Fresh snowfall in parts of Kashmir breaks cold wave, highway shut
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall lashed parts of Kashmir on Wednesday leading breaking the cold wave sweeping the Valley as the minimum temperatures rose above the freezing point. Weather officials said that fresh snowfall occurred everywhere in the Valley except capital city Srinagar which received light rains. Higher reaches including Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg, Pir Panchal mountain range and […]
People being ‘radicalised’ on lines of IS ideology but group’s presence not large: DGP
Srinagar : Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Wednesday said that the fact about youth being ‘radicalised’ on the lines of IS ideology can’t be denied. However, ruled out any large presence of such group in Kashmir. “In the past also, carrying those (IS) flags and displaying them publicly to show that there is a […]
140 militants killed in JK between June-Dec 2018: MoS Home
(Agencies) New Delhi : Altogether 140 militants were killed by forces in Jammu and Kashmir between June and December 2018 during which 426 stone pelting incidents were also reported in the state, Union minister Hansraj Ahir said Wednesday. Replying to a written question in Rajya Sabha, he said 140 militants were killed from June 25 to December 5, 2018 in the state, where […]
Search operation continues for third day near LoC
(Agencies) Srinagar :Search operation continued for the third successive day on Tuesday in the woods near the Line of Control (LoC) in the frontier district of Kupwara, where two infiltrators were killed when troops foiled a Border Action Team (BAT) attempt to strike a forward Indian post on Sunday. “With the first light on Tuesday […]
Northern army commander briefs J&K Governor about prevailing ‘security situation’
Srinagar : Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh, Northern Army Commander, met Governor Satya Pal Malik, at the Raj Bhavan in Jammu on Tuesday and briefed him about the security situation in the state. Lt. Gen Singh briefed Governor about the prevailing security situation along the forward areas and the hinterland, operational preparedness of the Army for […]
Hurriyat (M) questions sincerity of Mehbooba over Jamia pulpit incident
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) spokesperson on Tuesday said that the phone call of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemning the Jamia incident which she is broadcasting in media for obvious reasons, is quiet ironical as it was during her tenure as CM that the mosque was most […]
Speeding tipper hits and kills elderly woman in north Kashmir’s Langate
Srinagar: :A 50-year-old woman died in a road accident in Langate area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. A police official said that Saleema Begum was critically injured after the motorcycle she was riding as a pillion was hit by a tipper at main market Langate. The deceased was a resident of Safalpora […]
Taliban attacks kill 15 Afghan policemen: Afghan official
AP/Press Trust of India Kabul An Afghan official says the Taliban launched two blistering attacks in northern Sar-e-Pul province, killing 15 members of the country’s security forces. In one attack, on the outskirts of the provincial capital, heavy artillery fire by Afghan forces trying to repel the insurgents sent local residents fleeing for safety. Provincial […]
Weatherman predicts rain, snow during next 24 hours
Srinagar : The meteorological department Tuesday said that a fresh western disturbance will most likely affect Jammu and Kashmir from evening of January 1 to 2. “Under the influence of this system, light rain/snow (plains) to moderate rain/snow (upper reaches) is expected at widespread places of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh region,” a weather bulletin issued by […]
Pak shares with India list of nuclear installations
(Agencies) Islamabad: Pakistan Tuesday shared with India a list of its nuclear installations and facilities as per the provisions of a bilateral agreement. The list was handed over in accordance with Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India, signed on December 31, 1988, the Foreign […]
