Forces initiate search operation in Shopian village
Srinagar: Government forces on Tuesday morning launched a cordon and search operation in Narwaw village of Memandar area in south kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that a joint team of forces including 34 RR launched a search operation in the area after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the village. Sources […]
Tral Encounter : Two militants killed, civilian injured, searches still on
Srinagar: Two militants were killed after contact was reestablished between government forces and militants in Mir Mohalla in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday morning. Official sources said that that two Local militants were killed in Mir Mohalla after forces blasted house and razed it to the ground. If sources are to […]
As weather improves, Jammu-Srinagar highway opens for one-way traffic
Jammu: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday opened for one-way traffic, an official said. “Traffic will only move from Jammu to Srinagar. All stranded vehicles on the highway were cleared on Monday,” the traffic department official said. Supplies of essential commodities are routed into the landlocked Kashmir Valley through this 300 km-long highway. Acute scarcity […]
Pak govt issues order to seize assets of all banned outfits under UN sanctions regime
Islamabad: Pakistan promulgated a law to streamline the procedure for the implementation of the UN sanctions against individuals and organisations, amid mounting pressure from the global community to rein in the terror groups operating on its soil and curb their financing. The Foreign Office said that the government issued the UN Security Council (Freezing and […]
US trying to find common ground between India and Pakistan: Pompeo
Washington, Mar 5 (PTI) The United States is trying to find a common ground between India and Pakistan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, describing Kashmir as a long-standing battle between the two South Asian neighbours. Pompeo cited the India-Pak dispute and the Israeli conflict as recent examples of America’s negotiating diplomatic skills, about […]
US to terminate GSP designation of India, Turkey
Washington, Mar 5 (PTI) Arguing that New Delhi had failed to assure America that it would provide equitable and reasonable access to its markets in numerous sectors, US President Donald Trump on Monday informed the US Congress about his intent to terminate the designation of India and Turkey as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalised […]
Tral Encounter: One militant killed as gunfight rages on
Srinagar: One militant has been killed in the ongoing operation in Mir Mohalla in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday morning. A senior Police official said that yesterday after initial brief exchange of firing there was a long lull, but we had tightened the cordon and sealed all the exit routes of […]
IAF jet shoots down Pakistani military drone in Bikaner
New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI) A Sukhoi-30 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force on Monday shot down a Pakistani military drone in Bikaner sector of the Indo-Pak border using an air-to-air missile, government sources said. The Pakistani drone was detected by a ground-based radar station and minutes later one of the Sukhoi-30 jets deployed in […]
Mirwaiz Umar expresses concern over Indo-Pak tension
Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Tuesday expressed grave concern over the current Indo-Pakistan tension. “War is no solution to the problems between India and Pakistan, especially for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute and its precarious offshoots,” the Mirwaiz said here, addressing workers of his Awami Action Committee, a constituent of the […]
Gunfight rages in South Kashmir’s Tral
Srinagar: Gunfight rages between militants and government forces in Mir Mohalla of Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday evening. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 42, 180 CRPF and SOG launched cordon and search operation in Mir Mohalla, Tral. SSP Awantipora Tahir Saleem said that the encounter broke out between […]
