14-year-old raped in Kathua, two held
Jammu: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at her house in Kathua district, police said Wednesday. Mohammad Iqbal and Babu Din, both from Sadrota-Lohai Malhar village, were arrested on Tuesday after the girl’s father lodged a complaint alleging that the duo had raped his daughter last week while she was […]
After four months of closure Pak re-opens airspace

New Delhi: Normal air traffic operations between India and Pakistan resumed on Tuesday with Islamabad opening its airspace for all civilian flights, nearly four-and-half months after shutting it down following the Balakot air strikes. Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM) at 12.41 am (IST), stating that the country’s airspace has been […]
Operation cost for US-bound flights will come down: Air India

New Delhi: With Pakistan opening its airspace for all commercial airlines on Tuesday morning, Air India said operation costs for one-way US and Europe-bound flights are likely to come down by Rs 20 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, respectively. After Pakistan closed its airspace following the Balakot air strikes of February 26, Air India suffered […]
IAF is ready for any kind of warfare: Air Force chief

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is ready for any kind of warfare, be it a skirmish like Kargil conflict, retaliation to a terrorist attack or an all-out war, Air Force Chief B S Dhanoa said Tuesday. Addressing a seminar on ’20 years of Op Safed Sagar’, Dhanoa, who was then the Commanding Officer […]
963 militants, 413 security personnel killed in 5 yrs in JK
400 militants infiltrated in 3 years
400 militants infiltrated in 3 years
JeM militant arrested

New Delhi: A Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant, absconding for over four years, has been arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police, officials said Tuesday. The accused, Basir Ahmad, a resident of Sopore, was held in Srinagar. He is an absconding convict in a 2007 case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and was carrying a […]
Death toll in flash flood, cloud bursts in PaK touches 28
Islamabad: Heavy rains and flash floods have wreaked havoc in the Neelum Valley in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), killing at least 28 people and sweeping away mosques and houses, according to a media report. Over 150 houses in the Laswa area of the valley were damaged and dozens of people were swept away in floods that […]
Two held for killing shopkeeper
Srinagar: Two youths have been arrested for allegedly killing a shopkeeper in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, with the police claiming that the duo were in the process of joining militants and had acted at their behest. A senior police official said that Auqib Hajam and Auqib Shalla were in the process of joining militant […]
Former top cop Farooq Khan joins as advisor to Guv Malik
Srinagar: BJP leader Farooq Khan, who started his career in Jammu and Kashmir as a sub-inspector in 1984 and went on to become inspector general of police, took over as advisor to Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday. Khan, the governor’s fifth advisor, is expected to focus on security and strategic affairs in keeping with […]
Cop killed after his car falls into gorge
Bhadarwah/Jammu: An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Jammu and Kashmir police was killed Tuesday when his car skidded off the road and fell into a 350-foot gorge in Doda district, police said. The accident took place when ASI Niaz Ahmad (55), a resident of Beoli village, was on his way to Doda town, they said. He was […]