KASHMIR

Security forces killed two terrorists belonging to proscribed terror organisation Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) in an encounter in the Nowgam area in Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Wednesday, the Kashmir Police said

While the murmurs in the valley are yet to die down over the abrogation of Article 370, former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday acknowledged the fact that it won’t be restored. “Article 370 won’t be restored,” Azad said while addressing a gathering in Baramulla. “I won’t be fooling the people,” he said, in […]

Two terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a major tragedy was averted as the security forces recovered over 30 kg of IED in Srinagar. “#Encounter has started at Poshkreeri area of #Anantnag. Police and security forces are on the […]

A Muslim cleric was arrested by the Kishtwar Police on Friday for passing information related to the deployment and movement of security forces to a terror outfit controlled from Pakistan. Identified as 22-year-old Abdul Wahid working as a ‘Molvi’ (cleric) and a Qari (Urdu teacher), the accused assisted and passed sensitive military information to a […]

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday chaired a high-level meeting with Deputy Commissioners and senior officials, at the Civil Secretariat, to review the preparations for the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, which will start on Saturday, August 13. “Har Ghar Tiranga is a celebration of the spirit of Janbhagidari and Jan Andolan. Schools and colleges are organising programmes recalling the contributions […]

SRINAGAR: A prominent Kashmiri Pandit businessman is taking a bold step as he is set to unveil Kashmir’s first-ever multiplex in the Sonwar area of Srinagar. The move comes more than three decades after the terrorists shut down all cinema halls in the valley. And the Dhar family, which owned the now defunct Broadway Cinema […]

SRINAGAR: A major tragedy has been avoided after security forces found an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing 30 kg at Tahab crossing on Circular Road in the Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Wednesday. Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar told The New Indian that an IED weighing around 30 kg has been […]

SRINAGAR: To celebrate 75 years of independence and commemorate it as Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) launched the National Anthem Singing Competition-2022 for which entries were made open online between August 1 and August 7. The government had called upon the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir to take […]

SRINAGAR: Authorities have imposed restrictions in several areas of Srinagar to prevent Muharram mourners from participating in processions on Sunday, the eighth day of the Islamic calendar. Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in large numbers at Lal Chowk and adjoining areas, including Maisuma, MA Road and Dalgate as well as in downtown areas […]

SRINAGAR: To further promote adventure tourism and off-beat tourist destinations, Tourism Department and Ahrabal Development Authority in collaboration with District Administration Kulgam today organised a summer festival at the famed tourist destination of Aharbal. During this summer festival, multifarious activities and events were carried out which include trekking expeditions up to Kongawattan and Kounsarnag, a […]