Srinagar, April 23: Two Jaish-e-Mohammad militants were killed in an ongoing encounter with a joint team of police, army and CRPF at Mirhama area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. “Based on specific input generated by police regarding presence of (militants) in Mirhama area of Kulgam, a joint cordon and search operation […]
Srinagar, April 23: Six days after being fired upon along with colleague by a pistol-borne militant at Kakapora Pulwama, a Sub Inspector of Railway Protection Force succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here on Saturday, officials said. The RPF officer identified as Sub Inspector Dev Raj was admitted in SMHS hospital after being attacked […]
Srinagar, Apr 22: General officer commanding (GoC) of Srinagar based 15 Corps, D P Pandey on Friday said that recruitment graph of militancy is going down in the Kashmir Valley. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in Kupwara, Pandey said that the recruitment graph and militancy is going down in the Valley. […]
Srinagar, April 22: Unknown gunmen suspected to be militants fired upon two non-locals in Nowgam area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Friday evening. A top police officer told that two non-local labourers were fired upon by militants this evening at Srinagar-Budgam- Pulwama Border. Both have been shifted to SMHS hospital for treatment. Meanwhile whole […]
Srinagar, April 22: The nearly 40-hour long gunfight between militants and a joint team of police and army ended on Friday with the killing of three Lashker-e-Toiba militants and injuries to four army soldiers, including an officer, besides a policeman. A police officer said that while three bodies were recovered from the encounter site, two […]
Jammu, April 22: Two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) fidayeen and a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer were killed during a fierce gun battle near Sunjwan military station in Jammu Friday. The encounter took place just two days ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the region. Police said that Jaish men were wearing […]
Jammu, Apr 21: Security has been beefed up in Jammu and its adjoining district ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Samba district on April 24, (Sunday), on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Diwas. Officials said that a five-layer security deployment put in place for Prime Minister and Other VIPs which includes personnel’s from elite […]
Srinagar, Apr 21: The government on Thursday said that it can’t afford to procure electricity from outside Jammu and Kashmir due to the exorbitant rates and that the long power cuts will continue for some more time. It said that the shortage of coal in Delhi grid has added to the existing problem while less […]
Srinagar, April 21: A top commander of Lashker-e-Toiba was among two militants killed while four soldiers, including an officer, and a policeman were injured in gunfight at Malwah area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday, officials said. “Acting on specific information generated by Budgam police, a special team of Budgam Police along with Army […]
Srinagar, Apr 20: Amid five-tier security cover, at least 300 additional companies of security forces will be deployed for the peaceful conduct of annual Amarnath Yatra commencing on June 30 this year, officials in the Ministry of Home Affairs said Wednesday. The security top brass has ensured deployment of forces in various layers while pilgrims […]
