Anantnag: Three militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba, one of them the deputy of the outfit’s chief and another a 17-year-old Srinagar youth who had gone missing on April 16, were killed in a gunfight with governmnet forces Sunday evening, here in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, the police have maintained. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Vijay Kumar, […]
Anantnag: South Kashmir’s only Maternity and Child Care Hospital (MCCH) continues to run from a hard-to-approach, unsafe and cramped building, seven years after the government took the first steps to shift the hospital. The MCCH in Sherbagh area of Anantnag is a mishap in the waiting, with authorities in complete know-how of how unsafe and […]
Anantnag: Two militants, one of them a Pakistani national, were killed in an ongoing gunfight between militants and security forces, here in Kulgam district of South Kashmir, the police have said. The gunfight has erupted hours ahead of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu. A Fidayeen attack was also prevented by government forces in […]
Three army soldiers, including officer, injured in ongoing operation Anantnag: The longest surviving commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and two of his unidentified associates were killed in an overnight gunfight here in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, police said. Four security forces’ personnel, including an officer and a policeman, also received minor injuries during the gunfight. […]
Anantnag: In the holy month of Ramadan people in Kashmir have been facing an acute shortage of electricity, with some saying this is the worst ever power crisis. The administration had assured people of adequate power supply during the holy month, even as Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had recently urged consumers to get meters installed […]
Public nuisance, and also possibility of mafia involved in illegal trafficking of children Anantnag: In the holy month of Ramadan, non-local beggars have swarmed Kashmir in the thousands, including women and children, much to the annoyance of locals, particularly in the capital city of Srinagar. Though there is no official number of such non-local beggars […]
Anantnag: A head constable of the Railway Police was killed and a Sub-Inspector was injured grievously, after being shot at by militants outside Kakapora Railway station in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. The slain constable has been identified as Surinder Singh and the injured SI has been identified as Dev Raj. “Both had grievous bullet […]
Anantnag: No one has died of Covid-19 infection here in the ten districts of Kashmir valley in the past 55 days, while the number of fresh infections have stayed low. Jammu division, though, has witnessed four deaths in the same time frame, despite having lower number of infections than Kashmir division. The last death in […]
Anantnag: An army soldier was killed on Friday afternoon in an ongoing gunfight between militants and government forces in Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The slain army man has been identified as Nishan Singh, of army 19 Rashtriya Rifles. “He was injured in the initial exchange of fire and was immediately evacuated to […]
Srinagar: An independent Panchayat head was shot at and killed by suspected militants in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla. The slain Sarpanch was identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo, son of Muhammad Sadiq, a resident of Goshbugh area of Pattan. “He was declared brought dead at the hospital,” a health official said. “He has multiple […]