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Following  an outrage over horrific rape of a three-year-old girl in Trigam, Sumbal, a shutdown is being observed in various parts of Srinagar. The shutdown call is given by Itehadul Muslimeen against the rape of a minor girl in Sumbal area of Bandipora district. An eyewitness said that all the…

Polling is underway for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Voting, which began at 7 AM, will continue till 6 PM. Voting is taking place for 59 constituencies, spread over 7 states. Polling is being held for 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats in Haryana, 8 seats…

Shopian: Two militants, affiliated with Lashker-e-Toiba, were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Satipora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district early Sunday. Police sources said that a joint team of army’s 34RR and police’s SOG launched a cordon-and-search operation at Hend Sitapora village of the district following…

Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan on Saturday convened a meeting with all Deputy Commissioners of the valley to review progress of market checking, supply position of essential commodities, availability of water and electricity supply across the Valley. All Deputy Commissioners informed the meeting about the progress report…

Gunmen have stormed a five-star hotel in the southwestern Pakistani port city of Gwadar, the centrepiece of a multi-billion dollar Chinese infrastructure project in the country, a provincial minister said Saturday. “Up to four armed men entered the Pearl Continental hotel in Gwadar and opened fire,” Balochistan provincial home minister…

Terrorists have stormed a 5-star hotel in Gawadar, Balochistan. Preliminary reports suggest that three armed gunmen are inside the hotel, gunshots were also heard by some people. More details awaited.

A manufacturing unit at Laizbal KP Road, area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, was sealed by the Anantnag Food and Safety Department on Saturday. According to the sources the manufacturing unit is owned by Nayeem Ahmad Halwai and the unit manufactures snacks and sweets . According to officials the unit…

Six suspected narcotic smugglers were arrested and a notorious drug peddler was detained in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said Saturday. Tariq Ahmad alias “Madam”, a resident of Lassana village of Surankot, was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Poonch district on Friday and sent to district…

At least 16 people, including six women, were injured Saturday when a private bus hit a stationary truck on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu district, police said. The bus was on its way to Jammu from Udhampur when the accident took place at Jajjar Kotli after the bus driver lost…

A venomous snake was spotted near the official residence of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah, reports said on Saturday. Quoting official sources, local news agency reported that a team from the wildlife department was deputed to the spot which caught the snake.…