Defence Minister asks Army to help build peace at security review meet

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, reviewed the security in Srinagar today and asked the Army to work towards ensuring a peaceful atmosphere here. According to sources, Jaitley arrived in Srinagar this evening and drove to the corps headquarter at Badamibagh, where he held a meeting of top Army brass. He was accompanied by Army Chief General […]

Five persons injured in road mishaps

Five persons were injured in different road accidents across the valley, a police spokesman said. He said that in Ganderbal, a Tempo Traveler bearing registration number JK12-8802 driven by Afsar Malik resident of Drahal, Rajouri hit and injured a pedestrian identified as Mudasir Ahmad Lone resident of Gagangeer, Ganderbal at National Highway Gagangeer in Gund. […]

Drug peddlers arrested

Police arrested two drug peddlers and recovered contraband substance from their possession, a police spokesman said. He said that acting on a specific information, a Police Party of Police Station Bandipora laid a naka at Nowpora Chowk. During naka checking two persons identified as Ubaid Hussain Baba resident of Plan and Wajahat Hussain Rana resident […]

Class work to remain off

According to the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, class work in SP Higher Secondary School Srinagar and MP Higher Secondary School Srinagar shall remain suspended on May 18, 2017 (Thursday) as a precautionary measure. Meanwhile, the administration suspended class work of government boy’s higher secondary school Sopore for two more days. Class work in Boys Higher secondary […]

Students from Gandhi College, MP school clash with forces

Clashes erupted in Baba Demb area of Srinagar when students of Gandhi Memorial College Srinagar and MPML higher secondary school Baba Demb staged a protest demanding release of their colleague, reports said. According to the reports, the students of the two institutions started marching on the main road demanding the release of their colleague who […]

India, Pak troops exchange heavy firing along LoC

  India and Pakistani forces exchanged heavy mortar fire along the forward posts at the LoC in Balakote sector of Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistani army resorted to firing on forward posts along the LoC in Balakote sector from today,” a defence spokesman said, adding that the fire was effectively retaliated by the Indian forces. The […]

Munir Khan: ‘We will try our best to restore peace in Kashmir’

In his new avatar as the head of the police for the Kashmir region, Munir Khan believes he would employ all his efforts to restore peace in Kashmir as he took command of the police force in Kashmir on a day when the bodies of twenty protestors were torn up by pellets fired by the […]

Social media to continue to be off-limits

The state government on Wednesday left little doubt about where it stood on the ban on access to the social media networks in the Kashmir valley and said that since there was no improvement in the situation the ban was likely to continue for some more time. The state counsel appeared before the High Court […]