One civilian dead, over a dozen injured in protests after Naikoo’s death
Srinagar, May 6 (PTI) One civilian was killed in a protest that broke out in a village in Awantipora after the killing of Reyaz Naikoo, a most wanted militant and the so-called chief of banned terror group Hizbul Mujahideen, officials said on Wednesday. Protestors pelted stones at the security forces when they were withdrawing from […]
Woman CMO tests positive for coronavirus
Srinagar: A woman Chief Medical Officer (CMO) here in Srinagar has tested positive for Covid-19 infection, sources said. They said that CMO posted at Super Specialty Hospital Shireen Bagh, has tested positive on Thursday. Sources added that the lady doctor tested positive after coming in contact with a couple of attendants. Pertinently, the 34 old […]
18 new positive cases reported today, 335 cases recovered till date in JK
JAMMU, MAY 07: The Government Thursday informed that 18 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 03 from Jammu division and 15 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 793. According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), out of […]
Self styled ‘godman’ thrashed, paraded on a pony and handed over to police
Pulwama, May 7: Accused of sexually abusing a girl, a ‘faith-healer’ in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district faced the wrath of the people. He was thrashed and paraded in the village on a pony while his house was ransacked. Police took cognizance of the incident and arrested the accused. Popularly known as Pir Saab (Pir Arshid […]
Restriction on phone calls, internet will be reviewed after situation improves: IGP
Srinagar, May 7: IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Thursday said that the restrictions on movement and internet and phones were necessary to maintain law & order situation in Kashmir. Talking to Media, the IGP said that the decision will be reviewed as the situation improves. He said that Security forces launched 27 operations and killed […]
Pak Army shells 3 sectors along LoC in Poonch
Jammu, May 7 (PTI) The Pakistan Army on Thursday shelled forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in three sectors of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, drawing retaliation from the Indian Army, a defence spokesperson said. This is the sixth consecutive day of firing and shelling by Pakistani troops along the LoC […]
Delhi court issues production warrant against JK cop Davinder Singh
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) A Delhi court Thursday issued production warrant against Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Davinder Singh, who was arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen men in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year. Special judge M K Nagpal directed the authorities of Hira Nagar Jail in Jammu and Kashmir, where […]
IMD starts weather forecasts for regions under Pak
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) The IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre has started including cities under Pakistan-administered-Kashmir in its forecasts, a departure from its earlier format, officials said on Thursday. The IMD has started including Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad, which are parts of PaK, under the Jammu and Kashmir meteorological sub-division since May 5, said Kuldeep Srivastava, […]
Hizbul commander’s killing: Sporadic incidents of stone pelting reported in Pulwama
Srinagar, May 7 (PTI) Sporadic incidents of stonepelting took place in Awantipora area of Pulwama district, the hometown of slain Hizbul Mujahideen chief Reyaz Naikoo, even as curfew-like restrictions were imposed in many parts of Kashmir on Thursday as a precautionary measure, officials said. Naikoo and his aide were killed in an encounter with security […]
Eight killed, hundreds taken ill as gas leaks from Vizag chemical plant
Visakhapatnam (AP), May 7 (PTI) At least eight people were killed and hundreds taken ill, many collapsing to the ground as they tried to escape, when gas leaked from a chemical plant here in the early hours of Thursday and quickly spread to villages in a five kilometre radius. Hours after the styrene gas leak […]
