Al Umer Mujahideen Claims Responsibility For Anantnag Attack
Srinagar,: Al-Umar Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the attack on joint team of police and CRPF at KP road Anantnag in south Kashmir. In a tele-statement to GNS, Al-Umar Mujahideen spokesperson said that its cadres carried out the attack on the forces party in which five personnel were killed. The spokesperson threatened to carry more […]
Officer Among Three Paramilitary Troopers, Militant Killed, SHO Among Five Forces Personnel, Woman Injured In Anantnag Shootout
Srinagar,: Three paramilitary troopers and a militant were killed and five other government forces personnel including Station House Officer (SHO) were injured critically after militants attacked a joint party of CRPF and police at KP road in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. Reports reaching GNS said that some militants opened fire upon the joint […]
Young Girl Blackmailed, Gang Raped, 5 Held
SRINAGAR: A day after the court sent three rapists to life imprisonment; five youth were arrested by police in a new case of gang rape in north Kashmir. The heinous crime was detected by chance when a family found their daughter carrying an almost eight-month-old pregnancy. Detailed revealed that a family detected a change in […]
Fraudsters arrested for duping Crores from people
Srinagar:e Branch Jammu on Tuesday arrested a fraudster for duping Crores of rupees from the inhabitants of Tehsil Mendhar Poonch district and its surrounding areas on the pretext of providing different products with huge interest. The spokesman said that a complaint was lodged at police station Mendhar District Poonch by Abdul Karim, son of Raj […]
Environmental concern
The fragile environment of J&K State has come in focus due to many reasons of pollution. Recently world environment day was observed and it brought to the fore again the concern about preservation of environment. Recently, Advisor to Governor said that human actions in the past have threatened the environment and damage has already […]
RK Chhibber appointed as interim chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Bank
SRINAGAR:-Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday appointed RK Chhibber as the interim chairman and the Director on the Board of Directors of the J&K Bank. Chhibber will replace Pervez Ahmad, who was appointed in 2016 as the chairman of the bank. In an order issued on Saturday, the government said: “Parvez Ahmad, Chairman cum Managing […]
Imran writes third letter to India’s Modi, renews call for peace
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has written another letter to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, offering him to work together for durable peace and stability in South Asia and to promote a peaceful neighbourhood. This is the third consecutive letter by Imran to his Indian counterpart since he took office last year. Soon after taking over […]
Press freedom in ‘downward spiral’ worldwide: watchdog
LONDON: Press freedom is declining around the world, with democratic governments joining authoritarian regimes in seeking to suppress independent journalism, a human rights watchdog said Wednesday. An annual report by Freedom House said press freedom saw notable declines in Europe while US President Donald Trump’s vilification of the press has “seriously exacerbated an ongoing erosion of […]
‘Ridiculously naive’: Gambhir, Mufti trade barbs over Amit Shah
New Delhi: Responding to the political solution for Kashmir issue proposed by the former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, BJP’s newly-elected parliamentarian Gautam Gambhir called her ”ridiculously naive”. The fresh war of words started on microblogging site- Twitter, where Mufti attacked Home Minister Amit Shah’s idea of solving Kashmir problem through ”brute truce”. Mufti tweeted: “Since […]
9 ministers, 2 Guv from Muslim community in SL resign over Easter bombing allegations
Colombo: Nine Muslim ministers and two provincial governors from the minority community resigned on Monday to allow the Sri Lankan government to investigate allegations against some of them on links to an Islamist extremist group blamed for the deadly Easter suicide bombings. The Muslim politicians also protested what they term the government’s inability to ensure […]