Added on July 29, 2019
Press Trust of India
HC denies early hearing on his minor status
Srinagar: The trial against a juvenile accused in the horrific rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl at Kathua last year will begin on Monday as the Jammu and Kashmir High Court refused to entertain a plea for an early hearing of a petition challenging his status as a minor, officials said. The trial will […]
Added on July 29, 2019
Press Trust of India
Islamabad: US President Donald Trump’s offer of mediation on Kashmir during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s first visit to Washington was “more than Pakistan’s expectations”, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said. Talking to a private news channel, Qureshi also said that Prime Minister Khan “made the US realised that Kashmir is a flashpoint”, which requires […]
Added on July 29, 2019
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Banihal/Jammu: Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended on Sunday morning after a landslide hit the road in Ramban district, officials said. Incidents of shooting stones were also reported from four other places on the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, they said. On the situation of other important […]
Added on July 29, 2019
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Jammu/Srinagar: The Amarnath yatra from the three main base camps was suspended Sunday due to widespread intermittent rains in Jammu and Kashmir for the fourth successive day, with the weather department predicting snowfall in the cave area later in the day, officials said. They said that any decision on resumption will be taken later in […]
Added on July 29, 2019
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Jammu: Police on Sunday apprehended an inter-state smuggler after recovering 580 kilograms of poppy straw from his truck in Kathua district. Sikhwinder Singh, a resident of Kapurthala area of Punjab, was arrested and booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after huge quantity of poppy straw was seized from the truck, a police […]
Added on July 29, 2019
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Jammu: A hardcore criminal, wanted in over a dozen heinous cases, was arrested in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police nabbed Noor Din alias Jattu, a resident of Bakrak Colony, from Rajbagh area of the district, they said. “The accused is a habitual offender and […]
Added on July 29, 2019
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Jammu: Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire on Sunday, resorting to intense mortar shelling and firing of small arms on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, a defence spokesman said. The cross-border firing by Pakistan has ended a five-day lull in the border skirmishes between India and Pakistan Armies. […]
Added on July 29, 2019
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Srinagar: An Army jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday, police said. The 14 Rashtriya Rifles soldier was posted in Chuntimulla area of Bandipora district of north Kashmir, a police official said. He said the jawan was rushed to a nearby medical facility, where […]
Added on July 28, 2019
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Says local politicians fuelling rumor mills in JK
Says local politicians fuelling rumor mills in JK
Added on July 28, 2019
KV News
Srinagar: Two militants, including a top Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) commander from Pakistan responsible for a car blast last month that claimed the lives of two Army jawans, were killed on Saturday in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Munna Lahori, a Pakistani national, was also responsible for a series of […]
