Srinagar: One of the two militants slain in Marhama, Bijbehara area of Anantnag in south Kashmir in a gunfight with government forces has been identified as Sajad Ahmad Bhat who owned the car used in Lethpora Car Bomb attack in February this year that left 50 CRPF personnel dead. A police officer said that Sajad […]
Anantnag: Dead body of a civilian has been recovered from the encounter site in Bidoora area of Achabal of Anantnag district Tuesday morning. An official said the body was recovered with bullet marks. He identified the deceased as Nasir Ahmad, a resident of Achabal who was a tractor driver by profession. Earlier, a foreign militant and […]
Srinagar: Two unnamed militants have shunned the path of violence and surrendered in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said the identities of the two youths have been kept secret due to threat perception to their lives. “With the help of community members and family, two more youths from Pulwama […]
Srinagar: Two army personnel injured in a vehicle-based Improvised Explosive Device attack in Pulwama last night have succumbed to injuries. Srinagar based army spokesperson said that two soldiers, who were brought to a military hospital with severe contusions, concussions, have succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment in 92 Base Hospital. “We deeply mourn the demise of […]
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday blamed Egypt’s “tyrants” for the death of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi who died in a Cairo hospital after fainting during a court session. “History will never forget those tyrants who led to his death by putting him in jail and threatening him with execution,” Erdogan, a […]
Anantnag: Two militants and an army man have been killed in an ongoing encounter between government forces and militants in Marhama village of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district Tuesday morning. A police official said that two militants have been killed while as the operation is underway. He said that the identity of slain militants […]
Jammu: Seven suspected drug peddlers were arrested and narcotics seized from them in Poonch and Jammu districts Monday, officials said. A police party conducted raids following which four drug peddlers, identified as Shakeel Ahmed, Shafaat Ali, Musharraf Parvaiz and Waseem Sakinder, who were involved in drug trafficking business, were kept under preventive detention, they said, […]
Srinagar: A fierce gunfight raged between government forces and joint forces in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district’s Bijbehara Tuesday morning. Sources said that acting on inputs about the presence of militants, a joint team of forces including 3 RR, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police’s SOG launched a search operation in the area. As the search operation […]
Srinagar: One soldier was killed and at least nineteen others besides two civilians, who were working in their fields, were injured when militants triggered off explosives-laden in a car at Aarihal village in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Monday evening. Official sources said that around 06:00 pm militants triggered the blast as soon as army’s […]
Srinagar: Scores of Kashmir University students held in absentia prayers for the deposed Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi who died in court on Tuesday night. Students residing in M A and M A K boys hostel, Kashmir University held prayers in absentia for the first Egyptian president Dr. Muhammad Morsi. According to witnesses, dozens of hostel […]
