CRPF officer wounded in Sangam attack
Anantnag, Dec 31: A Sub-Inspector of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was injured on Thursday evening after suspected militants lobbed a UBGL grenade followed by firing on naka party of CRPF in Sangam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the militants lobbed a grenade at […]
Shopkeeper shot dead in sarai bala Srinagar
Srinagar, Dec 31: Unknown gunmen on Thursday evening shot dead a goldsmith in Sarai Bala area of Srinagar, officials said. Officials told the news agency-KNO that a goldsmith identified as Satpal Nischal, owner of Nischal Jewelers was fired upon by the unknown gunmen at his shop, leaving him in a pool of blood. They said that […]
Unknown gunmen shot at Gold Smith in Srinagar, critically injured
Unknown gunmen fired upon a gold Smith in Sairabala area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Thursday evening. A senior police officer told GNS that militants fired upon Gold Smith namely Satpal Nichal in Saraibala. He has been shifted to nearby hospital in critically condition. Soon after the attack whole area has been cordoned off […]
Govt. should remove misgivings about Hokarsar encounter: Altaf Bukhari
Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday expressed deep concern over the family inputs of three slain youth that have created misgivings about the veracity of Hokersar-Srinagar encounter. In a statement issued to news agency-kashmir news service(KNS), Bukhari demanded that the J&K government should clear the facts about the credentials of the three […]
Jio announces free domestic voice calls from Jan 1 as IUC regime ends
With the interconnect usage charges (IUC) regime for domestic voice calls coming to an end, Reliance Jio on Thursday said that all calls from its network to other networks anywhere in India will be free from January 1, 2021. As per the telecom regulator’s directions, ‘Bill and Keep’ regime is being implemented in the country […]
Indo-Pak troops engaged in firing and intense mortar shelling in North Kashmir
Srinagar: Several residential houses and a Mosque were partially damaged as Indo-Pak troops engaged in firing and intense mortar shelling in Dhani, Hajitra areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Karnah sectors of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district last evening. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) quoting an unnamed official reported that […]
A riposte to savour
IT is seldom that anyone has to tolerate so much bitterness and anguish that Fawad Alam had to endure when he was unceremoniously thrown out of Pakistan Test side as long ago as November 2009 in New Zealand and since his return to the fold during the England tour this year, the left-hander with the […]
Srinagar ‘gunfight’: J&K DGP upholds army’s version, rebuts claims by slain trio’s families
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbagh Singh Thursday upheld army’s claim that three militants were killed in Wednesday’s gunfight on Srinagar outskirts, but added that police will still investigate the claims by the families of the slain trio over their “innocence”. “I have no reason to dispute what the GoC Kilo […]
Four shops gutted in fire incident in North Kashmir’s Kupwara
At least four shops were completely gutted in a fire incident at Wajhama Langate in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday, locals and unnamed officials told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). They said that fire broke out in the shop of one Mohammad Sultan Thoker at about 11 am. and engulfed three […]
Three women drug peddlers from Punjab arrested in Kulgam says police
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have arrested three women drug peddlers in Kulgam and recovered contraband substance from their possession. The police said in a statement, “The officers while patrolling in Bus stand area of Qazigund Kulgam intercepted three suspicious ladies all residents of Cheema Wadi Amritsar, Punjab. During checking, officers were […]
