237 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath cave in Kashmir
Srinagar :A small batch of 237 pilgrims on Wednesday left Jammu to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 14 vehicles for the Kashmir Valley. Out of them, 20 pilgrims are headed to the Pahalgam base camp while 217 are going to Baltal, an official […]
Rafiabad gunfight: Five militants trapped in Dooniwari woods, says DGP vaid
Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid Wednesday confirmed the presence of five militants trapped in the ongoing gunfight with forces in Rafiabad area of north Kashmir. “Encounter going on in Dooniwari forest area of Police Station Dangiwacha Sopore, report of presence of 5 terrorists. Wish success to our boys,” Vaid tweeted. Earlier […]
Gunfight starts in J&K forests of Rafiabad
Srinagar : A gunfight started on Wednesday between the army and the militants in the forest area of Rafiabad in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. Following specific information about militants, the army started a cordon and search operation. The hiding militants fired at the condoling forces triggering the encounter, a police source said. […]
US Ambassador to India calls on Omar Abdullah in Srinagar
The Ambassador of the United States of America, Kenneth Juster called on National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah at his residence in Srinagar on Tuesday. The Ambassador was accompanied by Political Officer Alex LeFevre and Senior Political Advisor A. Sukesh, said an NC spokesman. He said the US Ambassador and the NC Vice President held […]
US Ambassador meets Governor in Srinagar
Srinagar: Mr. Kenneth I. Juster, Ambassador of United States of America to India, accompanied by Mr. Alexi Lefevre, Political Officer and Mr. Sukesh, Senior Political Specialist, called on Governor N. N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today. Ambassador discussed with Governor matters relating to further strengthening of the rapidly advancing India–US understanding on several fronts, […]
Justice Joseph takes oath as third SC judge
Justice Indira Banerjee, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice K.M. Joseph on Tuesday were sworn in as Supreme Court judges in the same order of seniority as notified by the government, unfazed by the row over placing Justice Joseph as the junior-most among them. The three were administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Dipak […]
Cong will give space to women; RSS is male chauvinist: Raoul Gandhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of women safety and questioned his silence on the alleged incidents of rape of girls in some shelter homes in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The Congress leader said what they did against women in the past four years had not […]
50 killed in Afghan fighting
Kabul: Fifty people, including security personnel and civilians, were killed in fighting in Afghanistan’s Logar province, authorities said on Tuesday. The clash started late Monday night after Taliban militants stormed Azra district and surrounding areas, Xinhua news agency reported. “The militants were closing in on the district centre and fierce gun battles were underway in […]
Shopian shuts down fouth consecutive day
Shopian: A complete shutdown was observed for the fourth consecutive day in this south Kashmir township against the killing of six militants, including a civilian by government forces on Friday. All shops, business establishments, schools and colleges, petrol pumps remained closed for the fourth straight day in Shopian town and some other parts of the […]
SC to hear plea that alleges activist Talib Hussain being tortured in police custody
The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear a plea alleging that Talib Hussain, a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape and murder case, is being tortured by the Jammu and Kashmir police in a fake rape case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee considered the […]
