Cong in power when 26/11 took place, questions our ‘surgical strikes’ in Pak: PM
Bhilwara: The Congress was in power when the Mumbai attacks took place but questioned the BJP government’s surgical strikes in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Monday. The prime minister was addressing an election rally here on the tenth anniversary of the 26/11 terror strike when 10 Pakistani terrorists sneaked into Mumbai, killing […]
Train services suspended across Kashmir
Srinagar: Train service was suspended on Monday for security reasons in the Kashmir valley in view of joint resistance leadership shutdown call against the killings. ‘We have suspended all trains running in the Kashmir valley on Monday, a senior railway official told Kashmir Life. Therefore, he said, no train will chug on Budgam-Srinagar-Anantang -Qazigund in […]
Kashmir shuts against militant, civilian killings in South Kashmir
Srinagar, Nov 26: A complete shutdown on Monday called by Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, the Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman and Mohammad Yasin Malik, the JKLF Chairman against more than 17 killings in last three days hit normal life across Kashmir. Reports said shops, business […]
Six militants killed in Shopian encounter
Anantnag: Six militants were killed in a fierce gunfight which erupted between militants and goverment forces in Batagund area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday in wee hours. As per Reports six militants were killed after a joint team of army’s 34RR, CRPF and SOG Shopian launched a cordon and search operation in Batagund. […]
South Kashmir shuts to mourn militant killings
Srinagar, Nov 24: Shutdown was observed in south Kashmir districts today to mourn the killings of six militants in a gunfight with the government forces in Bijbehara yesterday. Reports said that complete shutdown was observed in Anantnag, Kulgam and Pulwama districts while Shopian remained partially shut. Six militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba and HizbulMujahideen outfits were killed […]
Eight arrested for Rs 1 Cr robbery in Kathua
Jammu, Nov 24: Police have cracked a case of robbery of Rs 1 crore in Kathua district and arrested eight people in this connection, officials said Saturday. The accused on October 26 boarded a Bolero vehicle and intercepted a goods-carrier truck on a highway near BarwalMorh in the district. They looted Rs 1 crore at […]
SPO booked for election campaigning
Jammu, Nov 24: A Special Police Officer (SPO) was Saturday booked for election campaigning in violation of the model code of conduct in Rajouri district. Fayaz Ahmed from Darhal was booked by police after reports of him campaigning for a family member who is contesting the polls emerged, a police officer said. According to police, […]
Drug peddler arrested in Samba
Jammu, Nov 24: Police today claimed to have arrested a drug peddler with intoxicant capsules in Samba district. A police party during patrolling on the highway intercepted a man and recovered 550 intoxicant capsules from his possession, they said. The accused was identified as Bashir Ahmad alias Imran of Uttar Pradesh, they said. A case […]
15 killed as bus plunges into canal in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Nov 24: At least 15 people, most of them school children, were killed after their bus fell into a canal in Mandya district on Saturday, officials said. The incident took place around noon near Kanakanamaradi of Pandavapura taluk. Rescue teams have reached the spot and rescue operation was underway, they said. Locals said the […]
Civilian killings must end in Kashmir: Tarigami
Jammu, Nov 24: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader M Y Tarigami Saturday demanded an immediate end to civilian killings in the Kashmir Valley. “The unabated civilian killings in Kashmir must be a cause of concern for every right-thinking person in the state and the country,” Tarigami said. Three civilians, including a 14-year-old girl, were […]