Forces intensify pursuit of ‘Lambu’, who ‘fabricates IEDs’
Lethpora suicide attack
Srinagar, Mar 14: Government forces are in hot pursuit of Ismail Bhai, alias ‘Lambu’, a Pakistani militant belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed who is believed to have fabricated the improvised explosive device (IED) used in the February 14 attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama that left over 40 personnel dead, officials said. The officials said […]
Cross-LoC trade remains suspended for 2nd day
Jammu, Mar 14: The cross-LoC trade between Poonch-Rawalakot remained suspended for the second day on Thursday even as there was no report of any firing between Indian and Pakistani troops along the Line of Control, officials said. It was suspended after five mortar shells hit the cross-LoC facilitation centre at Chakan-da-Bagh in Poonch district on […]
SHRC seeks govt’s reply over exempting school buses, ambulances from convoy movement plan
Srinagar, Mar 14: State Human Rights Commission chairman Justice (retd.) Bilal Nazki on Thursday issued a notice to Chief Secretary and the DGP to submit a detailed compliance report before the commission over exempting the school buses and ambulances from the convoy movement plan. A local news gathering agency (KNS) reported that the SHRC direction […]
NC leader shot at in Bijbehara
Srinagar, Mar 14: A National Conference leader was shot at on Thursday by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. Mohammad Ismail Wani was shot at in Thajeewara area of the district in south Kashmir, a police official said. Wani was rushed to a nearby hospital, which referred him to a hospital in […]
South Kashmir cleric booked under PSA, shifted to Kot Balwal jail
Srinagar, Mar 14: Prominent cleric from south Kashmir and vice president of Jamiat Ahlihadith Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri was booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) on Thursday and shifted to Kot Balwal jail in Jammu. Mushtaq Ahmad, who hails from Veeri village of Bijbehara was arrested during a crackdown launched by the government against the religious […]
Girl dies after consuming poisonous substance
Kangan, Mar 14: A girl died after consuming some poisonous substance mistakenly at her home in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. The deceased was a resident of Bujad village of Ganiwan in Gund tehsil of Kangan. An official said that the girl was rushed to Sub District Hospital Kangan in unconscious […]
MP man crushed to death in Kathua
Jammu, Mar 14: A man from Madhya Pradesh was killed when he was hit by a speedy car on Jammu-Pathankot highway in Kathua district, police said Thursday. The police, however, traced the car within hours of the incident and arrested its driver, a police spokesman said. In a hit-and-run case, he said the car on […]
J&K BJP unit appoints 3 spokespersons
Jammu, Mar 14: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Thursday nominated three leaders as state spokespersons and assigned important posts to several other members, who joined the party recently. The Lok Sabha election is scheduled to begin on April 11 and will continue till May 19. Polling in the state will be held in […]
Mehbooba should be tried treason: JK BJP
Jammu, Mar 14: The Jammu and Kashmir BJP Thursday alleged that Mehbooba Mufti carried out anti-national activities and promoted a “pro-Pakistan agenda” in the state as the chief minister of the BJP-PDP government, and demanded she be probed and tried for treason. BJP spokesman Brig (retd.) Anil Gupta, whose party was an ally in the […]
Terror-n-talks can’t go together: Swaraj reiterates
New Delhi, Mar 13: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said India cannot have dialogue with Pakistan unless the neighbouring country acted against terror outfits on its soil, asserting that “talks and terror cannot go together”. Talking on ‘India’s World: Modi Government’s Foreign Policy’, she stated that Pakistan needs to control the ISI and […]
