Added on June 13, 2019 Press Trust of India

Fidayeen stage comeback, kill 5 CRPF men

Srinagar: In a daring broad daylight strike, two militants, believed to be from Jaish-e-Mohammed group, struck in a busy road in Anantnag district of South Kashmir Wednesday killing five CRPF personnel and injuring three others, officials said. The incident took place in the afternoon when motorcycle-borne militants fired at a CRPF patrol party at Khanabal-Pahalgham […]

Added on June 13, 2019 KV Correspondent

Three killed as rains, fresh snowfall wreck havoc across Valley

Houses damaged, trees uprooted due to bad weather conditions

Added on June 13, 2019 Press Trust of India

Govt open to talks if militants shun violence: Guv Malik

Says India cannot be made to bow through violence

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Wednesday asked militants to give up arms and invited them to hold talks, saying dialogue is the only way through which they can get what they want within the ambit of the Constitution. He said India cannot be made to bow through violence. “Take everything from us, […]

Added on June 13, 2019 Press Trust of India

JK to face Prez rule for six more months

New Delhi: President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir will be extended for six more months beginning July 3 and the Union Cabinet Wednesday gave its nod in this effect, Union minister Prakash Javedkar said. A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its approval for the extension of the central […]

Added on June 13, 2019 Press Trust of India

Transporters strike affects normal life in JK

Jammu/Srinagar: Normal life was hit in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday due to the state-wide strike by transporters to protest against the administration’s decision on the installation of location-tracking devices in vehicles as a security measure in the militancy-infested state. No commercial vehicle like private buses, mini-buses, trucks, taxis and auto-rickshaws plied on roads from […]

Added on June 13, 2019 Press Trust of India

Amnesty International denied permission to hold press briefing in Srinagar

Srinagar: Authorities here Wednesday refused permission to Amnesty International to hold a briefing on alleged misuse of the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA), which provides for detention of a person up to one year without trial. An Amnesty spokesperson said the authorities had not given permission to the human rights organisation for holding a press […]

Added on June 13, 2019 Press Trust of India

Two killed as vehicle falls into gorge in Poonch

Jammu: Two persons were killed when the pick-up van they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Poonch district, officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday at Ratta Chamb on the Mughal Road, they said. The vehicle was going from Shopian in South Kashmir to Poonch […]

Added on June 13, 2019 KV News

Guv inaugurates APGR Presentation Programme of SKIMS

SRINAGAR: Governor Satya Pal Malik inaugurated the 23rd Annual Post Graduate Research Presentation Programme of the Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre on Wednesday. Describing SKIMS as a premier health care institution of Kashmir which is known for providing quality services to people, Governor observed that its focus on […]

Added on June 12, 2019 Jahangeer Ganaie

Two ISJK militants killed in Shopian encounter

Gunfight rages in Sopore village, one LeT militant killed

Added on June 12, 2019 Press Trust of India

Kathua rape and murder case: Failure to verify alibi of Vishal led to his acquittal, says court

Pathakot: The prosecution’s failure to verify accused Vishal Jangotra’s alibi during the probe in the Kathua rape and murder case led to his acquittal, the special court said as it blamed the Jammu Crime Branch for withholding the best evidence against him. “This court is of the opinion that all this goes to show there […]