Youth injured in protests against dumping of garbage in Pulwama
Srinagar: A youth was injured on Wednesday after police party used pellets to disperse protesters in a Pulwama village. Reports said that residents of Wahibugh Village of the district were protesting against the dumping of muck in their village by Muncipal Committee Pulwama. “The police personnel escorting a garbage truck fired pellets after they were […]
Kifayat Rizvi appointed as Hon Gen Sec to JK State Branch of IRC Society
Srinagar : The governor administration on Wednesday appointed Kifayat Hussain Rizvi as Honorary General Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir State Branch of Indian Red Cross (IRC) Society for a period of three years. An order issued by the Financial Commissioner to Governor, Umang narula reads, “Mr. Kifayat Hussain Rizvi, formerly Commissioner/Secretary to government, Labour and […]
Senior PDP leader and Pulwama district president Khalil Bandh resigns
Srinagar : In a huge setback to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader and district president Pulwama, former MLA Mohammad Khalil Bandh has resigned from the basic membership of the party. In a letter, Khalil Bandh outlined how the party compromised on its basic principles after demise of late Mufti Mohammad Syed and how […]
Hafiz Saeed arrested in Lahore, sent to judicial custody: Report
Agencies Jamatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was arrested on Wednesday on his way from Lahore to Gujranwala Reuters quoted a JuD spokesperson as saying that counter-terrorism officials arrested Saeed while he was on his way to Gujranwala. The charges he faces are still unknown but appear to be linked to terrorism financing, the spokesperson […]
Militant killed in Sopore gunfight
Baramulla : A militant was killed after a gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Gund Brath area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. SSP Sopore Javeed Iqbal said that one militant body along with one weapon has been recovered from the encounter site. The SSP further said that […]
Fresh batch of 4584 Yatris leave for Amarnath Cave Shrine
Jammu: A fresh batch of 4584 pilgrims Wednesday left for Amarnath Cave Shrine in South Kashmir from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp. Total 192 vehicles left the base camp including 76 HMVs, 104 LMVs and 12 motorcycles. The first batch was flagged off, on June 29 by the Advisor to Governor K K Sharma. […]
South Kashmir youth shuns militancy: Police
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that a youth shunned militancy and returned to the mainstream. “One more individual with the help of #Communitymembers & #Police in #Pulwama has returned back to #mainstream. #Identity of the individual has been #protected,” police said on Twitter.
Nearly 400 militants infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir in three years, govt tells LS
Agencies NEW DELHI: Nearly 400 terrorists infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir in the last three years and 126 of them have been killed by security forces, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Reddy said 27 security personnel were killed during the engagements with the infiltrators. […]
Unidentified male body retrieved in Jehlum
Srinagar : Police on Tuesday recovered an identified male body on river Jehlum near Shadipora area of Sumbal in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports reaching said that some locals spotted the body floating near Shadipora and informed the concerned police station immediately. A police team reached the spot and retrieved the body. Confirming it a […]
28 persons die in flash floods in PaK
Agencies Islamabad: Heavy rains and flash floods have wreaked havoc in the Neelum Valley in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), killing at least 28 people and sweeping away mosques and houses, according to a media report. Over 150 houses in the Laswa area of the valley were damaged and dozens of people were swept away in floods […]
