Five arrested with material used for ‘making IEDs’ in south Kashmir: Police
Srinagar : Police have arrested five persons and claimed to have recovered material used for making Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from Zainapora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday night. A police officer told GNS that a special team of police in separate raids arrested the five persons and recovered material used for making […]
Fire breaks out at JK Bank branch Lal Bazar
Srinagar : A fire broke out in J&K Bank branch Botshah Mohalla Lalbazar Srinagar on Tuesday. An official from the fire and emergency department said that fire broke out in J&K Branch Botshah Mohalla Lalbazar. Soon after the incident, the fire tenders were rushed to the area to douse the flames, he said. The cause […]
Body Of Youth Recovered Under Mysterious Conditions In Khanyar
Srinagar : A body of a youth was recovered under mysterious conditions in Khawaja Bazar area of Khanyar in old Srinagar on Tuesday. Reports reaching GNS said that some locals spotted the body inside a washroom at Khawja Bazar area of Naqishband Sahib in Khanyar and informed police about it. Soon after being informed police […]
Shah Faesal, Er Rashid forge alliance for Assembly polls
Srinagar : Jammu Kashmir Peoples Movement led by Shah Faesal and Awami Itehaad Party led by Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Tuesday emtered into pre-poll alliance. The duo parties announced the decision while addressing a presser today at Kashmir Press Club. They said that there was a dire meed of emtering into an alliance ahead […]
Two JeM militants killed in Bijbehara were key players in Lethpora attack: GOC 15 Corps
Agencies Srinagar : Army on Tuesday said that two militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit killed in Marhama area of Bijbehara were key players in suicide attack on CRPF near Lethpora Pulwama on February 14 this year. The two slain militants have been identified as Sajad Maqbool Bhat son of Mohd Maqbool Bhat and Tawseef Ahmad […]
Traffic cop left bleeding on roadside after ‘ruthlessly’ beaten by army
Agencies Srinagar: A traffic police personnel was beaten by the army in Nowgam area of uptown Srinagar. A video of the cop bleeding has gone viral on social media. In the video a cop who is lying on the ground is surrounded by people who raise pro-freedom and pro- Zakir Musa slogans. The cop was […]
Two Pulwama youth shun militancy: Police
Agencies Srinagar : Two youth have shunned the militancy in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said the identities of the two youths have been kept secret due to threat perception to their lives. “With the help of community members and family, two more youths from Pulwama have returned […]
Militant whose car was used in Lethpora attack among two militants slain in Waghoma encounter
Srinagar: One of the two militants slain in Marhama, Bijbehara area of Anantnag in south Kashmir in a gunfight with government forces has been identified as Sajad Ahmad Bhat who owned the car used in Lethpora Car Bomb attack in February this year that left 50 CRPF personnel dead. A police officer said that Sajad […]
Body of civilian found near encounter site at Bidoora Achabal
Srinagar : Body of a civilian was found near encounter site at Bidoora, Aknigam area of Achabal in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. Local residents said that body of Nasir Ahmad Mir (23) son of Fayaz Ahmad Mir of Check Achabal was found by people adjacent to the encounter site at Bidoora this morning. […]
2 Army men, injured in Pulwama IED attack, succumb to injuries
Srinagar : Two army men who were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast at Arihal village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday, succumbed to injuries on Tuesday morning. Srinagar-based defence spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said in a statement: “Two soldiers, brought to the hospital with severe contusions/concussions, have succumbed to their injuries […]
