CIK raids Waheed Para’s residence, other locations in south Kashmir
A team of Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK), a wing of Jammu and Kashmir police, on Wednesday, carried out raids at different locations including the residence of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) youth president Waheed Para in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An unnamed official told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that CIK sleuths […]
Sitting below the belt
In the recently concluded DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP has been carrying out a lot of attacks on PAGD leadership. Even Union Home Minister called this alliance as the Gupkar Gang and most of the BJP leaders who came here for campaigning called PAGD as dynasts, corrupt and anti-national people. BJP has been […]
2 more militants killed in Srinagar gunfight; toll 3: police
Srinagar: Two more militants have been killed in the gunfight in Lawaypora area on Srinagar outskirts taking the toll of slain militants in the encounter to three, police said. The gunfight broke out around 6 pm Tuesday after forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area. After intermittent overnight firing between the two […]
Srinagar gunfight: One militant killed, operation on
Srinagar: One militant has been killed in an ongoing overnight gunfight in the Hokarsar area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. An unnamed senior police officer said that one militant has been killed so far in the ongoing gunfight. However, the identity of the militant couldn’t be established as of now. The officer further said that […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
JK reports 234 new positive cases, 115560 recovered so far JAMMU, DECEMBER 29-The Government on Tuesday informed that 234 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 103 from Jammu division and 131 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 120527. Also […]
COVID-19: Four more die of virus, Jammu and Kashmir toll 1879
Srinagar: A forty-year-old man was among four more persons who succumbed to the covid-19 in last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that two of the victims were from Kashmir Valley and included a 63-year-old man from Rawalpora Srinagar and a 40-year-old man from Gujarat, presently at Bemina Srinagar. Two other […]
Gunfight breaks out on Srinagar outskirts
Srinagar: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Hokarsar area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Tuesday evening. Reports said that a joint team of Police, army’s two Rashtriya Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a cordon and search operation in Hokarsar . As the joint team of forces approached […]
Rupee rises 11 paise to 73.38 against US dollar in early trade
The rupee added another 11 paise to trade at 73.38 against the US dollar in opening session on Tuesday in line with stronger Asian peers and positive domestic equities. The sustained foreign fund inflows also supported the rupee, traders said. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.42 against the US dollar, […]
India likely to extend ban on flights from UK
Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said he foresees a slight extension of temporary suspension of passenger flights between India and the UK, where a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected. The Civil Aviation Ministry had last week suspended all flights between that country and India from December 23 to December 31 […]
Chinese citizen journalist jailed for Wuhan virus reporting
SHANGHAI: A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years on Monday for her reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak began, her lawyer said, almost a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” surfaced in the central China city. Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer who arrived at court in a wheelchair, was sentenced […]
