105 new Covid cases, 80 from Kashmir

105 new Covid cases, 80 from Kashmir

Srinagar: No Covid-19 related death but 105 new positive cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the 24 hours up to Sunday evening. The official Covid bulletin said that the fresh cases include 80 from Kashmir and 25 from Jammu division. It said that 66 patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals in […]

Hang Rizvi: Protestors in Sopore

Hang Rizvi: Protestors in Sopore

Sopore: A day after Shia leader Wasim Rizvi filled a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court against certain sections of the holy Quran, several people in north Kashmir’s Sopore held a protest against Rizvi on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said that a large number of people including several religious clerics assembled in main town Sopore […]

EJAC condemns Rizvi’s anti-Islam PIL

SRINAGAR: Employees Joint Action Committee President Fayaz Ahmad Shabnam on Sunday strongly condemned the action of Wasim Rizvi’s filing of PIL in Supreme Court which asks for deletion of some ‘Ayat’ from the Holy Quran. “This act is condemnable from every angle. Such persons are the real enemies of peace and are anti-social, as his […]

105 fresh COVID-19 cases in J&K

105 fresh COVID-19 cases in J&K

  Srinagar:: Fifteen travellers were among 105 fresh covid-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. Among the fresh cases, 25 were from Jammu Division and 80 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total tally to 127640.   […]

Shopian encounter: One US-made M-4 carbine, 36 armour piercing bullets recovered, say officials

    Srinagar: The government forces Sunday said that they have recovered a US-made M-4 carbine and 36 armour piercing rounds from the one slain militant killed in Rawalpora, Shopian encounter. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the army on its official Twitter handle wrote that they have recovered US made M4 Carbine, 3, […]

Shopian Gunfight: Militant Killed, Operation on

  Shopian: A militant has been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Rawalpora area in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that one unidentified militant has been killed so far while as operation is on in the area. Earlier, on […]

After brief respite, more rains, snow coming

After brief respite, more rains, snow coming

Srinagar-Jammu highway to be through for one-way traffic today Srinagar: While rains lashed the plains overnight, there was a respite from the wet spell across Kashmir on Saturday even as the weatherman predicted another wet spell from today evening. Kashmir has been experiencing snowfall over the upper reaches and rainfall over the plains for the […]

With escalation in militancy in Srinagar, police issues list of wanted militants

With escalation in militancy in Srinagar, police issues list of wanted militants

Srinagar: After multiple attacks in Srinagar, police issued a list of eight militants wanted in Srinagar for getting their whereabouts. Almost all the militants are from the city, a development which suggests militancy is gaining foothold in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, militancy and militants were largely operating outside Srinagar in vast […]

Militants hurl hand grenade at police post Sopore, two injured

Militants hurl hand grenade at police post Sopore, two injured

Sopore: Militant on Saturday hurled a hand grenade at a police post in north Kashmir’s Sopore, injuring two Special Police Officers (SPOs). Officials said that militants hurled the grenade at the police post near bus stand Sopore which missed the target and exploded on the road. However two policemen received minor splinter injures. They were […]