M Tech student among two militants killed in Shopian

Shopian: Two militants were killed in a brief shootout with government forces in Pargochi area of Shopian district in south Kashmir on Saturday afternoon, police sources said. They said that acting on specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a joint team of army’s 44 RR and SOG launched a search operation […]
Cong planning to dilute AFSPA: Modi

Sundargarh/Sonepur (Odisha): Prime Minister NarendraModi said Saturday that past governments did not had the courage to cross the border and kill terrorists, and hit out at Congress saying while the “chowkidar” showed guts to hit militant safe havens inside Pakistan, the grand old party wants to dilute powers of the armed forces. He also accused […]
Modi lying, says Chidambaram

New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister NarendraModi was lying by commenting that the opposition party will remove immunity of the armed forces under AFSPA if voted to power. He asserted the Congress manifesto only states that there would be no immunity for armed forces only in cases of “enforced […]
Don’t cross the line, Guv tells mainstream parties
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday said mainstream political parties should not raise issues that can endanger peace in the state and blur the line that separates them from ‘terrorists and secessionists’. He was commenting on statements made by the National Conference and PDP leaders that the relationship between Jammu and Kashmir and the country […]
Jammu-Srinagar highway blocked by massive landslide
Banihal/Jammu: Traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended Saturday after a massive landslide blocked the arterial road in Ramban district, officials said. A huge landslide occurred at Anokhi Fall in the afternoon, blocking the nearly 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, the officials said. They said […]
In Gujarat, Amit Shah says ‘entire Kashmir is ours’
Ahmedabad: BJP chief and the party’s Gandhinagar contestant Amit Shah Saturday held a road show here, where he made people chant a slogan that “entire Kashmir belongs to us”. His slogan-chanting comes in the wake of PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s criticism that Shah was “daydreaming” about abrogating Article […]
Top Army commanders to go in a huddle at key conference on Monday
New Delhi: Top Army commanders will deliberate extensively on security challenges facing the country and ways to enhance its combat edge over potential adversaries at a week-long conference beginning Monday. Sources said the commanders will particularly review India’s security preparedness along the border with Pakistan in the wake of changing security scenario following India’s air […]
Pakistan opens airspace for west-bound flights from India
New Delhi: Pakistan has opened one of its 11 air routes for west-bound flights from India and airlines such as Air India and Turkish Airlines have started using it, said a senior government official Saturday. “Pakistan has been opening its airspace in tranches. On Thursday, it opened one of the 11 routes for west-bound flights. […]
Army man shot dead in Sopore
Srinagar: An army jawan was Saturday shot dead inside his home in the Sopore area of Baramulla district by suspected militants, police said. The militants barged into the residence of Mohammad Rafi Yatoo, an army jawan, and fired at him indiscriminately, a police official said. He said Yatoo was rushed to a hospital but succumbed […]
Travel alone in a bus in JK, Rahul dares PM Modi

Says PM can’t hold a rifle, but took credit for air strike
Says PM can’t hold a rifle, but took credit for air strike