Shopian: A militant was killed while his associate laid down his arms before government forces during an encounter at Hanzipora village which broke out on Friday afternoon here in Shopian district. A police source said that a cordon and search operation in the village was launched by a joint team of government forces including 34 […]
Srinagar: Militants targeted a police station in Anantnag district on Friday, lobbing a grenade at it but the explosion did not cause any damage, police said. At about 8.45 pm, militants hurled a grenade towards Police station Bijbehara in the south Kashmir district, a police official said. He said the grenade exploded near the police […]
Srinagar: An infiltration bid was foiled along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district on Friday, officials said. Security forces foiled the infiltration bid in Tangdhar area, the officials said. Some arms and ammunition were left behind by the infiltrators. The recovery includes an AK-47 rifle, a pistol, two hand grenades and six packets […]
Jammu” Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Friday said “we have reached a stage where some more efforts” were needed to end the militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. The statement comes a day after General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lieutenant General D P Pandey said army’s role in the Kashmir […]
Srinagar: The number of Pakistani militants active in Kashmir has been dropping over the years due to several reasons like militancy financing watchdog FATF’s pressure on Islamabad and these militants keeping a distance and working only as advisors, a senior Army officer said on Friday. He said the neighbouring country’s attempt to project the situation […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said it is bizarre that the government wants to hold elections in Jammu and Kashmir first and grant statehood later. He said the Congress and other parties in Jammu and Kashmir want statehood first and the elections later. “Congress and other J&K parties and leaders want […]
New Delhi: Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with top political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir as a “very positive step”, veteran Congress leader and former J&K governor Karan Singh on Friday said statehood must be restored before holding assembly polls there and asserted that such a move would go a long way in helping […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with top political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir as a “drama” and a “PR exercise”. Modi held talks with top political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and told them that the Centre’s priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy […]
Srinagar: Seven Covid patients lost their lives in J&K while 498 fresh Covid cases were detected in the last 24 hours, the official daily bulletin reported on Friday. Of the new cases, 289 were reported in Kashmir Division and 209 in Jammu Division, the bulletin said. Of the 7 deaths, 5 were reported in Jammu […]
Anantnag: The ebbing of the second wave of Covid-19 in Kashmir valley is evident in the number of recoveries during the month of June, which is more than double the number of fresh Covid cases detected in this month. The number of active cases of Covid in Kashmir division has also gone down by 80 […]