Author: Aakash Ahmad

SRINAGAR: In a significant move, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have accorded sanction for the attachment of four residential houses and seizure of three vehicles used for providing assistance in terror activities. The police headquarters, in different orders, accorded sanction for the attachment of four residential houses which were involved in harbouring and providing assistance […]

SRINAGAR: The Amarnath Yatra remained suspended as the rescue operations were still going on to locate missing pilgrims. On Friday evening, a flash flood following a cloudburst washed away a base camp near the Amarnath cave leading to the death of 16 yatris while more than 40 people were injured. The Amarnath Yatra has been […]

  SRINAGAR: The bodies of Amarnath pilgrims who lost their lives are being identified and the process is underway, Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF), Rajababu Singh said. He said that a massive rescue operation is still going on and all the agencies have been pressed into service to airlift the bodies from the […]

  SRINAGAR: They have been bravely defending our borders and fighting terrorists, but the Indian armed forces are also at the forefront of any natural disaster in the country. It was not surprising that security forces once again carried out rescue operations for the Amarnath Yatris who faced the brunt of nature in the cloudburst […]

SRINAGAR: The joint opposition candidate for the Presidential elections Yashwant Sinha on Saturday said that if elected, his priority will be to persuade the government to find a permanent resolution to the Kashmir issue. Sinha also said that he is opposed to the forcible and manipulative changes in Jammu and Kashmir. Demanding restoration of statehood […]

SRINAGAR: At least 16 people had died while 65 people suffered injuries of various degrees after a cloudburst hit the Baltal area in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The area, which falls in the Ganderbal district, houses a base camp for the pilgrims of the Amarnath Yatra. The rescue operation was still underway as injured […]

  SRINAGAR: At least 10 pilgrims of the Amarnath Yatra died while more than four dozen were missing after a cloudburst hit the Baltal area in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The area, which falls in the Ganderbal district, houses a base camp for the pilgrims of the Amarnath Yatra. At the time of filing […]

SRINAGAR: After a concerted effort from the families of terrorists as well the security forces, who were engaged in an encounter with them, two newly recruited Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists decided to surrender in Kulgam district. The security forces also showed restraint despite being under heavy fire, the forces said. The encounter happened in the Hadigam […]

SRINAGAR: As the Congress trained its guns on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the alleged links between the party and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Talib Hussain Shah, the saffron party said that his presence was a conspiracy to target the party headquarters. Talib was one of the two terrorists who were overpowered by villagers in the […]

SRINAGAR: Showing exemplary courage, Kashmiri villagers nabbed two most wanted terrorists belonging to the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Reasi district of Jammu. “The villagers of Tukson Dhok showed extreme courage in apprehending two most wanted terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba who had reached that area to take shelter after continuous pressure from Police and Army,” […]