Under Mehbooba first coordination meet
PDP-BJP Coordination Committee held its meeting for better coordination among the coalition partners, for the first time here. The Coordination Committee, headed by Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh, comprised Jugal Kishore Sharma, Shamsher Singh Manhas, Thupstan Chhewang, all MPs and Dr Narinder Singh, State general secretary (all BJP), Abdul Rehman Veeri, Revenue Minister, Sartaj […]
Army soldier killed in Kupwara, gunfight underway
An army soldier was killed in an ongoing gunfight in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. The gunfight started between militants and Goverment forces in Zurhama forests of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district today afternoon. A police officer said that a joint team of of Army’s 23 Para commandos, 160 TA, SOG and CRPF Cordoned off […]
Gun fight rages in kupwara
A gun fight started between militants and Goverment forces in Zurhama forests of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday afternoon. A police officer told news agency GNS that a joint team of of Army’s 23 Para commandos, 160 TA, SOG and CRPF Cordoned off the forest area in Gujarpati, Zurhama, following specific inputs about the […]
Death rumor of youth spark protest at Parimpora.
Srinagar: Protests erupted in Parimpora area of Srinagar Tuesday after rumors of a local youth’s death in police custody started doing rounds on social networking websites. According to news agency GNS, some unknown persons spread rumors about death of Tawseef Ahmad who was arrested by police during a shootout at Zukura last week in which […]
Delhi court refuses plea against Farooq Abdullah.
The Delhi High Court today refused to pass any order on a PIL seeking action against National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah over his alleged remarks on Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK). A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the petitioner to approach the appropriate ministry concerned, which will decide […]
Rajnath rejects presence of IS in valley.
Dismissing reports of the Islamic State gaining a foothold in Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that Indian Muslims would never allow outfits such as IS to have a base in the country. Singh also said he has complete faith in the Indian youth that they would not let IS misled them. “Any […]
Mughal road reopens for traffic
The Mughal road, the alternate link between Kashmir and rest of the world, was reopened for vehicular traffic this morning after three days closure due to snowfall as weather conditions improved in Jammu region, officials said. “The Mughal road was reopened for vehicular traffic this morning with a fleet of passenger vehicles leaving Poonch in […]
Leh airport under threat
Security forces were put on maximum alert in Leh town of frontier region of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday following intelligence reports that militants might strike the local airport there. The Leh airport, 340 kms from Srinagar, is being used both by the army and civilians and witness heavy rush of travellers during […]
4 year girl hauled by wild animal in URI
Srinagar A minor girl was mauled to death by a wild animal in higher reaches of Uri area of Baramulla district on Tuesday. The girl, identified as Uzma Fatima (4), daughter of Iqbal Hussain, a resident of Chollal Kals, was attacked by animal last night, sources said. Her body was recovered by the locals from the […]
Army resorted to ariel firing after facing pelting in Bandipora villages
Srinagar Army in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday resorted to aerial firing after they were pelted with stones. Reports said that army opened fire in air in Saderkoot Bala and Chandergair localities of northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district after locals pelted them with stones. “To disperse the youth who pelted them with stones, army […]
