Eid al-adha: DC Srinagar takes stock of facilities being set up in Downtown
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 03: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Saturday visited various old city areas to take stock of facilities being set up there with regard to the upcoming Eid al-adha celebrations in the district. The DC visited Karan Nagar, Kaksarai, Safakadal, Eidgah, Zadibal, Alamgari Bazar, Hawal among other areas and inspected different kinds […]
Sopore Encounter: Second Militant Killed, Operation On
Srinagar, August 03:(GNS) Another militant has been killed in ongoing encounter in Malmaponpora area of North Kashmir’s Sopore on Saturday taking toll to two.A senior police officer told GNS that second militant has been killed in ongoing operation which had started early morning today. The identity of the militants is yet to be ascertained as […]
First Amarnath, now Machail Mata yatra suspended over security reasons in J-K
The 43-day-long ‘Machail Mata Yatra’ in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir was suspended on Saturday due to security reasons, officials said. Authorities have asked people not to start the yatra and those on the way should leave and get back. “The yatra has been suspended with immediate effect due to security reasons,” Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar Angrez Singh […]
Kashmir Govt Polytechnic students asked to vacate college hostels
Srinagar: Principal Kashmir Government Polytechnic College, Gogji Bagh Srinagar has asked students to vacate the college hostel immediately. A circular vide number KGP/2019 reads that: “it is notified for the information off all students who are residing in the college hostel to vacate from the hostel immediately and no student will be provided hostel facility till […]
Shopian Encounter Ends, Death Toll 4,
Srinagar, Aug 03 (GNS): More than 50-hour long gunfight between militants and goverment forces ended in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Saturday. In all, two militants, a soldier and a non-local labourer were killed during the course of gunfight which ensued on the intervening night of August 1 and 2 at Ittoo Mohalla Pandushan village. […]
‘Forced to cut Amarnath trip and run’: Cong on Centre asking yatris to leave
The Congress party on Saturday criticised Jammu and Kashmir administration for instead of providing security to tourists and Amarnath pilgrims, asking them to cut short their stay in the state, keeping in view the “latest intelligence inputs of terror threats.” “J&K facing Pakistan sponsored Militancy since October 1947. Worst Period 1990 when VP Singh PM […]
40-year-old man dies in explosion on Sadhna Top
Kupwara, Aug 03 (KNS): 40 year old died this afternoon after an unexploded shell went off in the air within the woods near Sadhna Top in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district causing immense tense among the common citizens who are already terrified due to recent heavy cross border shelling. Officials said that 40 year old identified […]
‘Nobody knows what is happening’: Omar Abdullah after meeting J-K guv
National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah met governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday amid tension in the state over the cancellation of Amarnath Yatra by the Centre; there are also concerns over the deployment of additional troops in Srinagar over the past week. “We met him to know what is happening in […]
Terrorists moved by Pak ahead of Imran Khan’s US visit are back at LoC
Intelligence reports and satellite imagery of the line of control bordering Pakistan reveal that the country cleared all launch pads of terrorists in the run-up to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Washington last week – and then brought them back after his return. “For several days, we got reports saying there are no […]
Decoded: Why the government decided to curtail the Amarnath yatra
Inputs also indicated that trained JeM cadre had also formed Border Action Teams under the leadership of Ibrahim Azhar and moved to forward Pakistan army posts across the Line of Control (LoC) action. The government decided to end the Amarnath yatra and strengthen the counter-insurgency grid in Kashmir by fresh induction of forces after Indian […]
