In 2019 UN will continue to bring people together to create space for solutions: Guterres
United Nations: In the new year, the United Nations will continue to bring people together to build bridges and create space for solutions, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Saturday, setting the world body’s agenda for 2019. Guterres in his new year message listed out some of the top challenges being faced by the world […]
Forces launch searches after suspected militants open fire in Jammu
Jammu: Security forces Sunday launched a search operation after two suspected persons, believed to be militants, exchanged fire with army personnel manning a post at a camp in the outskirts of Jammu, defence sources said. An army guard noticed suspicious movement of two persons near Ratnuchak camp around 01:50 am and challenged them, the sources […]
Four JeM militants killed in Pulwama encounter
More than 20 protesters injured in clashes near encounter site
Pulwama, Dec 29: Four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, including one suspected to be from Pakistan, were killed Saturday in an encounter with government forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Nearly twenty-eight civilians were also injured in clashes near the encounter site. Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in the Hanjan Payeen area of […]
75.44 clear Class 10th Board exams
South takes lead over rest of Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 29: J&K State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) Saturday declared the result of 10th Class annual examination for Kashmir division which declared 75.44 percent students as successful. According to Vineeta Pandita, Chairperson, JKBOSE, out of 55472 students, who had appeared in the said examination this year, 38939 have qualified the same with boys […]
JRL condemns intrusion of masked boys on Jama Masjid pulpit
ISIS flags and slogans inside Jama Masjid…
Srinagar, Dec 29: Joint Resistance Leadership Saturday strongly condemned the Friday’s incident at Srinagar’s Jama Masjid Srinagar wherein some masked boys carrying black ISIS flags barged into the historic mosque and raised slogans with one of them climbing the pulpit. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin […]
Leh, Kargil experience season’s coldest night
Srinagar, Dec 29: There was slight respite from the intense cold conditions at most places in Kashmir Valley even as Leh and Kargil in Ladakh region of the state experienced the coldest night of the season, the MET office said on Saturday. The night temperature rose slightly across the Valley, except in Kokernag, providing some […]
Facebook cautions its moderators to look out for phrase ‘Free Kashmir’
Srinagar, Dec 29: Facebook has told its moderators who are tasked with “spelling out what is forbidden” to “look out for” the phrase “Free Kashmir”, a media report said. According to a report in The New York Times, “Inside Facebook’s Secret Rulebook for Global Political Speech”, the social media giant has told its moderators that […]
ACB books Revenue officials on corruption charges
Jammu, Dec 29: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday registered a case against several Revenue officials including a former Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR)) in a corruption case dating back to 2015 in Samba district, an official said. A case under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and Ranbir Penal Code was registered against Revenue […]
JKNPP calls for ‘new year ceasefire’
Jammu, Dec 29: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (NPP) president Bhim Singh Saturday called for a ceasefire for at least three months beginning the new year to end “bloodshed” in the state. He also demanded that the Army be withdrawn from populated areas and an advisory committee be set up to deal with circumstances […]
Low intensity explosion rocks Jammu bus stand
Jammu, Dec 29: A low-intensity explosion rocked the main bus stand here, with the police suspecting that a grenade was lobbed to target the police station building in the vicinity, police officials said Saturday. No casualties were reported in the explosion that occurred around midnight, the officials said. Quoting preliminary investigations, they said it is […]
