2 Jaish militants killed in Bijbehara gunfight

2 Jaish militants killed in Bijbehara gunfight

Anantnag: Two militants affiliated with Jaish-e-Muhammad were killed in an overnight gunfight by government forces on Thursday morning here in Kandipora village on the outskirts of Bijbehara town in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The slain militants were identified as Adil Ahmad Bhat, resident of Shithpora Bijbehara and Zahid Ahmad Rather of Sirhama Anantnag. Before the […]

Two major IED attacks averted in Valley, 7 arrested: IGP

Two major IED attacks averted in Valley, 7 arrested: IGP

Says Al-Badr chief’s killing major achievement, 15 youth slapped with PSA for stone throwing in Nowhatta Anantnag: Two major Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) attacks planned to be executed along the NH-44 and on a government building in Pampore were averted as two modules were busted by the police leading to arrest of at least 7 […]

Door-to-door searches follow brief shootout in Bijbehara

Anantnag: Following a brief exchange of fire between militants and government forces, an unknown number of militants are believed to have escaped from the Cordon and Search operation on the outskirts of Bijbehara town in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The exchange of fire took place in Kandipora area of Bijbehara at about 6 pm Wednesday […]

Government’s ‘Flood Mitigation Strategy’ a fiasco

Government’s ‘Flood Mitigation Strategy’ a fiasco

Anantnag: The government in Kashmir is yet to complete even the Phase-1 of its ‘short-term measures’ of flood mitigation strategy, even as there has been no headway on funding for the Phase-2 by the central government, some six years after the strategy was formulated after 125 meetings between officials at the state and centre. The […]

50% of active cases in Kashmir in Srinagar

50% of active cases in Kashmir in Srinagar

Anantnag: More than 50 percent of the active cases of Covid-19 in Kashmir division are in Srinagar district, where the recovery rate is also the lowest among the 10 districts in Kashmir division. As on February 28, the total number of Covid-19 cases recorded in the ten districts of the valley stands at 74,448, of […]

2 militants killed in gunfight in forest area in Srigufwara

2 militants killed in gunfight in forest area in Srigufwara

Police delete tweets claiming 4 militants killed, internet snapped in entire district Anantnag: Police claimed to have killed two unidentified militants in an ongoing gunfight in a forest area in Srigugfwara in Bijbehara, here in Anantnag district, on Wednesday. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar, confirmed the killing of two militants. “The […]

Train fare tripled in Kashmir by renaming trains as ‘mail/express’

Train fare tripled in Kashmir by renaming trains as ‘mail/express’

Change only in name, as trains will continue to stop at all stations Anantnag: Commuters in Kashmir will now have to pay up to three times the train fare for the plain fact that the trains in Kashmir will now be called “mail/express” and not passenger trains. This shocker from the Railways department has come […]

India should talk to Pakistan to stop bloodshed in Kashmir: Mehbooba

India should talk to Pakistan to stop bloodshed in Kashmir: Mehbooba

Anantnag: Former chief minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged the Government of India to talk to Pakistan to stop the ongoing bloodshed in Kashmir valley. “A dialogue process should be initiated, here in Kashmir and if needed with Pakistan, for the BJP has been blaming them for the bloodshed […]

Chaos at toll plaza as people without FASTag pay 2.5 times more

Chaos at toll plaza as people without FASTag pay 2.5 times more

Anantnag: Chaos continues to prevail at the highway toll plaza here in Kai Chachkoot area of Pulwama district along the NH-44, as the deadline for getting a FASTag has passed and commuters without the tag are now paying 2.5 times the toll they used to pay earlier. The Government of India, after extending many deadlines, […]

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