Two Amarnath Pilgrim killed, six injured in Qazigund road accident
Two Amarnath Pilgrims killed while six others were injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling, met with an accident at Qazigund in south Kashmir on Srinagar Jammu highway on Monday. Official sources said a yatra vehicle on way to Jammu turtle at Qazigund on the highway resulting in on spot death of two […]
Train service resumes in Kashmir
Srinagar: Train service resumed on Monday after remaining suspended for security reasons for two days in the Kashmir valley. All the trains were resumed in the valley after a fresh advisory was received on Sunday night from police, a senior railway official told . He said train will chug on Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla in north […]
Two drug peddlers arrested in Baramulla : Police
Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have arrested two drug peddlers and recovered contraband substance from their possession. The police spokesman in a statement said: “acting on specific information about the movement of a drug peddler along with the contraband substance, a Police party from Police Station Boniyar established a Naka near forest […]
Militants fire grenade at CRPF camp in Tral
Militants on Monday morning fired a rifle grenade towards a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that the militants fired a grenade towards the 180 BN CRPF camp in main town, which exploded with a bang. However, there was no report of any casualties.
North Kashmir : Four held with arms, drugs in Karnah
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said they arrested four persons and recovered drugs and arms from their possession. They were travelling in two vehicles from a border belt. A police spokesman in a statement said: “continuing its efforts to weed out drug menace from the society, a special team of Police Station Karnah […]
Amarnath Yatra resumes from Jammu, over 6,000 pilgrims on way to Kashmir
Jammu,: The Amarnath Yatra resumed from Jammu today after a day-long suspension allegedly due to appprehensions of law and order problems on the second death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani. The resumption of the yatra came as a major relief to thousands of pilgrims who were left stranded here for the past several […]
World War II bomb defused at Volkswagen site in German city
BERLIN — A World War II bomb found on the premises of automaker Volkswagen in the German city of Wolfsburg has been defused after some 4,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding area. City authorities said on Twitter that the bomb was defused Sunday lunchtime. People within a 1-kilometer (0.6-mile) radius, an area that includes […]
Hizb releases a new recruit picture, brother of an IPS officer
Srinagar: Hizbul-Mujahideen on Sunday released the pictures of the new recruits on the second anniversary of the slain commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani. Among the recruits inlcude the brother of an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, reported The Tribune. He was identified as Shamsul Haq Mengnoo. Shamsul Haq Mengnoo, 25, a resident of south Kashmir’s Shopian, was pursuing his […]
Two pilgrims die en route to Amarnath shrine, death toll now 14
Two pilgrims died due to natural causes, taking the death toll in this year’s pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas to 14, police said today. A woman pilgrim, Lakshmi Bhai (54), a resident of Hyderabad, died due to cardiac arrest at Baltal base camp of the Amarnath yatra in Ganderbal district of […]
Burhan anniversary: Clashes erupt in Nawdal village of Tral
Clashes erupted between protesters and the government forces in Nowdal village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. Reports said that youth tried to march towards the native village of Burhan Wani to pay tribute to him on his second death anniversary. However, police and paramilitary personnel deployed in strength in the area […]
