Missing Kangan youth found dead in canal
Srinagar : A dead body of a missing person was recovered on Saturday from Power Canal at Panzin area of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, police said. An official said that the body of Shakeel Ahmad Awan (24) was recovered from power canal of Upper Sindh project, barely three miles from his home at […]
Army soldier injured in cross-border firing in Akhnoor
An army soldier was injured in cross-border shelling at Keri sector of Akhnoor in Jammu region. A police officer told GNS that the armies of India and Pakistan traded fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keri sector of Akhnoor. In the incident, one Army soldier was injured. He was evacuated to a military […]
Security forces conducts CASO in Balgarden area of Srinagar
Srinagar : Government forces on Saturday cordoned off the Balgarden area of Srinagar and started Cordon and Search Operation (CASO), sources said. An eyewitness said that joint team of SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF laid Cardon in Balgarden area and started searches triggering panic among people. CRPF personnel and SOG men were searching […]
Kashmir situation one of the biggest failures of BJP government: Omar
SRINAGAR:-Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday termed the ongoing unrest in Kashmir as one of the biggest failures of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, saying the situation in the Valley has worsened since 2014. “One of the biggest failures of BJP has been Jammu and Kashmir. The security situation in that state has been deteriorating since 2014,” said Abdullah, […]
SHRC issues notice to SSP Awantipora over death of Mushtaq Chopan
Srinagar, : The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Friday issued notice to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Awantipora, asking him to submit compliance report in ten days over the death of Mushtaq Ahmed Chopan. Chopan, according to police was a Hizb militant, who died in a grenade explosion in police station Tral in February this […]
Samoon reviews traffic management, road safety in JK
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Dr. Asgar Samoon today convened a meeting to review the implementation of Governor’s directions regarding traffic management and road safety in the State. Threadbare discussions were held on the implementation of road safety measures, road safety audit of all major Roads, declaration of major roads as State Highways, removal of […]
Governor reviews progress and security of ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra
Srinagar, July 27: Governor N. N. Vohra, Chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, reviewed the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra at a high level meeting at Raj Bhavan today. The meeting was attended by Sh. K.Vijay Kumar, Advisor to Governor; Sh. B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Dr. S. P. Vaid, Director General of Police, J&K; Lt. Gen. […]
40-yr-old tribal man, who did not have ration card, dies of ‘hunger’ in Jharkhand
Ramgarh: The wife of a 40-year-old tribal man, who did not have a ration card, has claimed that her husband had died of hunger in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district. Rajendra Birhor, belonging to the primitive Birhor tribe, died on Thursday at Nawadih village in Mandu block, 20 km from Ramgarh. However, district officials denied it, saying his […]
Tinkering with 35 A is part of colonial approach to Kashmir: Mirwaiz
Srinagar : Hurriyat Conference (M) and Jamia Masjid’s head cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that as the date of hearing for Article 35A is approaching, people of Kashmir are keenly watching the events around the article, saying that tinkering with 35 A is part of the colonial approach to Kashmir. “People of Kashmir […]
Govt forces launch search operation in Lal Chowk
Srinagar,: Government forces on Friday carried out a cordon and search operation in the heart of this capital city. An eye witness said that army men were deployed on high-rise buildings between the historic Ghanta Ghar (clock tower) and Koker Bazar area. Army personnel and policemen were searching the shops and the buildings in the […]
