Shootout in Srinagar: Para Military trooper, ISJK commander killed
Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and ISJK commander were killed in a nocturnal encounter that raged between forces and militants in Malbagh area of Srinagar outskirts, late on Thursday night, police said Friday. A gunfight raged between militants and security forces at 10:30 pm at Malbagh, Srinagar. In the initial encounter, two […]
Militants have failed to setup base in Srinagar: IGP
Says they often come here for treatment and meetings
Srinagar: Srinagar is not militancy-free as the ultras keep coming to the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir to seek medical treatment, funds and meetings for future course of action but security forces have ensured that they are not able to set up base here, a senior police officer said on Friday. “Srinagar is such […]
Noteban, 370 revocation hardly changed JK situation: Sena
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Friday said the 2016 demonetisation exercise, scrapping of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir have done nothing to improve the security situation in the terror-affected Union Territory. The former BJP ally wondered why there is no peace in the newly-carved out Union Territory when there is a “strong” […]
India won’t import power equipment from China: Union Minister
New Delhi: Power Minister R K Singh on Friday said that India will not import power equipment from China, amid a border standoff with China. During a virtual press conference with state counterparts, he also asserted that the equipment import from China and Pakistan would not be permitted especially on the basis of inspection. He […]
Pained by tragic incident: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was pained by the tragic demise of Sikh pilgrims in a road accident in Pakistan on Friday. At least 29 people, mostly Pakistani Sikh pilgrims, were killed when a mini-bus carrying them back from Nankana Sahib shrine rammed into a train at an unmanned crossing in Pakistan’s […]
LoC skirmishes: India conveys protest to Pakistan
New Delhi: India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces along the Line of Control and the International Border with an aim to push terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Friday. They said 14 Indians have been killed and 88 sustained injuries in more than […]
NEET, JEE exams postponed
New Delhi: Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Friday postponed National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) examinations. Union Minister for MHRD, Ramesh Pokhriyal said the step was taken in view of the safety of the students. “Keeping in mind the safety of students and […]
Pandemic: 10 Covid-19 deaths in JK take toll to 117
154 test positive, total cases swell to 7850
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday reported ten deaths due to novel coronavirus, taking the fatality count due to the covid-19 in J&K to 117. Nine of these casualties were reported in Kashmir Valley and one in Jammu division which was actually confirmed two days after a 63-year-old from Doda died in an army hospital. […]
Coronavirus cases in India cross six lakh mark
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally zoomed past six lakh on Thursday with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, just five days after it crossed the five-lakh mark, while the death toll rose to 17,834, according to the Union Health Ministry data. It took 110 days for coronavirus infections in the country to reach one lakh, […]
Reports of additional deployment of troops along LoC not true: Pak Army
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army on Thursday rejected as “false and irresponsible” media reports that it has moved around 20,000 additional soldiers along the LoC in PaK and Gilgit-Baltistan to match the Chinese deployments on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The military’s media wing in a statement on Twitter “vehemently” denied the presence of Chinese […]
