Marshalling to perfection: Young kids feeling attracted to Wushu martial art
Srinagar: Newly established Wushu Academy of Martial Art in Kashmir is these days busy training budding athletes in the game of Wushu at ‘Gindun Stadium’, Rajbagh to equip them with the required skill set in order to shine on platforms outside the state. The academy has been formed this year only and is currently training […]
Indo-Pak must understand bitter realities: Er Rasheed
Poonch: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Saturday expressed sympathy with the families of soldiers who lost their lives in Sopore blast today, reiterating that Kashmiris want an end to killings but since there is nothing in their hands, their condemnations and sympathies are useless.“Let India and Pakistan […]
Geelani condemns Sopore youth’s killing
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani Saturday expressed deep concern over mysterious killings of a youth Arif Ahmad Sofi, son of a prominent freedom activist, in north Kashmir’s Sopore, saying that “there is no justification for these killings.”“It is unfair and against humanity to kill a person for his specific ideology or affiliations,” […]
IED blast shatters peace in Sopore, leaves 4 policemen dead
Srinagar: Four policemen were killed in a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district early Saturday morning, police said. According to police sources, at around 10:05 am today, the IED planted by suspected militants went off in Gole Market area of Main Chowk Sopore resulting in the death […]
Year 2018 begins on a ‘bloody’ note, 14 deaths reported in the first week alone
Srinagar: Contrary to the claims of the government that situation in Kashmir is improving, the situation on ground proves otherwise. During the first week of 2018, at least 14 people have already died during various violent incidents. On January 1st, five CRPF men and three militants were killed when the former launched a Fidayeen attack […]
Need to break vortex of violence: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Denouncing the killing of four policemen in an IED blast in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today urged the people to work shoulder to shoulder to break the “vortex of violence” in the state.These young policemen were killed when they were on duty to protect the people in the town. It […]
Hundreds participate in last rites of slain cop
Sopore: Hundreds of people participated in the funeral prayers of slain police constable Ghulam Nabi at his native village Rohama, Rafiabad as he was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard. Ghulam Nabi was among the four constables, killed in a powerful mine blast at Sopore Saturday morning.Constable Ghulam Nabi, father of a 4-year-old baby […]
Kupwara avalanche: Death toll reaches 11
SRINAGAR: At least eleven dead bodies have been recovered so far in the rescue operations that was launched after two vehicles came under multiple snow avalanches at Khoni Nallah near Sadhna Top in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Friday evening.In the first incident, two beacon officials travelling in a vehicle came under a […]
Six killed, 15 injured after mini-bus plunges into gorge
Udhampur: Six persons were killed and 15 others injured when a mini-bus skidded off the road and fell into a 100-feet deep gorge in this hilly district of Jammu division, police said.The accident took place near Karowa, about 30 km from here, around 1.30 pm, a police spokesperson said.He said that the passenger vehicle was […]
Leh remains coldest place in JK, Valley to witness cooler nights
Srinagar: Leh, in the Ladakh region of the state, was the coldest recorded place as the mercury dropped over 15 degrees Celsius below the freezing point, even as few areas in the higher reaches of the Valley received fresh snowfall.There was light snowfall in Gulmarg, Pahalgam and few other areas in the higher reaches of […]