Anantnag: A health worker was critically wounded after militants, travelling in a car, opened fire at a police party in a bid to escape, here in Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday afternoon. The unknown number of militants managed to flee leaving behind a Santro car, which has no registration plate on […]
Anantnag: An Afghan war participant, who was also an expert Improvised Explosive Device (IED) maker, was among three militants killed in a gunfight with government forces in Kangan area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Kashmir Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar said on Wednesday. Terming the killing of the IED expert as a huge […]
Anantnag: Two local militants of Jaish-e-Muhammad were killed Tuesday morning in a gunfight with government forces in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama. Police were yet to confirm the identities of the militants, officially. However, sources in police said that the slain were locals and associated with the Jaish. They were identified by sources as […]
Anantnag: With the tally of COVID-19 positive cases way over 300 now, Anantnag district continues to be at the top of the list across Jammu and Kashmir even as the district administration has now taken a flurry of steps to curb the spread. The total number of cases in Anantnag presently stand at 338, 44 […]
Anantnag: An unknown number of militants managed to give government forces a slip after engaging them in a brief gunfight in wee hours of Sunday in Pushkreer village of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The operation, following specific inputs about presence of militants in the area, was launched at about midnight on Saturday in Pushkreer village. […]
Anantnag: Two militants, both locals, were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with government forces here in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. The identity of the militants was yet to be ascertained as per the police. Sources, however, said that the duo belonged to Hizbu Mujahideen and were both residents of Kulgam. The slain militants […]
Anantnag: About 74 percent of positive Covid-19 cases in Kulgam, which remains worst-affected in Jammu and Kashmir, constitute travellers entering Kashmir. Kulgam district witnessed its first case in March. The cases remained a few till the travel restrictions remained in place. But the cases in the south Kashmir district started swelling soon after people from […]
Anantnag: A car laden with explosives was intercepted late Wednesday evening by government forces in Rajpora area of Pulwama district, Kashmir Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar told the media on Thursday. A controlled blast of the vehicle was carried out by government forces early Thursday morning after evacuation of the civilians living nearby. […]
Anantnag: The Maternity and Child Care Hospital (MCCH) in Anantnag, under inquiry for alleged negligence that caused deaths of two pregnant women, on late Tuesday night referred a pregnant woman who had twice tested negative for Covid-19 to the Sub-District Hospital (SDH) in Bijbehara, designated to cater to pregnant women who reside in Covid-19 red […]
Anantnag: With very few recoveries, Kulgam district in south Kashmir has the highest number of active Covid-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir. The neighbouring Anantnag district tops the list of highest total positive cases. Kulgam district has a recovery rate of only 6 percent, compared to the 40 percent in Anantnag district. The recovery rate […]