Added on July 19, 2019 Press Trust of India

Soldier hit by falling tree, dies

SRINAGAR: A 35-year-old soldier died after a tree fell on him due to a landslide while he was patrolling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, the Army said Thursday. The incident took place when the soldier, Naik Ramandeep Singh, was leading an operational team for patrolling along the LoC […]

Added on July 19, 2019 Press Trust of India

India warns Pak on anti-India propaganda during Sikh pilgrimage

New Delhi: India has conveyed to Pakistan that Sikh pilgrims visiting that country are regularly subjected to anti-India propaganda and Khalistan agenda and elements based there burn the tricolour to hurt their sentiments. In a dossier given to Pakistan, New Delhi also said a federal minister of Pakistan even eulogised slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan […]

Added on July 18, 2019 Press Trust of India

ICJ rules for a review in Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence

The Hague: In a major victory for India, the International Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence for Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism”. Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to […]

Added on July 18, 2019 Press Trust of India

Pak will proceed ‘as per law’: FO after ICJ verdict

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday said it will now proceed “as per law” in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case after the International Court of Justice ruled that it must review the death sentence for the Indian national who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism”. The Foreign Office […]

Added on July 18, 2019 Press Trust of India

Defence dept, other wings occupy over 56,000 acres of land in JK

New Delhi: Over 56,000 acres of land in Jammu and Kashmir is with different defence departments, wings and organisations, and the total rent paid for it to land owners or the state government in the last three years is more than Rs 134 crore, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Defence […]

Added on July 18, 2019 Press Trust of India

PDP has upended after Mufti’s death, says founding member before quitting

Srinagar: Founding PDP member Mohammed Khalil Bandh on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership of the party, saying it had “upended” after the death of former chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. Sources, meanwhile said that Bandh is likely to join NC on Sunday and will contest from Pulwama constituency as the party’s candidate. In a […]

Added on July 18, 2019 KV News

LeT militant killed in Sopore gunfight

Internet snapped, colleges remain closed in Sopore, Baramulla

Added on July 18, 2019 Press Trust of India

Militants carried out 99 attacks on Army in JK since 2016: Govt

New Delhi: There have been 99 attacks by militants on the Army in Jammu and Kashmir and 32 in the Northeast since 2016, the government said on Wednesday. In written response to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said there were 19 incidents of attacks on the Army by […]

Added on July 18, 2019 KV News

Pulwama youth goes missing

Srinagar: Family of a Pulwama youth have appealed the general public to help them to trace their kin who has gone missing since July 13. Reports said that the 21-year-old youth identified as Aqib Bashir Bhat son of Bashir Ahmad Bhat a resident of Goosu area of the district has gone missing. “We have no […]

Added on July 18, 2019 Press Trust of India

Woman, minor niece crushed to death by Army vehicle

Jammu: A 35-year-old woman and her minor niece were killed Wednesday after being hit by an Army vehicle in a border village in Rajouri district, police said. A four-year-old boy, who is paralysed by polio and unable to speak, was also injured in the accident which took place near Qilla Darhal in Laam area of […]