Girl dies, man injured in two separate road accidents 

Srinagar: A girl died while another person was injured in two separate road accidents in Kulgam and Srinagar, police said on Monday. A police official said that in Kulgam, an unknown Tractor hit and injured a pedestrian identified as Iqra Jan daughter of Abdul Hamid Bhat resident of Kilam at Kilam Devsar. “The injured was […]

Any fiddling with state’s special status, demography is intolerable: PDP

Srinagar: The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday said that any fiddling with the state’s special status or its demography is intolerable. The party also castigated UP politician, Amar Singh for his statement on Article 370 and Muslims, terming it as provocative, biased and an attempt to vitiate the atmosphere of tranquility in the […]

Editorial: Need to stop land conversions

Srinagar: Should the people of the state and the government be worried by the fact that agricultural land in the state, especially Kashmir Valley is shrinking, that too at a rapid pace. Estimates suggest that during the past five decades, Kashmir has lost 42,000 hectares of agricultural land to non-agricultural purposes and conversion is taking […]

India, Pak armies exchange fire in Mankote Poonch

Srinagar: India and Pakistan armies on Monday night exchanged heavy fire along the Line of Control in Mankote Sector of  tehsil Mendhar in Poonch district, police said. A senior police official said that Pakistan violated ceasefire in Mankote Sector Mendhar which was retaliated by Indian Army effectively. Pertinently, cross- border firing is going on in […]

Woman injured as cross-border shelling rages in Uri sector

Srinagar: A woman was injured after Indo-Pak armies exchanged gunfire on Monday at Uri sector of Baramulla district in north Kashmir. Official sources said Pakistani troops targeted Indian posts of 17 Jaat regiment along LoC at Pika Post in Uri at 15:30 hours. “The fire was retaliated and continued intermittently till late in the evening”, […]

‘ISIS kills 27 Iraq pro-government fighters’

Baghdad: The Islamic State group killed 27 pro-government fighters in an ambush in Iraq, their paramilitary group said Monday, underlining the threat still posed by the jihadists despite Baghdads declaration of victory. IS members, disguised as soldiers, attacked a Hashed al-Shaabi unit in the Hawija region about 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Baghdad on […]

Teenager murdered in Jammu, three arrested

Jammu: Three persons were arrested for murdering a 17-year-old boy at R S Pura area Jammu outskirts, reports said. “The deceased identified as Abhay Mahajan was missing and on Sunday, his body was recovered from a field wrapped in a gunny bag ,” DySP Surinder Choudhary, SDPO R S Pura said on Monday. He said […]

India, Pak exchange heavy fire along LoC in Uri

Baramulla: India and Pakistan armies on Monday evening exchanged heavy fire and mortar shells along the Line of Control in Hajipeer sector of north Kashmir’s Uri, reports said. Reports said that gun firing and mortar shelling is going on in Hajipeer sector of Uri area from both the sides of the LoC. The exchange of […]

CM e-inaugurates Passport Seva Kendra for Anantnag

  SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today e-inaugurated a Passport Seva Kendra for Anantnag here today. The opening of this Kendra would help in pacing up the process of passport issuance and delivery by bringing the service closer to people’s doorstep benefitting some 20 lacs souls of South Kashmir districts. This would reduce the waiting […]

Cordon and search operation in Shopian village

Shopian: A Cordon and search operation has been started  by government forces at Gund-Woyen village of Imamshab Tehsil of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that 34 RR, 14th bn CRPF and JK Police launched the search operation after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Sources said that large […]