuesday. A 25-year-old woman was killed and three others injured when their jeep turned turtle after hitting a divider at Pajgaria in Nagrota area of the city this morning, a police official said. He said the vehicle was on […]
Robbers loot cash at gunpoint in Samba
Jammu: Unidentified men allegedly robbed employees of a filling station at gunpoint and decamped with Rs two lakh along the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district, police said Tuesday. The incident took place near Dayani Monday night when some masked robbers took away cash from the employees, a police official said. A case has been registered […]
Police rescue kidnapped girl within 24 hours
Jammu: A 15-year-old girl was rescued within 24 hours of her kidnapping in Reasi district, police said Tuesday. The girl’s father filed a complaint on Monday, alleging that his daughter was kidnapped by GhulamQadir of BherhKunderdhan village from a wedding in district’s Chassana area, a police spokesman said. Police soon launched an operation to nab […]
Amid freeze in relations, Indo-Pak ‘peace calendar’ released
New Delhi: A ‘peace calender’ was released here on Sunday to send out a message of peace amid strain in bilateral ties between India and Pakistan. Many people, including Army veterans, youths and school students, gathered here to release the ‘peace calendar’, an initiative of the ‘Aaghaz-e-Dosti’ organisation that works to foster people-to-people relations between […]
Cyber expert claims India’s 2014 general election was ‘rigged’
London: An Indian cyber expert, seeking political asylum in the US, Monday claimed that the 2014 general election was “rigged” through the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), which, he says, can be hacked. Addressing a press conference in London via Skype, the man, identified as Syed Suja, said he fled India in 2014 because he felt […]
ECI terms ‘EVM tampering event as motivated slugfest’
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Monday took a strong note of an event organised in London, claiming to demonstrate that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in India could be tampered with. The ECI termed the event as a “motivated slugfest”. “It has come to our notice that an event, claiming to […]