Gunfight rages in Pulwama village
Srinagar, April,30:- A gunfight broke out between militants and govermenr forces Drabgam area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. Official sources told News agency GNS that the joint team of Army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation at Drabgam village. As such the joint team of forces approached the suspected spot, […]
Cabinet reshuffle in JK today
Nirmal Singh, Bali Bhagat, Priya Sethi out; Kavinder Gupta to be new Deputy CM
Jammu, Apr 29: All arrangements have been put in place for the much-awaited reshuffle in the Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu and Kashmir government which would take place here Monday with the BJP expected to bring in some new faces and drop some old ones including the Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh. J&K Governor N N […]
India, Pak to join military drills as part of multi-nation exercise
New Delhi, Apr 29: In a first, arch rivals India and Pakistan will be part of a multi-nation counter-terror exercise in Russia in September, which will also be joined by China and several other countries. The military exercise will take place under the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a China-dominated security grouping which is […]
SC stays JK HC order restoring SAC’s power to initiate graft cases on its own
New Delhi, Apr 29 : The Supreme Court has stayed the order of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which restored the State Accountability Commission’s power to initiate proceedings on its own against any minister or legislator on the basis of anonymous complaints in graft cases. The top court asked the State government and the […]
3 CRPF men suspended after woman alleges rape by one of them
Jammu, Apr 29 : Three CRPF personnel were suspended and an FIR registered after a 24-year-old woman alleged she was wrongfully confined and then raped by one of them inside a camp here, officials said today. The woman alleged that accused filmed the sexual assault and threatened to release the video on social media if […]
Par panel asks Defence ministry for classified report on arms purchased during Kargil war
New Delhi, Apr 29: A parliamentary panel looking into the arms purchases during the 1999 Kargil war has asked the Defence Ministry to place before it the classified report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on the matter. A sub-panel of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, in its draft […]
Kashmir re-establishes its connection with filmmakers
By: Sheikh Suhail Srinagar, Apr 29: Bollywood is again turning its eyes, and cameras too, towards its once-favourite destination – Kashmir – as with the increase in the footfall of tourists, film crews are returning to the Valley to capture the picturesque, shooting-friendly locales and rekindle the old romance with the place. Of late, several […]
India, Pak should try to resolve their differences like Koreas: Pak media
Islamabad, Apr 29 : India and Pakistan should try to resolve their differences and make the “quest” for normalisation and peace the “noblest of goals” in the region, taking a cue from the recent thaw in the relations between North and South Korea, a media report here said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and […]
Civilian shot at in Srinagar
Srinagar, Apr 29: Unidentified gunmen on Sunday evening shot at and wounded a shopkeeper in Srinagar’s Alocha Bagh area. Sources said one Zubair Ahmad Parray was at his crockery shop when some unidentified gunmen fired at him. He was shifted to SMHS Hospital in injured condition, where, as per police, he condition is stated to […]
Militants attack Army patrol in Shopian
Srinagar, Apr 29: Militants targeted an Army patrol in Zainpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district today, a police official said. No casualties were reported. A patrol party of Army’s 34 Rashtriya Rifles was fired upon by militants at bus stop in Malikgund area, he said. The official said the Army personnel retaliated, and there […]
