People need to be aware of white-collar militants: GoC
Srinagar: General officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar-based army’s 15 Corps, Lieutenant General DP Pandey Tuesday said that people of the valley need to be aware of the white-collar militants and should question them for motivating youth to join militant ranks while dreaming big for their own children. Pandey was speaking to media men on the […]
Hyderpora Encounter: Family members of Altaf, Mudasir demand bodies for proper burial
Srinagar: Family members of two slain in Hyderpora encounter — building owner Altaf Ahmed and Mudasir Gul — Tuesday urged the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to help them in taking the bodies of their loved ones back home for proper burial. Daughter of building owner Altaf Ahmed told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that her […]
Two person dead as speedy truck ran over vehicles at Magarkot
Banihal, Nov 14: A man and his three-year-old daughter died on Sunday and his wife was critically injured when a truck rammed several vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, police said. The Kashmir-bound truck hit four cars coming from the opposite side near Magerkote in Ramban district, they said. The deceased were identified as Jatinder […]
J&K pacer Umran Malik selected in India-A squad for South Africa tour
Srinagar: After impressing all with his fast bowling in IPL 2021, J&K pacer Umran Malik has been selected in India ‘A’ squad for the South Africa tour. As per news agency KNO, Umran Malik, who is presently part of the J&K squad playing in the Mushtaq Ali trophy, will be part of the squad which […]
2016 surgical strike signifies great professionalism, capability of Indian army: PM Modi
Rajouri: Prime Minister Narender Modi Thursday said that 2016 signifies great professionalism and capability of the Indian army and that he was constantly on phone to ensure the last soldier returns home safely and “all soldiers made him proud by returning to their unit safely.” Modi arrived in the border area of Nowshehra in Rajouri […]
NIA arrests two more accused person in militant conspiracy case
Srinagar : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Saturday arrested two more accused persons involved in militant acts in the erstwhile state. The two people arrested include Ishfaq Ahmed Wani, resident of Srinagar and Umar Bhat resident of Sopore. “The case relates to conspiracy for undertaking violent militant acts in J&K and other major cities by […]
Family of Kashmiri student arrested in Agra stages protest, demands his release
Appeals LG Sinha to intervene, seek forgiveness
Srinagar: The family of a Kashmiri student from Bandipora district on Friday staged a protest in Srinagar and demanded immediate release of their son who has been arrested under sedation charges in Utter Pradesh’s Agra. The family members of Showkat Ahmad Ganie from Bandipora assembled at Srinagar’s press enclave here. The family said that their […]
‘Want to see if our son was killed in target fire or in cross-firing’
Slain Anantnag youth’s family petitions LG
Anantnag: The family of Shahid Aejaz Rather, who according to the police was killed in a firing incident outside CRPF camp in Babapora area of Zainapora in Shopian district on Sunday, have urged the Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha to give them access to CCTV footage of the incident. A resident of Nowpora Arwani hamlet of […]
NC leader cremated in Jammu amid demands for CBI probe into his murder
Jammu: Thousands of people including former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday attended the last rites of prominent National Conference leader T S Wazir here as various organisations demanded a CBI probe into his murder in Delhi. Wazir, 67, a former member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, was found dead […]
Judge terminated over questionable genuineness of his RBA certificate
Srinagar: The government of Jammu & Kashmir has terminated a judge who was appointed as judicial officer in 2000 on the basis of the Reserved Backward Certificate (RBA), whose genuineness has been questioned. On the recommendations of the full court of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Lieutenant Governor has ordered the […]
