Srinagar: An encounter started between security forces and terrorists in the Zabarwan forest area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district, police said on Sunday. “A joint police and security forces operation was launched in the Zabarwan forest area of Srinagar based on specific intelligence about the presence of terrorists,” police said. “An exchange of fire ensued … Read more
Last Updated:November 02, 2024, 18:33 IST Farooq Abdullah said that it must be found out whether some agency has been assigned the task of destabilising the Omar Abdullah-led J&K government. NC President Farooq Abdullah. (ANI) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday called out for an independent investigation … Read more
Polling staff and security forces have reached their designated polling stations in six districts of J&K where voting for 26 seats in the second of the three-phase Assembly elections starts at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. The districts going to vote are Poonch, Rajouri, and Reasi districts in the Jammu division and Ganderbal, Srinagar and Budgam … Read more
An Indian Air Force (IAF) officer filed a police complaint against her senior for alleged rape and sexual assault at Budgam police station in Jammu and Kashmir. The flying officer has accused a wing commander of harassment, sexual assault and mental torture for the past two years. Both officers are stationed in Srinagar. According to … Read more
Photo: X Srinagar: Kashmir has been reeling under intense heat wave with several places in the valley recording their highest July temperature in 25 years on Sunday. According to the meteorological office here, Srinagar city recorded a high of 36.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday. This was hottest July day since July 9, 1999 when the … Read more
SRINAGAR: Senior advocate and ad hoc chairman of J&K High Court Bar Association (HCBA) Nazir Ahmad Ronga was arrested early Thursday from his home in Nishat area of Srinagar, according to his family. He was charged under public safety act (PSA), which allows authorities to detain a person without trial for up to a year.“At … Read more
SRINAGAR: Two more terrorists were killed in Frisal Chinnigam of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district Sunday, raising the toll from the overnight gunfight with security forces to six.No further casualties were reported among security personnel after Lance Naik Pradeep Nain of Army’s Para Commando unit and Sepoy Pravin Janjal of 1 Rashtriya Rifles were killed in … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed Yoga Asanas in Jammu & Kashmir’s scenic Srinagar on June 21. He also interacted with yogis who participated in the celebration. The International Day of Yoga has been celebrated worldwide annually on June 21 since 2015, after PM Modi’s proposal to dedicate a day to celebrate the ancient Indian fitness … Read more
The J&K police has registered a case in connection with a blasphemous post uploaded by a non-local student at the Government Medical College, Srinagar, which triggered protests in the campus on Wednesday. Following the protests, the college authorities suspended the student and class work of undergraduate students was also suspended till June 8, as protests … Read more
Press freedom has always been a major concern in Jammu and Kashmir, especially after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 which essentially took away the state’s autonomy. There has always been heightened apprehension of journalists not being able to work freely and that was on display when a senior journalist from online news publication … Read more
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