Bandipora: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Shakeel ul Rehman on Wednesday participated in the Ashoora procession held at Sumbal Sub Division of Bandipora District. During the procession, DC Shakeel ul Rehman, along with SSP Lakshay Sharma and SDM Sumbal Aamir Choudhary, served water and refreshments to the mourners. The procession honors the martyrdom […]
Jammu: Four Army personnel, including a captain, were killed in a fierce gunfight with heavily armed militants in Doda district, the third major incident in Jammu region in three weeks. Captain Brijesh Thapa from Darjeeling, Naik Dokkari Rajesh from Andhra Pradesh, and Sepoys Bijendra and Ajay Kumar Singh from Rajasthan suffered fatal injuries in the […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said he is “deeply saddened” by the loss of lives and asserted that the security forces are committed to eliminating the scourge of terrorism in the region. Chief of Army Staff Gen Upendra Dwivedi also briefed Singh on the anti-terror operation in Doda district. Singh also expressed sympathy with […]
Jammu: Tributes were paid to the soldiers in a solemn wreath-laying ceremony attended by dignitaries including J-K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi. The Lt Governor has posted on X: “I am deeply anguished to learn about the cowardly attack on our Army soldiers and JKP personnel in Doda district. Tributes […]
New Delhi: The opposition parties, meanwhile, attacked the Centre, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying such horrific incidents one after the other are extremely worrying and the Army soldiers and their families are bearing the brunt of “BJP’s wrong policies”. Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir including two main regional parties — the National Conference […]
Leh/Jammu: General Officer Commanding of Leh-based Fire and Fury Corps Lt Gen Hitesh Bhalla on Tuesday reviewed the security situation along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Union territory of Ladakh, army said. Lt Gen Bhalla, who took over command of the strategically based XIV Corps on July 1, visited forward posts of ‘Forever […]
SRINAGAR: Three tourists died and a minor was injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge on Zojia pass on the Srinagar-Ladakh highway on Tuesday. The accident took place at Panimatha near captain morh on the Zojila pass when a Sumo vehicle skidded off […]
Day to rededicate ourselves to ideals of equality, brotherhood: LG Srinagar: Ashoora, the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS), will be observed across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The day is observed as a mark of sacrifice and mourning, recalling the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), in […]
NEW DELHI: The Central government has notified the appointments of Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan as judges of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had on July 11 recommended the appointments of the two judges. The apex court will now […]
JAMMU: The Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India on Tuesday appointed Justice Tashi Rabstan as acting Chief Justice Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court. The appointment comes after elevation of Justice N Kotishwar Singh, Chief Justice of J&K, Ladakh High Court as Judge of the Supreme Court of India. A notification in […]