3 dead as cyclone Fani hits Odisha
Three people were killed in separate incidents as cyclone Fani battered the Odisha coast on Friday, officials said. A teenager was killed when a tree came crashing down on him at a place within Sakhigopal police station area limits in Puri district. Flying debris from a concrete structure hit a woman in Nayagarh district when […]
BJP office damaged in IED blast
Agencies Jamshedpur : A BJP office in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district was partially damaged in an IED blast triggered by suspected Maoists on Friday, police said. No one was injured in the blast, they said. Four armed men came to the party office at Kharswan early Friday morning and dragged out two/three persons sleeping inside the […]
Modi only PM since 1996 who failed to hold Assembly elections in JK on time: Omar
Srinagar : Hitting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his failure to hold Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on time, National Conference (NC) vice president and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Friday said that he (Modi) talks about IPL, but forgets his failure in Kashmir. In a tweet, Omar said, “Why is the Hon […]
Train service suspended in south Kashmir
Srinagar : Train service was suspended on Friday for “security reasons” in south Kashmir, where two militants were killed by government forces in an encounter during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Shopian district. Train service in north Kashmir between Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla was normal, a railway official told a news agency. He said […]
Missing Kangan youth held with arms in Handwara, stopped from joining militancy: Police
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday said the missing Kangan youth was prevented from joining a militant outfit and was arrested along with arms and ammunition. A police spokesperson in a statement said that Handwara police today arrested a person along with arms and ammunition who was reportedly missing from Kangan. “On a […]
20 injured in clashes after militant killings in Shopian
Srinagar: More than twenty persons were injured in clashes with the government forces near the site of a gunfight in Adkhara village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday, reports said. Three of the injured were referred to territory care hospital in Srinagar for specialised treatment, reports said. Youth clashes with government forces at the […]
Shopian Gunfight: Burhan group’s Lateef tiger among 3 militants killed
Agencies Srinagar: Lateef Tiger, who was the only surviving militant of Burhan Wani group, was killed along with two of his associates in a gunfight with government forces at Imam Sahab area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. The gunfight started after a joint team of army’s 34 RR, CRPF and SOG launched a […]
Former BJP activist shot at in Tral, hospitalised
Srinagar:Former Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) activist was injured after shot at by unknown gunmen at Kuch Mulla of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday late evening. Reports said that the masked gunmen fired upon the man identified as Abdul Rashid Bhat (50) son of Ghulam Ahmad Bhat of Kuch Mullaa outside his home. […]
Director Horticulture visits hailstorm-affected areas
KHUBAIB MALIK Kulgam* Director Horticulture Kashmir Aijaz Ahmad Bhat today visited different hailstorm-affected areas of district kulgam which include the villages of Gopalpora,Nihama, Yaroo Hazratbal, Bathipora, etc. He was acompanied by Cheif horticulture officer kulgam, Mushtaq Ahmad, Tehsildar Noorabad and expects from KVK Pombay. During the visit Bhat interacted with the affected farmers and ensured […]
Hurriyat (G) condemns widespread arrest of youth
Srinagar : Hurriyat Conference (G) while condemning the worst policy of suppression and repression, perpetrated by the Indian occupation forces against the younger generation in particular and the common people in general, expressed its deep concern over the deteriorating political scenario in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued to KNS, Hurriyat Conference (G) regretted […]
