Nowgam gunfight: Class work suspended in KU, CUK and colleges, schools of Srinagar
Srinagar: Government on Wednesday ordered closure of schools and colleges in Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar after two militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Nowgam area on the city outskirts. “The decision has been taken as a precautionary measure to avoid law and order situation in the district,” officials said. Kashmir University and […]
Two militants killed in Nowgam encounter
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an encounter that raged between forces and militants in Nowgam area of Srinagar here, police said. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Range, Swayam Prakash Pani said that two militants were killed while as the gunfight site is being cleared. He said that the identity of two slain militants […]
Army soldier shoots self to death in north Kashmir
Baramulla: An army man committed suicide by shooting self with his service rifle at Kaman Post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, police said. “Sepoy Devindrappa Gulgandi (27) of 4th Madras posted at Kaman Post today in the afternoon shoots himself inside an army bunker while he […]
Hafiz Saeed’s lawyer challenges arrest of PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif
Lahore: The arrest of PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif in a corruption case has been challenged by a top Pakistani lawyer in the high court here. A K Dogar filed the petition in the Lahore High Court on Monday challenging the authority of Pakistan’s anti-graft body – the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) – to arrest Shahbaz […]
Man arrested for killing truck driver
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday claimed to have solved the blind murder of a truck driver, with the arrest of a man in Kathua district, saying he was killed over some old rivalry. Kuldeep Singh, who hailed from Haryana, was found unconscious with a head injury in Samba district here on the intervening night […]
Unknown gunmen ransack house of policemen in Shopian
Srinagar: Unknown gunmen ransacked the house of three brothers working in the Jammu Kashmir Police Department in South Kashmir’s Shopian district at least three unknown gunmen barged into the house of one Mushtaq Ahmed Thokar at Paddarpora village of gunmen and ransacked the house. “There were only little girls present in the house. The gunmen […]
Snowfall forces suspension of traffic on Mughal road
Jammu, (PTI) : Fresh snowfall in some high altitude areas including Peer Ki Gali forced suspension of traffic on Tuesday on the historic Mughal road, the alternate link between Kashmir and rest of the country, traffic department officials said. Traffic was suspended around 4.30 pm on the Mughal road, connecting the twin districts of Rajouri […]
Will engage 11000 youth in Home Department: Rajnath in Srinagar
Srinagar: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Tuesday that talks and “terror” cannot go together and blaming neighbouring country Pakistan for “terrorism in India”. Singh was addressing a press conference in Srinagar after his daylong visit to the valley. The home minister said that government wants to engage with the youth of Jammu and Kashmir and will adjust 11000 […]
Kulgam killings are heart wrenching says Soz
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Prof Saifuddin Soz on Tuesday called Kulgam civilian killings as ‘heart rending’ , saying despite condemnation from India’s civil society Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) has remained in the ‘statue-book’. “I express my deepest condemnation of the attack by forces on the innocent people of Kulgam, culminating […]
Panchayati Polls-2018: CEO issues notification for 1st Phase
SRINAGAR: The Chief Electoral Officer, J&K Shaleen Kabra today issued notification for the conduct of 1st phase of Panchayati Polls-2018 to elect Sarpanches and Panches. The notification has been issued for Keran, Ramhal, Tarathpora, Teetwal, Tangdar in District Kupwara, Gurez, Baktoor, Tulail in District Bandipora, Kunzer, Uri, Parenpillan, Noorkhah, Kandi-Belt Rafiabad in Baramulla District, […]
