Suspected militants thrash SPOs in Pulwama, ask them to resigh
Suspected militants on Tuesday night barged into the homes of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Below village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and warned them against continuing their jobs with the police. A source said that at least three militants thrashed the SPOs, identified as Shakir Ahmad Bhat and Sajad Ahmad Ahangar, and asked […]
UN report on Kashmir is ‘motivated’ : says Gen Rawat
Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat today slammed the UN report on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir, dubbing it as “motivated”. The human rights record of the Indian Army, he said, was well known to the people of Kashmir and to the international community. “I don’t need to speak about the human rights record of […]
SPO decamps with AK-47 rifle from Pampore , joins Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
Srinagar , Hizb-ul-Mujahideen on Wednesday said that the Special Police Officer (SPO) who fled with his service rifle from Pampore police station has joined the militant outfit. Quoting the operational spokesman of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Burhan-u-Din, KNS news agency said: “SPO Irfan Ahmad Dar, a resident of Nehama Kakapora of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, who fled with […]
Amarnath Yatra not target of militants :Raiz naikoo
Srinagar , A top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander toay said that Amarnath Yatris were their guests and that the reports suggesting that militants were planning to attack them were baseless. “Amarnath Yatra is not our target. They come here to perform their religious rituals. They (yatris) are our guests,” said Riyaz Naikoo, Field Operational Commander, in […]
UJC will respond if India is serious about talks;Sallahudin
Hizb supreme commander and chairman United Jihad Council (UJC) Syed Sallahuddin while commenting on the recent imposition of Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday said that political development is “insignificant and non-issue for the people of Kashmir.” Salahuddin said that the successive governments in Jammu and Kashmir have always been New Delhi’s “puppets” […]
Jugal Kishore chairs DISHA meet
JAMMU, : Member Parliament, Jammu-Poonch constituency Jugal Kishore Sharma today chaired a meeting of District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee – DISHA to review the physical and financial achievements under various centrally sponsored schemes being implemented in Jammu district here today. The meeting was attended by Member Parliament Shamsher Singh Manhas, Legislators Sat Sharma, Dr […]
Governor, Union Defence Minister review security management with Civil, Army, Police top brass
SRINAGAR, : Governor N.N. Vohra and Union Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, reviewed the overall security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir at a high-level meeting held at the Raj Bhavan today.AAAA Gen. Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff; Sh. B. B. Vyas and Sh. K. Vijay Kumar, Advisors to Governor; Sh. B.V. R. Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; […]
On the brink, Argentina handed a final shot at World Cup salvation
SAINT PETERSBURG: Held by Iceland and humiliated by Croatia, Argentina’s World Cup could already have been all but over, but Lionel Messi and the rest of Jorge Sampaoli’s troubled squad have one final shot at redemption against Nigeria on Tuesday. Victory against the Africans, who Argentina have beaten in all four previous World Cup meetings, […]
DDC Budgam reviews priority sector lending scenario at DLRC/DCC meeting
Srinagar,: J&K Bank today convened a District Level Review Committee/District Consultative Committee (DLRC/DCC) of Budgam, which was chaired by the DDC Dr Sehrish Asgar. Welcoming all the heads of line departments, Block Development officers, District Coordinators of various Banks of the District; Lead District Manager Budgam Aijaz Ahmad presented the performance of all banks operating in […]
Babar Azam moves to the 2nd spot in ICC ODI ranking for batsmen
LAHORE:-Pakistan’s top order batsman, Babar Azam has moved to the second spot in the ICC ODI ranking for the batsmen, just behind India’s captain, Virat Kohli. Babar got the major jump in ODI ranking due to Joe Root’s failure in the five-match series against Australia, where he could only manage 104 runs with only one […]
