New Delhi,: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed anguish over the road accident in Ladakh in which seven army personnel lost their lives and said all possible assistance is being given to those affected. Seven Army soldiers were killed and 19 others injured in the Tuktuk sector of Ladakh on Friday when the vehicle […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday ordered that the body of a civilian dubbed a terrorist and killed by police during an encounter in Hyderpora last November be exhumed and handed to his family for last rites. The court also ordered the administration to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to […]
Srinagar: Militants managed to escape after brief exchange of fire with police and security forces in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday, officials said. Kashmir Police Zone tweeted, ” After initial brief encounter during cordon & search operation in Gundpora Rampora area of Bandipora, militants managed to escape from the spot. However, our team chasing […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday arrested social activist Waqar H Bhatti for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with his ‘shivling’ tweet which caused social media outrage. Following his tweet, which was later deleted, netizens demanded his immediate arrest. “FIR was registered following his tweet, which hurt religious sentiments,” a senior police officer told PTI. […]
Srinagar:Police on Friday claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba hybrid militant in Bemina area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. In a statement issued to GNS, the police said that acting on a specific tip-off about the movement of militants in the general area of Bemina, a joint Naka was laid by Srinagar Police, valley QAT […]
New Delh: National Conference (NC) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been summoned by the ED for questioning in a money laundering case in Delhi on May 31, official sources said on Friday. The questioning is reported to be in connection with a case of alleged financial irregularities in the […]
New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there was an environment of “indifference” towards the use of technology in governance before 2014 due to which the poor and the middle class suffered the most. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating India’s biggest drone festival in Delhi, he said the enthusiasm being seen in India about […]
PAMPORE, May 27:Two persons including a tractor driver died after a tractor they were traveling in turned turtle at Konibal Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday morning. SHO Pampore Adil Ashraf told Kashmir Reader that tractor driver and 60 year old man killed after a tractor they were traveling in turned turtle. […]
Srinagar: Night temperature on Friday recorded a fall in J&K barring Gulmarg and Jammu following light rainfall last evening. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar received 1.0mm of rain and recorded a low of 13.6°C against 15.0°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was above normal by 1.6°C during this time […]
Srinagar: Four newly recruited militants affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in two separate encounters in last few hours in Awantipora Pulwama and Soura Srinagar. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar said that two newly recruited militants namely Shahid Mushtaq Bhat resident of Hafroo Chadoora Budgam and Farhan Habib resident of Hakripora […]