Pulwama second-worst district, but situation in Anantnag, Baramulla improving Anantnag: Since the beginning of this month, Srinagar district has been reporting more than 5 times the number of cases that Anantnag and Baramulla, the only two districts which come close to Srinagar in terms of population, have. Srinagar is also contributing nearly 30 percent of […]
Anantnag: A local Hizbul Mujahideen militant and an army soldier were killed during a gunfight between government forces and militants here in Pulwama district. Another army soldier, Sepoy Vikas, was wounded during the gunfight. “He was shot in the knee and is stable, being treated,” an army officer said. The slain militant, as per police […]
Anantnag: Militants, believed to be two in number, managed to escape a cordon and search operation following an intense exchange of gunfire with government forces here in Kulgam district of south Kashmir past Saturday midnight. The operation was called off after almost ten hours of searches in Singhpora area of Kulgam district. A senior police […]
Anantnag: Bilal Ahmad Lone, 40, in whose house three JeM militants including a top Pakistani commander were killed in a gunfight with government forces, committed suicide by hanging himself on Sunday, less than a month after the gunfight. “He was found hanging in his house this morning and declared dead by the doctors,” police sources […]
Also violates High Court order that banned construction within 250 metres of Lidder River Anantnag: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MLC from Anantnag, Sofi Yousuf and his family have squatted upon a piece of prime state land and constructed on it a two-storey shopping complex in their native Srigufwara in this south […]
Anantnag:Militants, believed to be two in number, managed to escape a cordon and search operation following an intense exchange of gunfire with government forces here in Kulgam district of south Kashmir past Saturday midnight. The operation was called off after almost ten hours of searches in Singhpora area of Kulgam district. A senior police official […]
More resignations by BJP workers follow Anantnag: A Sarpanch, affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Thursday was shot at and killed by militants in Vessu area of Anantnag district. The 40-year-old Sajad Ahmad Khanday son of Ali Muhammad Khanday was shot at by unidentified gunmen right outside his house in Vessu area at […]
Anantnag: While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in many parts of Kashmir celebrated, danced and hoisted the Tricolour on Wednesday on the first anniversary of Article 370 abrogation, three among them resigned from the party in Kond village of Kulgam district after “apologizing” to the people of the area. Their resignation came hours after […]
Anantnag: The abrogation of Article 370 was supposed to end militancy in Kashmir and usher the erstwhile state into an “everlasting” peace. A year later, the situation on the ground has not changed, with militancy intact despite a record number of militants killed by government forces. Government forces have killed more than 135 militants since […]
Two cops injured in militant attack in Pulwama Anantnag: A Panchayat member, affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was shot at and injured critically by suspected militants outside his home in Akhran area of Mirbazar, here in Kulgam district of South Kashmir. The injured Panch has been identified as 32 year old Arif Ahmad […]