Pak drone carrying weapons shot down by BSF
Jammu: A Pakistani drone, loaded with a sophisticated rifle and seven grenades, was shot down by the Border Security Force along the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. This is the first such incident in Jammu region when a drone carrying arms and explosives was shot down by […]
Militant killed in Kulgam encounter
Srinagar: A militant was killed on Saturday in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Likhdipora in the south Kashmir district following specific information about the presence of militants in the area, a police official said. As the forces […]
Govt mulls setting up 187 new liquor shops in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government identified 183 places in the Union Territory that includes 67 in the Valley for opening of liquor shops, official documents revealed. The documents includes an order issued from the office of Excise commissioner Jammu and Kashmir submitted to the Financial Commissioner, Finance department, Civil Secretariat. “It is submitted that this […]
India’s sovereignty is supreme: PM Modi
No one has intruded into our territory, no post captured
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that neither has anyone intruded into Indian territory nor has anyone taken over any post. In his closing remarks at an all-party meeting on the face-off between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, Modi said the whole country is […]
LAC faceoff: IAF chief pays quiet visit to Leh, Srinagar
New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria paid a two-day visit to Leh and Srinagar to oversee preparedness of the IAF in view of the massive escalation in tension with China following the violent Galwan Valley clash that left 20 Indian Army personnel dead and 76 injured, military sources said on Friday. The Indian Air […]
Chinese army releases 10 soldiers from ‘custody’
New Delhi: The Chinese army on Thursday evening returned from its custody 10 Indian soldiers, including two officers, involved in Monday’s violent face-off in the Galwan River Valley, reports said Friday. These soldiers were handed over on the LAC after hectic negotiations between the two sides, including three rounds of talks at the Major General […]
Forward areas along LoC in Rajouri witness shelling
Jammu/Srinagar: Pakistani troops shelled forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri and Tangdhar sector in Kupwara districts on Friday, drawing retaliation from the Indian Army, officials said. “At around 1045 hours, Pakistani Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and resorting to intense shelling of mortars […]
NC demands restoration of special status for JK
‘Welcomes’ BJP leadership's change in stance
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Friday welcomed the apparent shift in the BJP’s stand from belligerence to ‘amity and peace’, while demanding restoration of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. In a joint statement by party president and MP Farooq Abdullah, his colleagues in the Lok Sabha — Mohammad Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi […]
Will ensure full normalcy across Kashmir: GoC 15 Corps
Srinagar: Top officials of the Jammu and Kashmir’s security grid Friday said that they will try to ensure that the normalcy is fully restored across the Valley during the next few months so that people resume the activities of their choice. They also stated that this year so far over a 100 militants were killed […]
Skirmishes along LoC, Indo-China border standoff not connected: Army
Srinagar: The Army on Friday said there is no connection between the Pakistan-initiated ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and the situation on the Line of Actual Control with China in the Ladakh region. It, however, asserted that no “misadventure” would be allowed along the borders in the union territory. […]
