Police on Thrusday claimed to have arrested a hybrid militant of outfit The Resistance Front an offshoot of LeT in North Kashmir's Bandipora district. In a statement to GNS, the police said that today on 3rd February, Bandipora police and security forces came to know the suspicious movement of TRF militants in Chandergeer Hajin.Accordingly a naka was placed by Bandipora Police along with 13 RR at Check-Chanderger Hajin.While conducting search of pedestrians and vehicles ,one suspect person tried to conceal his presence on seeing the Naka Party ,who was tactfully apprehended and on his personal search 01 Chinese grenade was recovered and on his further disclosure 01Chinese Pistol ,01 Pistol Magzine, 04 Pistol Rounds and 02 more Chinese hand Grenades were recovered. The statement furth...

At least five people are feared dead in a road accident in Keshwan area of District Kishtwar. Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Ashok Kumar Sharma told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that five people have died on the spot while one is being shifted to hospital. The injured are being shifted to District Hospital Kishtwar for treatment—(KNO) More details awaited

Drivers ferrying tourists from one place to another in Kashmir Valley Thursday staged a protest accusing traffic cops in rural areas of harassment. They sought remedial measures saying that tourists too face a lot of inconveniences when are they are being repeatedly stopped and harassed at every checkpoint in rural areas. “The rural traffic cops stop our vehicles despite the fact we carry all the documents and pay road tax. This happens whether we ferry tourists to Pahalgam, Gulmarg or Sonmarg,” the protesting drivers who assembled at Press Enclave Srinagar told news agency Kashmir News Trust. “We are made to stop at not less than 10 places while ferrying tourists to tourist spots by the traffic cops on the one or the other pretext. We face a lot of harassment and even tourists ge...