India, Pakistan trade heavy fire on LoC
Srinagar: Indian and Pakistani armies exchanged heavy fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said on Wednesday. “The Pakistani Army on Tuesday evening resorted to firing in the Nowshera sector using mortars, automatics and small arms, a defense official said , adding that the India army responded effectively […]
State Football League-2017: Etihad FC, Young Star FC, Shopian FC triumphs at district league finals
Srinagar: Etihad FC, Young Star FC, Shopian FC won their respective final matches of district leagues in the ongoing State Football League-2017. All the three final matches were played on Monday at Synthetic Turf, TRC in Srinagar. After a hiatus of 10-days, the football fans from all parts of Kashmir once again thronged to Synthetic […]
Editorial: Battleground Gujarat
Srinagar: Ever since Narendra Modi rose in India’s political firmament and went on to become one of the country’s most powerful Prime Ministers, Gujarat has assumed a political significance that is disproportionately higher than the other states. But this significance is more symbolic than electoral in nature. Gujarat has just 26 parliament constituencies, lesser than […]
Govt spending 92 paisa as maintenance on each school in JK
Srinagar: Imagine the plight of the education sector in the state when the government has a mere 92 paisa allocation to be spent as maintenance on each government school per day. “J&K government has just 92 paisa to spent as maintenance charges on each government school per day. This is the ground reality,” the Minister […]
CM distributes appointment orders among pellet victims
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today distributed orders of appointment among a group of victims who lost their eyesight due to pellet injuries during the law and order situations in the Valley last year. This is in continuation of her earlier measures taken for the rehabilitation of the victims of violence during the unrest of […]
On Sheikh’s 112th birthday, progeny stay silent at mausoleum
Srinagar: For the first time in this decade, the National Conference (NC) leaders didn’t talk about the life of the party’s founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah at his mausoleum on his 112th birthday on Tuesday. Hundreds of the NC workers left the mausoleum disappointed as both party President Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah didn’t […]
Kashmir situation reflects our collective failure, says IPS officer
Srinagar: An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Shailendra Mishra who is serving as a Senior Superintendent of Police in Srinagar, has stirred a hornets’ nest by questioning those who have been celebrating the killing or more than 200 militants in the ongoing ‘operation all out’ in South Kashmir. Mishra, who is a trained doctor and […]
Operation against militants will continue, says Bipin Rawat
Srinagar: Indian Army Chief on Tuesday said that operations against militants in Kashmir will continue. “Operations in Kashmir are going on continuously and we an improvement in the situation in the Valley. Such operations will go on,” Rawat told reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony at Suratgarh military station. In an apparent reference to […]
Police arrests accomplice of slain militants
Srinagar: Police Tuesday said that after pursuing the leads available at Qazigund encounter one individual Rashid Ahmed Allai son of Farooq Ahmed of Hamzapora Sangam Bijbehera was arrested from Janglatmandi maternity hospital in South Kashmir with a Chinese pistol and live cartridges yesterday night. Pertinently, this individual was missing since last two days from his […]
Police tries an outreach in South Kashmir
Shopian: With scores of families appealing their dear ones to return homes, the Jammu and Kashmir Police here are putting every effort to bring the local militants home. Reports said that top police officials held a meeting with the families of those who have joined the militant ranks and assured them that the doors […]
