Srinagar: Bodies of five people have been recovered from the wreckage of the Indian Air Force plane that crashed in Garend Kalan in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday morning. Officials said that so far five bodies have been recovered and the searches are on. Soon after the fighter jet crashed, at least three blasts took […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday raided residence of an active Jaish-e-Muhammad militant in southern Kashmir’s Tral area. Sources said that the sleuths of NIA in the wee hours raided the house of Mudasir Khan, an active militant of JeM.They said that besides Khan the sleuths also raided the residence of Suraj Manzoor Malik, a resident […]
Srinagar: Pakistan on Tuesday alleged that Indian troops late evening resorted to indiscriminate shelling from across the dividing line, leaving at least four civilians dead and 11 others wounded in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK). The machinegun, mortar and artillery shelling began at about 5:30pm simultaneously in Kotli, Bhimber and Poonch districts and was “intense and […]
Shopian: Two unidentified militants have been killed in ongoing encounter between militants and government forces in Memander area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports said that two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter and operation is on. Earlier joint team of army, CRPF and SOG launched cordon and search operation in Memandar on specific inputs […]
Srinagar: Tension was palpable in Kashmir on Tuesday after Indian Air Force fighter jets struck militant camps deep inside the territory of the neighbouring country. Residents of Srinagar and other major towns in the valley could be seen discussing in small groups the fallout of the IAF’s pre-dawn strikes inside the Pakistani territory. “We hope […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said India has committed “aggression” by violating the LoC and Islamabad has “right to respond”. His remarks came after combat jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) bombed militant camps at multiple locations across the Line of Control (LoC) on the Pakistani side in a pre-dawn […]
Srinagar: Indian Air Force planes violated the Line of Control (LoC), intruding from the Muzaffarabad sector, Pakistan Army’s Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations Major-General Asif Ghafoor said on his official Twitter account early on Tuesday. Ghafoor in his tweet said “Indian Air Force violated Line of Control”, following which “Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled” and Indian […]
Srinagar: Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on Article 35A, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday said any fiddling with Jammu and Kashmir’s special status would have serious and far-reaching consequences in the state. Addressing party functionaries, workers and delegates at the NC headquarters here, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister warned that […]
Jammu: Asserting that there was “no signs of decline” in militancy, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbagh Singh Monday said the forces were determined to restore peace in the state. The statement comes days after 49 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel died in an attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in southern Kashmir. “Pakistan-sponsored militancy is […]
Srinagar: Two Pakistani nationals, who were top commanders of the Jaish-e-Mohammad and wanted for a “series of crimes”, were among the three militants killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said Monday. The militants have been identified as Raqib Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Shiganpora in Kulgam, and Pakistani nationals Waleed and […]
