Afghan govt refuses to release 600 ‘too dangerous’ militants
KABUL: Afghan authorities said on Wednesday they will not release hundreds of Taliban captives deemed “too dangerous” despite planned peace talks that hinge on the prisoner exchange. Violence, meanwhile, continued to rack the war-torn country as a suicide bomber killed three security personnel near the governor’s residence and police headquarters in the province of Kandahar. […]
PCB yet to adopt new domestic system as BoGs tenure nears end
LAHORE: While the tenure of the incumbent Board of Governors (BoGs) of the Pakistan Cricket, which is primarily composed of the members who represented the now-defunct regions and departments, is expiring on Aug 8 this year, the Board seems still far from replacing them with new members because the process to revamp the domestic system […]
Hakeem Yaseen condemns killing of political activist Waseem Bari, his father, brother
Chairman People’s Democratic Front ( PDF ) Hakeem Yaseen has condemned killing of a political activist , Waseem Bari alonqwith his father and brother at Bandipora by unidentified gun men. In a statement issued to KNS Hakeem Yaseen while condemning the killing of Waseem Bari along with his father and brother, said that killing of […]
Lt Governor condemns the killings of BJP leader, family members
SRINAGAR, JULY 9: Lt Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu has condemned the killings of BJP leader Sheikh Waseem Bari, his father Bashir Ahmed and brother Umar Bashir, who were killed by the militants on Wednesday evening. In a condolence message, the Lt Governor has said that the barbaric act of killing innocent people is against the […]
Bandipora attack pre-planned, militants have been identified: IGP Kashmir
Srinagar: Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar on Thursday said that the killing of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader along with father and brother was a “preplanned attack” by the militants who “have been identified”. Bharatiya Janta Party leader, a former district president of the party for Bandipora, Sheikh Wasim Bari, his father Bashir Ahmad […]
COVID claims two more lives in Kashmir, toll 151 in J&K
The death toll due to COVID-19 has crossed 150-mark in Jammu and Kashmir as two more patients from the Valley died on Thursday, officials said. Two more COVID-19 patients died in Kashmir on Thursday, thus taking the toll of deaths in J&K to 151. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer that the two patients include […]
China’s pullback in Ladakh’s Pangong Finger Area to test disengagement
With disengagement between the Indian and Chinese armies making measurable progress in Galwan Valley, Hot Springs and Gogra, the focus of reducing tensions in eastern Ladakh has shifted to the sensitive Finger Area near Pangong Tso, where the Indian Army has observed a marginal thinning of troops, vehicles and removal of structures from a key […]
JK reports 330 new positive cases, 5567 recovered so far
The Government on Wednesday informed that 330 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 59 from Jammu division and 271 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 9261. Also 06 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. Moreover, 168 more […]
CEO ERA, JTFRP reviews progress of JTFRP works executed by the Dept. of Industries & Commerce and J&K PCC
Dr.Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Chief Executive Officer JKERA today reviewed the progress of works on the component of Strengthening & Restoration of Livelihood and the component of the Strengthening of the Critical Infrastructure of the World Bank funded Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project being executed by the Dept. of Industries and Commerce Department as the […]
BJP leader, his father and brother shot dead in Bandipora
Gunmen on Wednesday night shot dead a BJP leader and his father and brother in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said. A senior police officer said that ex-President Bandipora district Wasim Bari was at his shop in Bandipora along with his father and a brother when gunmen opened fire on his. He said the trio […]
