JAMMU: Security forces are scouring the rugged terrain and forest of Keshwan and adjoining areas in J&K’s Kishtwar district with the assistance of helicopters, drones and military dogs in a seek-and-kill operation against three to four Pakistani terrorists responsible for killing a junior commissioned officer (JCO) Sunday and two village defence guards four days ago.On…
SRINAGAR: Security forces expanded Saturday their search for three to four heavily armed terrorists believed to be behind an ambush on a military truck that resulted in the deaths of two soldiers from 18 Rashtriya Rifles and two civilian porters near Botapathri along the LoC in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Thursday evening.Baramulla SSP Zaid Mohammed…
SRINAGAR: A third soldier of the 18 Rashtriya Rifles died Friday of injuries suffered in the terrorist ambush on a supplies-laden military truck along the LoC near Gulmarg in north Kashmir‘s Baramulla the previous evening, taking the death toll in the attack to five, including two porters.Two of the slain soldiers were identified as Jeevan…
SRINAGAR: A 19-year-old barber named Shubam Kumar from UP’s Bijnor suffered a gunshot wound in his right arm in a terrorist attack at Batagund village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district Thursday morning. Kumar was rushed to a hospital in nearby Tral, where officials confirmed he is out of danger.This marked the third targeted attack on…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah called on Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: J&K CM Omar Abdullah called on Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday. This is the first meeting between the two since Abdullah took over as CM. Both home ministry sources and Abdullah later described the meeting as a courtesy call. However,…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah has squarely blamed Pakistan for the uptick in terrorist activity in J&K, saying there can be no talks between New Delhi and Islamabad till the neighbouring country stops the killings.His remarks stand in contrast with recent election manifestos of both NC and PDP, which advocated talks with Pakistan…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Amid grief and disbelief, two families — one from Kashmir’s Budgam district and the other from Jammu — find themselves bound by an unimaginable tragedy. What was meant to be a festive time of Karva Chauth for architectural designer Shashi Bhushan Abrol’s wife and children, and a hopeful return to routine life for Dr…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday resigned from the Budgam assembly seat and retained the Ganderbal seat, which is the National Conference’s (NC) bastion.Abdullah won both the Ganderbal and Budgam seats in the recently concluded assembly polls, which took place after a decade.Omar Abdullah, who is…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the hosts of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting for their “hospitality and courtesies” as he wrapped up his two-day visit to Pakistan.Taking to X, previously known as Twitter, the minister said: “Departing from Islamabad.Thank PM @CMShehbaz,…
Farooq Abdullah (PTI/File) National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Saturday appealed to the Kashmiri Pandits to “come back home”. The Kashmiri Hindu community faced a mass exodus in the early 1990s when armed insurgency and terrorism peaked in the Valley, forcing them to flee Kashmir.In an assurance to the Kashmiri Pandits, Abdullah, who is…
