A youth who was injured in the recent grenade blast in Tral town of south Kashmir has succumbed at SKIMS, Soura, sources said Wednesday. The death toll in the Tral grenade attack has risen to three. Mushtaq Ahmad Shiekh, 35, son of Ghulam Mohi ud Din Sheikh, a resident of Tral Payeen was critically injured […]
Union minister Jitendra Singh has said that there is need to “change the discourse” around Jammu and Kashmir as there is no such thing as the Kashmir issue. He has said that the only “point of debate” is retrieving Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK). The minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office said this after […]
Protests erupted in Kulgam after army resorted to ariel firing to allegedly save a braid chopper caught by locals. Locals of Chimmar village near DH Pora in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district claimed that they caught hold of a braid chopper in their village who was a non-local. The police were on spot to pacify the […]
Continuing its drive against drug menace, Sopore Police today claimed to have arrested two drug peddlers during a routine checking in apple town of north Kashmir.According to the police sources, police laid a According to the police sources, police laid a naka at Chankhan Sopore and arrested two persons Tariq Ahmad Dar son of […]
Explosions were reported at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul as NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg and US defence boss General James Mattis landed in Afghanistan. “Two rockets hit the northern part of Kabul International Airport on Wednesday”, media reports said. Kabul airport Chief Yaqub Rassouli said that the rockets hit the air forces’ hangars in […]
The students at Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) Awantipora Wednesday held a protest demontration against the NIA Summon to Kashmir University Scholar Aala Fazli. The protesting students demanded immediate end to the “questioning” of Aala at the hands of NIA. The agency is probing an alleged funding case registered on May 30 this […]
India has been ranked as the 40th most competitive economy — slipping one place from last year’s ranking — on the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness index, which is topped by Switzerland. On the list of 137 economies, Switzerland is followed by the US and Singapore in second and third places, respectively. In the latest […]
India and Pakistan Army Wednesday exchanged firing along the Line of Contrl (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistan army targeted forward posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district with mortars and small arms fire, a Defence Spokesman said. “The Indian Army is retaliating strongly and effectively,” the Spokesman added. […]
Militant commander Abdul Qayoom Najar was laid to rest at his ancestral village in Batpora area of Sopore late last night. People in thousands attended his funeral as two rounds of funeral prayers were held, locals said. People raised anti India and pro freedom slogans during the funeral prayers, witnesses said. Meanwhile, authorities imposed strict […]
The teaching activity in SP, MP schools and Amar Singh College will remain suspended on Wednesday. An official of District Administration Srinagar told that teaching activity in SP, MP schools and Amar Singh College will remain suspended today. However, “all other educational institutions in the District will function normally,” he said. The decision has been […]