NIA dispatches team to assist JK police in Kathua terror attack probe
NEW DELHI. July 9 (PTI): The National Investigation Agency will assist the Jammu and Kashmir police in its probe into a terrorist attack on an Army convoy in Kathua that left five personnel dead and as many injured, officials said on Tuesday. A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials has been sent to Kathua […]
Encounter starts in Forest area of Doda
Jammu, July 09: An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces in Goli-Gadi forests in upper reaches of Doda district on Tuesday. An official said that a during cordon and search which was launched by joint team police and army a contact was established with the hiding terrorists resulting in a gunfight. Till this […]
Air pollution found to risk chances of live birth from IVF
NEW DELHI, July 9 (PTI): Air pollution could lower the chances of a live birth from in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by nearly 40 per cent even in areas with “excellent” air quality, a study has found. IVF involves fertilising a mature egg with a sperm in a lab to form an embryo, which is then […]
SIT probing Hathras stampede submits report to UP govt
LUCKNOW, July 9 (PTI): A special investigation team (SIT) constituted to probe the Hathras stampede has submitted its report to the Uttar Pradesh government, a senior official said on Tuesday. The SIT was led by Additional Director General of Police (Agra Zone) Anupam Kulshrestha. “The SIT has submitted its report to the government,” Director Information, […]
Over 5,800 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath Yatra
Jammu, Jul 9 (PTI) A fresh batch of over 5,400 pilgrims left Jammu city on Tuesday for the twin base camps in Kashmir to join the annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said. According to officials, the number of pilgrims who have paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine reached 2,07,016 on Monday evening. The twelfth batch […]
Deeply anguished over killing of 5 Army personnel in Kathua: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said he was “deeply anguished” over the death of five Army personnel in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. Singh said counter-terror operations are underway and the soldiers are determined to “usher in peace and order” in the region. Five Army […]
Army troops fire at Pakistani drone along LoC in Poonch
Mendhar/Jammu, Jul 9 (PTI) Army troops fired a few rounds to shoot down a Pakistani drone along the Line of Control in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The drone, however, returned to Pakistan after briefly hovering over the Indian territory late Monday night, they said. […]
Kathua attack: Joint search operations launched to track down terrorists
Jammu, Jul 9 (PTI) A massive joint search operation was launched on Tuesday to track down terrorists responsible for the deadly attack on an army patrol party in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district that left five personnel dead, officials said. They said the ground search teams are being supported by helicopter and UAV surveillance. Sniffer […]
Four of a family die as vehicle falls in gorge in Handwara village in north Kashmir
Srinagar, July 09: Four of a family lost their lives in a tragic road accident in Rajwar village of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district late last evening, officials said on Tuesday. An official said that the incident occurred when the family members were travelling in a vehicle to fetch water from a nearby source […]
Four soldiers killed, six injured in terrorist ambush in Kathua
Kathua/Jammu, Jul 8 (PTI) Four army personnel were killed and six injured on Monday when terrorists ambushed their vehicle in the remote Machedi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The terrorists hurled a grenade and opened fire targeting Army vehicles which were on a routine patrol on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar road at around […]
