Injured Hizb militant arrested in south Kashmir
Srinagar: After government forces arrested a militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen from Qazigund Kulgam area of South Kashmir, Police claimed to have arrested another militant from the yesterday’s encounter site. Police said that another Hizb militant who was injured during yesterday encounter was arrested at Kund Qazigund. The militant was identified as Aaqib Ahmad, a […]
CM visits Khanqah-i-Mou’la shrine complex to assess damage
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti this morning rushed here and visited the shrine of Hazrat Amir i Kabeer Mir Syed Ali Hamdani (R.A.) which has suffered some damages in a fire incident previous night. Cancelling all her engagements, Mehbooba Mufti air dashed to Srinagar early morning and straight away drove to the shrine of saint […]
Police detain Mirwaiz, Malik; foil protest march
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday arrested Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chairman Yasin Malik from Abi Guzar area of Lal Chowk in Srinagar.The duo had reached JKLF headquarters to address a press conference and lead a protest march against ‘government onslaught on the people and the plight of Kashmiri prisoners in jails’.As soon […]
Court frames money laundering charges against Shabir Shah
Srinagar: A Delhi court on Wednesday framed charges against Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Ahmad Shah and his close aide Muhammad Aslam Wani. The Enforcement Directorate had on September 23 filed the charge sheet against Shah. The charge sheet also named Wani, who is in judicial custody along with Shah. The duo […]
Traffic resumes on Srinagar-Leh highway
Ganderbal: Traffic on the Srinagar-Leh highway, linking Ladakh region with Kashmir, was resumed after remaining suspended for some hours due to snowfall on Wednesday. Following snowfall at Zojilla earlier today traffic on Srinagar-Leh highway was suspended for some time, a traffic police official said. However with the slight improvement in weather traffic has been restored […]
Fresh gunfight breaks out in Kulgam
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Chief Minister faces angry crowd at Khanqai –e-Maula in Srinagar
Srinagar: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had to face the angry crowd at Khanka-e-Maula shrine today, sources said. Witnesses told The Kashmir Vision that CM Mufti visited the Kahnka-e-Maula, the shrine of revered Sufi Hazrat Mir Syed Lai Hamadani to take stock of the situation after the shrine was damaged in post midnight fire. She was […]
Cordon and search operation in north Kashmir’s Lolab
Kupwara: Government forces on Wednesday launched a cordon and search operation in Kantpora Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The search operation was launched by a joint team of 28 RR and SOG Sogam following a tip off about the presence of militants in the area. The search ooperation was going on when the […]
Sonmarg, Gulmarg receives season’s first snowfall
Srinagar: After a brief shower of rains brought a sigh of relief to the people in the valley, upper reaches of the region received season’s first snowfall during the intervening night of 14-15 November. According to the reports, Gulmarg witnessed snowfall at around 10:30 pm on Tuesday which continued for about an hour. However, the […]
India, Pak armies exchange fire along LoC in Poonch
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