Sopore IED Blast: Jaish claims responsibility
Srinagar: Militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad today claimed responsibility for an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Sopore town on government forces in which four personnel have been killed. In a statement issued to news agency GNS, Jaish-e-Mohammad spokesperson claimed that they have attacked the forces party in Sopore. “The Shaheed Afzal Guru squad carried out the […]
Mehbooba Mufti pained over killing of four policemen in Sopore blast
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed her grief over the killing of four policemen in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Saturday. “Pained to hear that four policemen have been killed in an IED explosion in Sopore. My deepest condolences to their families,”, Mehbooba wrote […]
Border residents to get 5,390 bunkers in Kashmir
Jammu: The government will provide safe accommodation to 54,000 border residents facing the brunt of intermittent firing and shelling by Pakistan troops round the year in Rajouri district with the construction of over 5,300 individual and community bunkers. Apart from 100 bunkers being constructed, the government has given approval for 4,918 individual bunkers and 372 […]
Kupwara avalanches: Three bodies recovered, 46-year-old found alive under snow after 12-hours
Srinagar: Three bodies were recovered and one person was found alive under snow on Saturday after avalanches swept away two sumo vehicles at Khoni Nallah near Sadhna Top in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Official sources told GNS that three bodies two of them of females, recovered by rescue team comprising of police, SDRF, 3 […]
4 policemen killed in Sopore IED blast
Srinagar: Four cops were killed few others reportedly sustained splinter injuries in a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police officer said that at around 10:05 am today, the IED planted by suspected militants went off near Haaritar area of Sopore resulting in death of at […]
Sopore shuts to remember 1993 massacre
SOPORE: A complete shutdown is being observed in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Saturday to commemorate the January 6, 1993 massacre in which at least 55 civilians were killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) indiscriminate firing. Pertinently, Joint resistance leaders had called for the shutdown today to mark the 25th anniversary of the deadliest […]
IED blast rocks Sopore, three feared dead
Sopore : At least three policemen have been killed in a powerful IED blast in Sopore in North Kashmir. A senior police official said that at least three policemen have been killed in the blast while another in serious condition has been referred to Srinagar. Reportedly, the IED was planted beneath a shop. The deceases […]
10 drug smugglers, peddlers held, 7 kg heroin seized
Jammu: Ten drug smugglers and peddlers were arrested and around 7 kg of heroin worth Rs 7 crore in the international market was seized in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. A racket of drug traffickers was unearthed in the Akhnoor border belt of Jammu with the arrest of five […]
Urs Dastgeer Sahab concludes amid special prayers, lectures
Srinagar: The annual Urs in the memory of Sufi Saint Hazrat Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (RA) concluded on Friday while thousands of devotees amid chill offered congregational Friday prayers at Khanyar Srinagar. Shortly after the Friday prayers the holy relics belonged to Dastgeer Sahab (RA) were exhibited to the devotees in which huge participation […]
Will go for pen down strike, if NHM employees’ woes remain unsettled
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir(DAK) President Dr. Suhail Naik in a statement said that National Health Mission(NHM)Employees are protesting for their legitimate and genuine demands since past 2 weeks but it seems Govt. is in deep slumber and instead of making a policy regarding their issues Govt. is using authoritarian approach by lathi charging the employees […]
