Seven killed in Kabul suicide blast near clerics’ gathering
At least seven people were killed in a suicide bombing Monday near a gathering of top clerics in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, roughly one hour after the group proclaimed such attacks a sin, police said. The blast in the western part of the city, near universities and a police academy, is the latest demonstration of the […]
Woman, child killed in cross border shelling in Pakistan: Report
Srinagar : Pakistan on Monday claimed that Indian firing along International Border in Sialkot killed an elderly woman and a minor girl and 24 others, including four children and eight women, were injured. According to a report by DawnNews the woman and a minor girl were killed in mortar shelling by the Indian Border Security […]
Minor killed in accident at Kangan
Srinagar A minor boy was killed after being hit by a tractor in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Reports said that Sajad Ahmad Lone son of Ghulam Mohammad Lone (12) a resident of Akhal Kangan died after hit by a tractor bearing registration number (Chasis) near his residence at Akhal. He was immediately […]
Pilgrims injured in accident
Srinagar At least eleven pilgrims of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah shrine in Rajouri on Monday were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in turned turtle near Lamberi in Nowshera area of the district. Reports said that a minibus canter bearing registration number JK20 9351 was on way to BGSB shrine Shahadra Sharif to Reasi […]
Clashes broke in Pulwama
Srinagar Clashes broke out between government forces and youth in South Kashmir’s Pulwama on Monday soon after rumour went around that a local youth is among those killed in Tangdar sector a few days before. Following the clashes, all shopkeepers shun their shutters and business establishments. According to police sources, the said two families have […]
Clashes in Shopian
Srinagar Clashes erupted in south Kashmir’s Shopian district between government forces and youth on Monday soon after a grenade was lobbed on police party. Reports said that scores of youth pelted rocks on forces personnel deployed near the local Jamia Masjid who retaliated with tear smoke shelling. Earlier sixteen persons were injured in a grenade […]
Grenade attack in Shopian,16 injured
Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said that 16 persons were injured when militants lobbed a grenade at Batapora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. A police spokesperson said the grenade exploded inflicting injuries to several civilians and few policemen. He said the grenade exploded along the roadside amid the civilian population. “Around 12 […]
NIA crackdown in shopian
Official sources said that during the raids in Shopian parts, including Memander and Aliyarpora, many youths were picked up by the NIA. There was no official confirmation with regard to the raids and subsequently arrests made by the NIA during raids. However, sources said that the raids were conducted following the arrest of Tariq Ahmad […]
Lender kills borrower in Ganderbal.
A debt-ridden man murdered his lender with a large stone in Jammu and Kashmir Ganderbal district, police said on Sunday. A police officer told Kashmir Dispatch that on June 1 they received a complaint from Ghulam Ahmad Khanday that his 43-year old son Mohammad Yusuf Khanday was missing. Ahmad told the police that his son […]
Weapon snatching bid foiled in South Kashmir
A weapon snatching bid was foiled in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwom district this afternoon, a police officer said. The officer told the Kashmir Dispatch that militants tried to snatch weapon from a police guard posted at the house of National Conference leader Abdul Rashid Nengroo near the district hospital. “Alert guard fired when militants tried […]
