Kashmir
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Here’s what DGP says about presence of ISIS in Kashmir
Srinagar: While saying that only a section of youth is being radicalized, Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir Dilbagh Singh claimed that global militant outfit ISIS has no major footprints…
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Encounter between security forces, terrorists in Pulwama
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir): An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Gulshan Pora village of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. Two to three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists…
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Gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: A gunfight erupted on Thursday between the security forces and holed up militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. Police said security forces started a cordon and search operation…
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Minimum temperature drops in J&K; rain, snow likely
Srinagar: The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley dropped on Thursday due to clear night sky as the weather office forecast another spell of rain and snow beginning Friday. “We are expecting…
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CRPF officer died fighting Maoists
Srinagar: In an unusual twist to the earlier version, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said on Tuesday that an Assistant Commandant from Jammu and Kashmir died in Jharkhand during an anti-Maoist…
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Fresh snowfall breaks cold wave cycle in Kashmir
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall lashed most parts of the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday as the minimum temperatures rose above the freezing point after nearly a month, weather officials said. Severe cold wave sweeping…
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Militants kill SPO in Pulwama
Srinagar: Militants shot and killed a Special Police Officer (SPO) on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police said the militants fired at Sameer Ahmad Mir in Hajin Payeen village. “He…
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Indian Army chief spends day with soldiers in Valley
Srinagar: Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat arrived here on Tuesday to start the new year among the soldiers in the Kashmir Valley. Defence Ministry spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said Gen Rawat…
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Father arrested for trying to bury infant alive
Srinagar: In a bizarre incident, a father was arrested on Tuesday for trying to bury an infant alive in Srinagar. Police said people in the old city of Nowhatta caught a person…
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Mirwaiz Umer-led Hurriyat ridicules Mehbooba
Srinagar: The Mirwaiz Umer Farooq-led separatist Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday ridiculed former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s expression of outrage over the desecration of Jamia Masjid here. Mehbooba Mufti had…
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CRPF officer electrocuted in Jharkhand
Srinagar: An Assistant Commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from Uri area in the Kashmir Valley was electrocuted in Jharkhand. CRPF sources said Jeelani Khan, 29, belonging to Manzgam village…
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India, Pakistan exchange fire on LoC on New Year’s day
Jammu: The Indian and Pakistani armies traded fire on the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Defence sources said Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked…
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Kashmir: Journo Shujaat Bukhari’s son passes matric with flying colours
SRINAGR: Tamheed Bukhari, son of veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of English daily “Rising Kashmir” late Syed Shujaat Bukhari has secured 95 per cent mark in the 10th class examination, the results of…
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J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire in Poonch
Rajouri : In Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Army on Tuesday violated the ceasefire in Poonch along the Line of Control in the border this morning. This time, the Pakistani troops targeted forward…
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Rain, snow likely in J&K
Srinagar: The cold wave continued in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region on Tuesday as the weather office forecast light rain and snow during the next 24 hours. The Met department officials said…
