Second gunfight in less than 24 hours in Dachnipora area; Ansar still not ‘wiped out’ in Kashmir Bijbehara: Two militants of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), the purported offshoot of Al-Qaeda, were killed in a “chance encounter” with government forces here in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district on Wednesday, police said. The killings came a little less […]
Anantnag: A girl student from Bijbehara area of Anantnag district, pursuing an MBBS degree in Bangladesh, died in a freak accident at her hostel in the neighboring country. She is the third female MBBS Kashmiri student to die in Bangladesh since 2019. Her family has made fervent appeals to the Jammu and Kashmir administration to […]
Bijbehara: Two local militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen were killed Tuesday afternoon in a gunfight with government forces, here in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. The gunfight was the second in less than 24 hours in south Kashmir. On Monday evening. militants managed to give government forces the slip after engaging them in […]
Anantnag: A gunfight between militants and government forces is taking place in Shopian district, police said on Monday evening. Police sources told Kashmir Reader that the militants might have escaped, taking advantage of darkness, but the operation was still going on when this report was filed. “A combing operation is being carried out. We guess […]
Illogical, bizarre diktat: Traders Asked them to revoke the order: Director Urban Local Bodies Anantnag: Municipal authorities in Kokernag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district have asked shopkeepers to keep their shops open for more than sixteen hours or face “consequences” in the face of any deviation from the order. Shopkeepers have been asked to […]
Anantnag: More than half a dozen villages, in the Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, lack all-weather connectivity and are dependent on dangerous, makeshift footbridges, as the construction of two pivotal bridges has been languishing for more than ten years now. The bridges over the Sindh River, one called the Akal-Bridge and another one […]
Anantnag: A non-local labourer was shot at and injured by unidentified gunmen Friday morning in the Pulwama district of South Kashmir, police said. The injured non-local has been identified as Muneer-ul-Islam, son of Abdul Karim, a reisdent of West Bengal’s Dinajpur. “He had three bullet wounds, one on the right side of the chest and […]
Anantnag: A vital bridge, that would have connected dozens of villages in Srinagar periphery to the old national highway, lies incomplete more than thirteen years after it was sanctioned. The 120-meter-long bridge in the Pandrethan area, on the outskirts of Srinagar city, was aimed at connecting Lasjan, Soibugh, Padshahibagh, and some other areas to the […]
Anantnag: Three militants affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in a gunfight with government forces Tuesday evening, here in Shopian district in south Kashmir, the police said. The slain militants were yet to be identified when this report was filed. A police source, however, said that the militants are believed to have been local residents. […]
Family suspects foul play, Gujarat Police says ‘suicide, prima facie’ Anantnag: A 22-year-old student from Kulgam district was found dead, hanging from a ceiling fan inside his university hostel room in Anand district of Gujarat, Sunday morning. His family, alleging foul play, has demanded an impartial probe even as the Gujarat Police says that the […]