Man injured in Pulwama explosion

A man was injured in Pulwama after an explosive device went off while he was trying to throw it out of his reach, police sources said. According to the police sources, Ghulam Mohi ul din Shah (45) found some unknown explosive by the roadside at Dalipora in Pulwama district and started fiddling with it. He […]

80 killed, over 350 wounded in Kabul explosion

At least 80 people have been killed and more than 350 others have been wounded, when a heavy explosion rocked Kabul city earlier today.  The Ministry of Interior spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the incident has taken place close to the Zanbaq square in the 10th police district of the city. He said a suicide bomber […]

PDP worker attacked in Baramulla

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worker was injured after unidentified gunmen opened fire at him in Khanpora area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district late Tuesday night. According to the reports, PDP worker Abdul Rashid Lone was returning home after offering late night prayers in a mosque when gunmen opened fire on him. A relative of […]

Editorial: Promoting tourism

One of the key asks for the government is to promote tourism in the state. No wonder then that the Chief Minister during a meeting involving tourism players appealed to all stakeholders of tourism industry to join heads and help in clearing the negative perception about Jammu and Kashmir in some sections of the National […]

Fire damages two structures

A residential house and a shop was damaged in two different fire incidents in Anantnag and Srinagar. In Anantnag, fire broke out in a joint residential house belonging to Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, Mohammad Talib Bhat, Aijaz Ahmad Bhat at Mattan Chowk Anantnag, resulting in partial damage to the house. Fire was brought […]

Troopers injured

The situation across the valley remained peaceful and under control, a police spokesman said. He said that minor incidents of stone pelting were reported from Keller Chowk in Shopian and Court Road,  Pinglish in Tral.  At Pinglish Tral, miscreants heavily pelted stones on police and security forces deployment in which some police and security forces […]

JRL condemns govt for foiling Tral march

The Joint Resistance Leadership, Tuesday condemned the imposition of curfew and restrictions in Srinagar, Tral and other parts of Kashmir to foil the Tral Chalo march. In a statement issued here Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik castigated the state administration for putting curbs on political activists, imposition of curfew and […]

Army kills two Pak soldiers

Army on Monday evening killed two Pakistani soldiers in a strike on the Line of Control in Uri to foil a Border Action Team (BAT) attack from the Pakistani side. According to defense officials Special Forces of the army targeted the Pakistani troops along the Uri LoC (Line of Control) yesterday. Inflicting casualties a convoy […]