New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is probing whether the two low-intensity explosions at its base in Jammu on Sunday were part of a terror attack, people familiar with the defence and security establishment said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s office said he spoke to Vice Air Chief, Air Marshal HS Arora over the explosions. Investigators […]
Jammu: An FIR was registered Sunday under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act after two explosives-laden drones crashed into the IAF station at Jammu airport, officials said, while indicating the case may be taken over by the terror probe agency NIA. The drones crashed into the IAF station at Jammu airport in the early hours of […]
Anantnag: A policeman and his wife were killed and their daughter critically wounded after some unidentified gunmen barged into their home and opened indiscriminate fire, late Sunday evening, here in Awantipora area of Pulwama district. The slain policeman has been identified as Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, son of Muhammad Rajab, a resident of Hariparigam village in […]
Srinagar: Eight Covid patients lost their lives in J&K while 415 fresh Covid cases were detected in the last 24 hours, the official daily bulletin reported on Sunday. Of the new cases, 244 were reported in Kashmir Division and 171 in Jammu Division, the bulletin said. Of the 8 deaths, 4 each were reported in […]
SRINAGAR: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Kashmir has been chosen by travellers as the most preferred destination of the year in India. Travel firms Thomas Cook India and SOTC Travels asked opinions from over 4,000 people in many states in the country about their preferred travel destination. Most of them took the name of Kashmir. According […]
New Delhi: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday that the dialogue process initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Jammu and Kashmir’s mainstream leadership can gain credibility by ending what she called an “era of oppression and suppression” and understanding that a dissenting voice is not a criminal act. “Give the people right to […]
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz on Saturday said the abrogation of Article 370, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was a big mistake by the Centre. “While the Home Minister Shri Amit Shah is free to say what he said recently on our internal autonomy as enshrined by Article 370 of the […]
Jammu: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the CPI(M) condemned the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday for registration of an FIR against eight people for violating COVID-19 standard operating procedures, hours after they blocked the Bhaderwah-Doda highway demanding road connectivity to their villages. Terming the action taken “against the basic idea of justice in […]
New Delhi: The dedication of Indian soldiers and veterans towards the country is an “exemplary example”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday soon after arriving in Ladakh on a three-day visit aimed at taking stock of India’s military preparedness in the region in the face of a prolonged border row with China. In Leh, […]
Srinagar: A 47-year-old man who was allegedly beaten up by security forces in Budgam district was hospitalised in a critical condition on Saturday, officials said. Mohammad Ramzan, a resident of Redbugh in Magam area of Budgam, was brought to SMHS hospital here in unconscious state, the officials said. They said his family members alleged that […]