Police seeks help to trace a missing teenager of Awantipora
Srinagar : Police on Wednesday sought help of the general public in tracing a boy, who is missing since May 11 from south Kashmir’s Awantipora area. A police spokesperson said that Bashir Ahmad Gojer, a resident of Branpathri Lalpora Tral lodged a report in police Station Tral that his son Parvaiz Ahmad Gojar (aged about 15 […]
Pakistan voices concern over civilians being used as human shields
Pakistan has said the civilians are being used as human shields in “occupied territories” instead of getting protection, an apparent reference to a 2017 incident of a man being used as a “human shield” by an Indian Army Major Letul Gogoi against alleged stone-pelters in Kashmir. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi […]
Major Gogoi caught with teenage girl in a hotel, police orders probe
Major Leetul Gogoi, the army man, who tied a civilian to his jeep as a human shield, was caught by the locals at Mamta hotel Dalgate along with the girl in compromising position, reports said. The people handed over the army Major to the nearby police station in Khanyar. The police has neither denied nor confirmed […]
At least 30 killed in Islamic State attack on Syrian army
At least 30 Syrian army troops and Iranian-backed militiamen were killed on Tuesday when Islamic State fighters attacked a military outpost near Palmyra in eastern Syria, a monitor and residents from the area said. They said the militants used suicide bombers and armoured vehicles in the dawn attack near a dam southeast of the ancient […]
Four civilians killed, 30 injured in cross-border shelling in Jammu
Four civilians were killed while as seven others received injuries in a cross-border firing between Indian and Pakistani troops at International Border (IB) in Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts. New Delhi based news agency, PTI, reported that two civilians were killed while six others received injuries in the heavy motor shelling and firing in Samba […]
IAF chopper crash-lands in Jammu, passengers, crew safe
New Delhi: A Cheetah helicopter of the Indian Air Force crash-landed in Natha Top in Jammu and Kashmir soon after it took off on a routine sortie today morning, official sources said here. The two passengers and two crew members on board the military chopper were safe, they said. The helicopter was on a routine […]
Ten Persons injured in grenade attack at south Kashmir
Srinagar Ten persons including a woman were injured after unknown persons lobbed a grenade on the main road at Guriwan in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Islamabad district. Reports said that unknown persons lobbed a grenade at Guriwan in Bijbehara resulting in injuries to six persons, however, an official said that the tally of injured […]
JKSSB announces change in test venues for teacher posts
SRINAGAR, : Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (SSB) today announced a change in some test venues for candidates appearing in the objective written test on May 27, 2018, for the posts of General Teacher under district cadre Bandipora, Kulgam, Kupwara and Srinagar. According to the break-up issued by the Board centres located at GEMS […]
Geelani condemns firing in Shopian, asks is this what forces mean by ceasefire’
SRINAGAR,: Strongly condemning the firing and seriously injuring 4 teenage girls in Shpoian, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani said that this is what the Indian army means by the much hyped ‘ceasefire’. He said that it is the genetic nature of the oppressor that it inflicts the wounds first and then […]
Mehbooba directs Departments to stick to 30% work allocation to SHGs
SRINAGAR, : Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today directed strict compliance of Government directive of allocating 30 % job orders by various Departments for members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the State. She also directed raising the financial limits of SHGs from present Rs. 60 lakhs to Rs. One crore besides corresponding enhancements. Chairing a meeting […]
