Baramulla: The army on Thursday claimed to have recovered arms and ammunition in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district along the Line of Control (LoC). Commanding officer 88 RR, Col Vivek Venkat, held a press conference at Uri brigade headquarters where he said that the army had received several inputs in the past week […]
Baramulla: Government forces on Thursday found an improvised explosive device (IED) in Rafiabad area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, which was later defused. Officials said that the IED was found by the road-opening party of army’s 32 RR inside a passenger shed at Chatloora village on the Baramulla-Kupwara road. They said that later teams of […]
BARAMULLA: Police on Wednesday claimed to have apprehended a militant associates in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and also recovered a hand grenade on his disclosure. Police said that on a reliable information that a youth Altaf Ahmed Bhat son of Ali Mohammad Bhat of Kanthpora, Sogam has come in contact with Hizbul Mujahideen militants and […]
Baramulla: An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detected in Armpora area of Kupwara along Sopore-Kupwara road on Monday and later defused by the bomb disposal squad. Officials said that army soldiers and police spotted the IED in a sand bag near a bridge with its wires connected to an iron road under the bridge. It […]
Kupwara: Police in Kupwara on Sunday arrested a fake doctor who was practising in Kupwara town as a general physician. Masood Ahmad Khan, a resident of Pamposh Colony in Natipora Srinagar, was practising at a private clinic near the Kupwara government health centre for the past two months. The accused had placed a fake name […]
BARAMULLA: A leopard electrocuted to death in Lontha village of Tehsil Karnah in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday morning. Locals said that a leopard entered the village in the wee hours of Sunday and jumped over to an electric transformer where he came into contact with a live wire and received electric shock, they […]
BARAMULLA: A book on poetry collection titled Nida written by famous poet Bashar Zogiyari was released in a function at Sheeri area of Baramulla on Sunday, held under the banner of Sagar Cultural Forum Chokar Pattan. Ex director Radio Kashmir Syeed Humayun Kaiser was the chief guest,and Broadcaster Rashid Nizami was the guest of honour. […]
‘Militants killed in Pattan had held hostage 12 civilians in a house’ Baramulla: The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday told reporters that the three militants killed in Yadipora Pattan encounter on Friday were affiliated with Hizb ul Mujahideen outfit, which indicates that Hizb ul Mujahideen is trying to re-establish itself in […]
Baramulla: Police on Saturday said that an encounter had started between militants and government forces in Warnow area of frontier district Kupwara. Official sources in the police department said that on receiving a tip about presence of a group of militants, army’s 28 RR, police and other forces cordoned off Dana Behak area in Warnow […]
Kupwara: An army soldier was killed while two others received injuries during cross-LoC firing in Nowgam sector of Handwara in frontier district Kupwara on Saturday afternoon. Sources said that after a lull of more then a week, the forces of India and Pakistan traded heavy firing in Nowgam sector. Sources said that Pakistani forces violated […]