Burglars strike ATM in Srinagar outskirts, flee with cash
Srinagar: Unknown persons during last night struck at an SBI Bank ATM near Degree College in Bemina area of Srinagar outskirts and decamped with cash. A police officer while confirming the incident said that the unknown persons last night looted around 15 thousand rupees from the machine. He said a case was registered and investigations […]
Forces resort to aerial firing in Shopian village
Shopian: Government forces resorted to aerial firing after they came under stone pelting on Wednesday morning in Pinjura village of Shopian district in South Kashmir. Local sources said that soon after some army ‘caspers’ passed through the area, local youth started pelting stones on them. They added that forces resorted to aerial firing to disperse […]
Er Rasheed boycotts assembly
Jammu: Independent MLA from Langate Er Rasheed on Wenesday boycotted the budget session of Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly to protest his “thrashing” by marshals. As the assembly proceedings began, Raheed was not in the House. Rasheed had yesterday said that he would boycott the rest of the budget session to protest his “thrashing” by […]
PM, J&K CM urged to facilitate travel of pilgrims to temple in PaK
Jammu: An organisation of Kashmiri Pandits has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to take steps to facilitate the travel of Hindu pilgrims to Sharda temple in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK). Sharda Peeth, once regarded as a major centre of learning, is an abandoned Hindu temple located in […]
Respite from cold wave in J&K as night temperatures rise
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir residents experienced a slight relief in cold conditions as the night temperatures in most parts of the Valley increased, due to the overnight cloud cover even as Kargil town of Ladakh region remained the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 19 degree Celsius. “Cloud cover during the night resulted […]
DySP among over 12 policemen injured in clash over last rites
Jammu: More than 12 policemen, including a deputy superintendent of police, were injured when a mob attacked them with stones and torched a place of worship and few vehicles over the last rites of a Hindu woman married to a Christian man in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Seema Kumari got married to Rinku Kumar, […]
Army Captain injured in Pak firing along LoC in Poonch
Jammu: Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, injuring an Army Captain, officials said. They resorted to firing along the LoC in Chakan Da Bagh area in Poonch last evening, a security force official said. The injured Army Captain has been hospitalised, […]
Unified Headquarters meet: CM stresses on humane approach, exercising restraint
JAMMU: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday urged the top security officials operating in the state to observe maximum restraint and adopt a more humane approach, while dealing with any kind of a security situation in the state. Chairing the Unified Headquarters held in Jammu on Tuesday the Chief Minister, took a review of the […]
Abduction cases on the rise in JK, says Govt
Jammu: The state of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed increase in cases of kidnapping of women and girls as compared to 2016, the government said on Tuesday. It also admitted that cases of crime against women have also increased in the past year. As many as 877 cases of abduction of girls and women have […]
After 28 days, injured civilian succumbs to injuries
Shopian: A 50 year old civilian who had sustained injuries during the clashes in Batmaran village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district Tuesday succumbed to his injuries after battling for life for 28 days. Muhammad Ayoub Mir, son of late Ghulam Qadir Mir, resident of Molu-Chitragam received bullet injuries on 19 Dec, 2017 during the […]