SRINAGAR, AUGUST 29 (PTK): A top Hizbul Mujahideen commander and his associate were killed on Wednesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Anantnag district, police said. The two were killed in the Khanabal area gun battle. Police identified the top Hizbul commander as Altaf Ahmad Dar alias Altaf Kachroo and his associate…
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17 (PTK): Keeping the rules set by the Medical council of India at bay, the doctors in the Valley continue to take freebies worth lakhs of rupees to increase the sales of pharma companies. When Press Trust of Kashmir contacted Dr Riyaz Ahmad Daga spokesperson DAK, he conveyed freebies ranges from a simple pen…
SRINAGAR, (PTK): Amarnath Yatra has been suspended from Pahalgam route due to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains and bad weather. This comes a day after the yatra was also suspended from the Baltal route because of similar weather conditions. A flood alert has also been sounded after Jhelum river flowed above the critical 21-feet…
SRINAGAR, JUNE 25 (PTK): Shehla Rashid Student leader and former vice-president of the students union Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) is likely to join National conference (NC). Sources told Press Trust of Kashmir that Shehla Rashid is likely to join NC in the near future adding that things are being worked out to give her…
‘I cannot drink water, it is mingled with blood’ Kashmir issue continues to dominate Indian TV shows. The annual casualty rate is chillingly high. At least 150,000 people have been killed since insurgency began in 1989, according to conservative official estimates. Unofficial estimates are well over 80,000-half of them are civilians. Even after 69 years,…
