Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. One militant identified as Shabir Ahmad Dar from Samboora village was killed in the gunfight that took place at Babgund village earlier in the day. The other victim, Showkat Ahmad from Muran village, […]
Islamabad: Pakistan has asked India to immediately share the data showing inflow and discharge of water at the Kishanganga hydropower project in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said on Friday. It has also sought dates for inspection of the 330MW hydroelectric project that India had agreed to during a two-day meeting held in August […]
Srinagar: Militants on Friday killed three abducted policemen in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district. “Three bullet-riddled bodies were recovered from Kapran village in the morning. The slain policemen have been identified as Firdous Ahmad Kuchai, Nisar Ahmad Dhobi and Kuldeep,” police sources said. Reports said fourth abducted person, a civilian, was released unharmed. The four […]
Jammu: Seventeen people were killed when a mini bus plunged into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday, police said. Eight others were injured in the accident in Thakrie area. It reportedly took place after the driver lost control over the bus. “Twelve bodies have been recovered while five people succumbed […]
Jammu: Fifteen people were injured on Monday after a vehicle they were travelling in turned turtle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Police said the driver lost control over it in Lamberi village in Nowshera tehsil. All the injured belong to Reasi district. They have been shifted to a hospital.
Bhubaneswar: A team of ten Protection Officers of Jammu & Kashmir is on a three-day visit to the city to get first-hand account on implementation of the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) and Juvenile Justice Act. During a meeting with Police Commissioner YB Khurania here, the team was apprised of functioning of ‘Mahila and Sishu […]
Bhubaneswar: A drive to change the system coupled with hard work and dutifulness has made Odia IPS officer Basant Rath a popular face. Posted as the Inspector General of Police (Traffic) of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), Rath has already become a favourite of the common man as his actions have brought some revolutionary changes to […]
Beijing: China today referred to the 1890 UK-China treaty, which it claims demarcated the Sikkim sector of the Sino-Indian border as it urged New Delhi to abide by its provisions, a day after Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made her maiden visit to the Nathu La post. Reacting to Sitharaman’s visit to the area, the Chinese […]
Jammu: Pakistan Rangers resorted to heavy shelling on Monday across the international border in Jammu and Kashmir for the fourth consecutive day, police said. “They used 81 mm mortars, automatics and small weapons to target the Indian positions in Arnia sub-sector. “Heavy firing exchanges which started late Sunday continued till 5 a.m. today (Monday). Border […]
Srinagar: A top Pakistani militant who carried a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head was killed along with a local associate in fighting with security forces on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. The Jammu and Kashmir Police called the killing of Abu Dujana, whom they described as Lashkar-e-Taiba commander […]
Srinagar: Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was arrested by the police here on Sunday. Malik was arrested from his uptown Maisuma locality home. “He has been shifted to the central jail,” a police official said. On Saturday, Malik visited Ratsuna village in Tral where he met the family members […]
Srinagar: As colleges and universities opened on Monday after a week in the Kashmir Valley, students again clashed with security forces and resorted to stone pelting, officials said. Students of the S. P. College assembled on the Maulana Azad Road and started pelting stones on security forces causing blockade of one of the busiest roads […]
Sambalpur: At a time when a video of a Kashmiri youth tied to an Army jeep as a ‘shield’ to avoid irate locals in Jammu and Kashmir sparked off a major controversy, CRPF jawan Vicky Biswakarma’s statement on how the forces are treated has shaken one and all. Speaking to OTV, Vicky who returned to […]
Udhampur: March 31 (IANS) India will set a benchmark in infrastructure when the country’s longest highway tunnel of 10.98 km opens between Udhampur and Ramban in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. To be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it will also be Asia’s first longest bi-directional tunnel with fully transverse ventilation system, according to […]
Srinagar: The annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir was suspended today due to landslides on the routes to the Himalayan cave shrine. “No yatri will be allowed to move towards the holy cave either from Baltal or Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camps today,” a police officer told IANS. The situation will be reviewed […]