Awantipora Encounter: Militant killed, operation on

    Srinagar:An unidentified militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter at Baragam area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday.   A senior police officer said  that one militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter, whose body can been seen lying at encounter site.   Reader correspondentkashmirreader.com

South Kashmir: Gunfight rages in Awantipora

  Srinagar:Encounter rages between militants and government forces in Baragam area Awantipora of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday morning.   Reports said that a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Baragam.   As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]

People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration intact, doing its job: Omar Abdullah

  Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) — a coalition of six parties seeking the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status — is intact and is doing its job, National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah said on Saturday.   The NC leader’s assertion came amidst speculations that the alliance was breaking […]

J&K Report 182 New Covid-19 Cases, One Death

    Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 182 new covid-19 cases while as one person succumbed due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. 33 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 149 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 338745. There was one death reported from […]

2 women killed, minor girl injured as house collapses suddenly in Poonch

    Poonch: Two women were killed and a minor girl injured when a kaccha house suddenly collapsed in Poonch district on Saturday.   Officials sais that at about 14:20 hours, one kachha house of Ashaq Hussain Son of Mohammad Sharief collapsed in village Mangnar, resulting in on the spot death of two women.   […]

Have got clues about Bandipora attack, presence of foreign militants very less in north Kashmir: DGP Dilbagh Singh

    Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police chief, Dilbagh Singh on Saturday said that only a few foreign militants are active in north Kashmir and that the militants are targeting policemen for protecting people.   Talking to the media persons at slain Sopore cop’s home today, who was killed in an attack at Bandipora yesterday, […]

National Conference passes resolution for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits

    Jammu The minority cell of National Conference on Saturday passed three resolutions, which among others called for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrant Pandits in the valley and their political empowerment.   The resolutions, which also demanded passage of a bill for managing the affairs of temples and shrines of the community, were […]

ICC still not losing hope of featuring in 2028 Olympics as ‘additional sport’

New Delhi: The ICC is not losing hope of cricket being among “additional sports” to be played at the 2028 Los Angeles Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) started the process of identifying the core sports for the grand sporting spectacle. The IOC on Thursday named 28 sports in the “initial programme” for the 2028 […]

Beijing Olympics: US-led diplomatic boycott is misplaced

London:(The Conversation) The US has announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over concerns of China’s alleged human rights abuses. Predictably, Australia and the UK, members of the newly created AUKUS military alliance designed to counter China, followed suit, as has Canada. Boycotts are a diplomatic practice used by states to […]

19 fresh COVID-19 cases recorded in Ladakh

Leh: Ladakh’s tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 21,792 on Saturday with 19 fresh infections, officials said. The death toll remained at 215 and of these, 157 deaths have been reported from Leh and 59 from Kargil, they said. The number of active cases in the Union Territory has dropped to 220 — 202 in […]