Terrorism biggest form of human rights violation: Amit Shah

New Delhi: Terrorism is the biggest form of human rights violation and action against terrorism cannot be contradictory to human rights, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday. Addressing the 13th foundation day of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here, Shah said strong action has been taken against terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir […]

Security beefed up in Jammu ahead of PM’s visit

Jammu: Security has been beefed up in Jammu and its adjoining district ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Samba district on April 24, (Sunday), on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Diwas. Officials said that a five-layer security deployment put in place for Prime Minister and Other VIPs which includes personnel’s from elite Special […]

Chill returns: Snowfall in higher reaches, rains lash plains

Srinagar: Many areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Thursday while the plains were lashed by rains, bringing respite from the unusual warm temperature, officials said. Many areas including the famous tourist destination of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, Gurez in Bandipora, Machil in Kupwara, and Sonamarg in Ganderbal, received […]

Eastern Ladakh row- Disengagement, de-escalation way forward: Rajnath

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the ongoing talks with China for a peaceful resolution of the eastern Ladakh row will continue and that the disengagement of the troops and de-escalation of the situation is the way forward. In an address at the biannual Army Commanders’ Conference, Singh also said that […]

Encounter in Baramulla, three terrorists killed

LeT commander Yousuf Kantroo among those killed

Srinagar: Top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Yousuf Kantroo, one of the longest surviving terrorists in the Valley, was among three militants killed in Baramulla district on Thursday, police said. Kantroo was involved in the killings of several security forces personnel as well as civilians and was among the top 10 most wanted ultras in the Kashmir […]

CBI registers two FIRs over graft allegations by Satya Pal Malik

New Delhi: The CBI has registered two FIRs in connection with corruption allegations levelled by former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in the awarding of contracts for group medical insurance scheme for government employees and work related to Kiru hydroelectric power project in the erstwhile state, officials said on Thursday. The CBI after […]

Two killed, 28 injured as bus falls into gorge in Udhampur

Three killed, 6 injured as passenger cab falls into Gorge in Reasi

Udhampur/Jammu: Two persons were killed and twenty-eight others injured when a bus carrying a marriage party skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Udhampur district, officials said on Thursday. The accident took place near Rang-Udak village late on Wednesday night, they said, adding the bus was on its way to […]

JK reports 10 fresh covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir registered 10 new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said that the five cases each was reported from Kashmir Valley and Jammu division, taking total tally to 453966—166291 in Jammu and 287675 in Kashmir. Providing district […]