Man injured in cross LoC shelling in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: A person was injured in shelling in Kirni sector of Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday. A police officer said that the civilian namely Mohammad Saffir, the 19-year-old son of Mohammad Sadiq, a resident of Dhokri received splinter injuries in the afternoon. He added that the incident occurred when Pakistani troops attacked Indian posts […]
Gunfight rages in Kishtwar forests
Srinagar: A gunfight has raged in Kishtwar forests between militants and the goverment forces on Friday. In a statement, Jammu and Kashmir Police said that four days ago, two Special Police Officers (SPOs) of Kishtwar district were attacked by two suspects of Dachan area with axes. In the attack, one SPO was killed and another was […]
COVID-19: North Kashmir man dies in Srinagar hospital, toll 5 in J-K
Srinagar: A patient of COVID-19 has died at Jehlum Valley Hospital, Sher-i-Kashmir Institutue of Medical Science, in Srinagar on Friday. Now, the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir has reached to five; among them, four have died in Kashmir, while one in Udhampur. Medical Superintendent, JVC SKIMS, Bemina, Dr. Shafia Deval, told that a COVID-19 patient, […]
Body of elderly man found inside cowshed in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: Dead body of a 56-year-old man was found inside a cow shed in Bandi Chechian area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Reports reaching here said that the body of Mohammad Sultan Magray, 56, was spotted lying inside the cow shed near the shrine at Kopra area of Bandi Chechian. A police […]
Two militants killed in Shopian encounter: Police
Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces at Dairoo village in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday morning. Confirming the same, Kashmir Police tweeted, “Two unidentified terrorists killed. Further details shall follow.” #ShopianEncounterUpdate: Two unidentified terrorists killed. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/Fj6NSvOh8z — Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) April 17, 2020 Late on Thursday night, […]
Coronavirus: 80 containment zones declared in Kashmir
Restrictions on the movement of people in Kashmir to contain the spread of coronavirus completed one month on Friday, even as the number of red zone areas in the valley has risen to 80, officials said. They said the security forces have sealed off main roads in most places in the valley and erected barriers […]
‘Painful’: Al-Aqsa closed for Ramadan over coronavirus
Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound will be closed to Muslim worshippers throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan due to the coronavirus pandemic, Muslim clerics at Islam’s third-holiest site have announced. Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, the Jordan-appointed council that oversees Islamic sites on the sacred compound, called the decision “painful”. In a statement published on Thursday, the council […]
Trump’s approach to reopen economy leaves decisions to governors
US President Donald Trump gave governors a road map on Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out “a phased and deliberate approach” to restoring normal activity in places that have strong testing and are seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases. “We’re starting our life again,” Trump said during his […]
Aarogya Setu app updates privacy policy: What’s new
The Indian government’s Covid-19 contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu recently set a new record of 5 crore downloads. The app has been encouraged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and government agencies as well. The app’s privacy policy has also been under scrutiny with data collection of users being the key factor here. Aarogya Setu has now updated […]
Kashmiri militant got away 25 yrs ago, caught with ISKP chief in Afghanistan
Aijaz Ahmad Ahangar from downtown Srinagar’s Nawa Kadal had been a wanted man in Jammu and Kashmir for more than two decades. He had been arrested once for terror links, and released. This was sometime in the mid-nineties. Aijaz Ahangar aka Abu Usman Al Kashmiri disappeared soon after his release from central jail, travelling to […]
