The transport system is in a mess in Kashmir Valley as the road network is so hard pressed that it is gasping for breath. The roads across the Valley have been unable to deal with the ever expanding number of vehicles and the lack of planning by the authorities to deal with the issue has […]
Jammu: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that 16 cases have been registered against the security forces including Jammu and Kashmir Police for excessive use of force in the state over the past three years. Responding to a question raised by independent MLA Er Abdul Rashid raised during the question hour of the ongoing […]
Srinagar : A teenage girl Saima Wani who was injured in an encounter on January 24 last month in Shopian village has succumbed to injuries on Saturday evening. A senior doctor told GNS that the girl Saima Wani (18) daughter of Hilal Ahmad Wani was shifted to general ward yesterday and succumbed to injuries today. On January […]
Jammu: Two army officers and as many militants were killed and nine persons including soldiers suffered injuries as fidayeen on Saturday wee hours attacked an army camp at Sujwan area of Jammu. “Two to three fidayeen carried out the attack at around 4:10 am by opening indiscriminate fire and lobbed grenades inside the camp situated in Sunjwan area of […]
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has sanctioned Rs 1,487 crore to the Army to fortify its bases in Jammu and Kashmir, North East and several other places to plug their security gaps and protect them from any terror attacks, official sources said today. Clearing the project, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has set a deadline of […]
Jammu: A militant was killed and a soldier injured in a fresh bout of firing in Sunjwan army camp in Jammu, reports said. According to the reports, a militant was killed and police have recovered one AK-47 and other weapons from the site. Earlier, Two Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) were killed and six others injured […]
Srinagar: Former chief minister Omar Abdullah today targeted the BJP after militants attacked the Sunjwan Army camp killing two Junior Commissioned Officers, and said the party should be “begging forgiveness” of the nation for its “abject mishandling” of Jammu and Kashmir. In a Twitter duel with BJP national spokesman GVL Narasimha Rao, the NC leader […]
Jammu: Pakistani troops launched mortars shells at civilian areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district today, police said. There was no loss of life or injury to anyone, a police official said. “The Pakistan Army launched mortar shells in Khadi Karmara forward areas in Poonch around 1100 hours today,” the official said. The […]
JAMMU: The house on Saturday passed a bill to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989. Explaining the reasons to amend the Act, the Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Law and Justice Abdul Haq said that government is contemplating to conduct the elections to the Panchayati Raj institutions shortly as the elections could not be […]
Srinagar: Rain or snowfall is likely to occur over the next few days in Kashmir Valley, an official of Meteorological Department said today. While there are chances of rain or snow at isolated places in the valley today, there is likelihood of fairly widespread rain or snowfall in the state tomorrow, he said. The state […]