Militants managed escape after a fire fight in which a Special Police Officer (SPO) of police was killed while a policeman was injured in Beerwah area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Official sources told GNS that there was a lull after initial gunfight. Subsequently, they said, searches were launched but no contact with the militants […]
A 44-year-old army trooper died due to cardiac arrest near Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Friday. They said on the intervening night of 18 and 19 February, Havildar Data Ram (44) of 03 Raj Riffles of army suffered major heart attack and died on the spot at LOC (SPG). […]
Three militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed on Friday in an overnight encounter in Badigam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar told GNS, that three militants have been killed in the gunfight which had started on thrusday night. However their identity is yet to be ascertained, the IGP Said. Earlier, […]
Srinagar, February 19: A Special Police officer of Police has been killed while as another policeman injured in an ongoing fierce encounter in Beerwah area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A senior police officer told GNS, that one SPO has lost his life namely Altaf Ahmad, while as another Policeman injured namely Manzoor Ahmad in […]
Gunfight broke out in midnight between the government forces and militants in Beerwah area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. “Encounter has started at Beerwah area of Budgam. Police and security forces are on the job,” the police stated. On Thursday night, a gunfight had broken out in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, too, wherein, as per […]
Srinagar, Feb 18: A newly recruited militant was arrested amid a cordon-and-search-operation in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. They said based on specific information about the presence of the militants, a joint CASO was launched by police and army’s 55 RR at Main Town Pulwama. During the searches, a police officer […]
Calls upon academic institutions to prepare Skilled Human Capital and complement Government’s efforts to develop Emerging Skill Sets LG advises students to understand human behaviour and people’s attitudes and bring about necessary changes in order to help society at large “Every teacher should prepare the new generation in such a way that they are ready […]
The group of foreign envoys met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday at Raj Bhavan in Jammu on the second day of their visit to Jammu and Kashmir, reported Asian News International (ANI). The delegation led by Ugo Astuto, an EU ambassador, arrived in Kashmir yesterday on a two-day visit and is scheduled to meet […]
By: Musaib Iqbal Srinagar While the J&K administration has not extended any invitation to PAGD leadership or to other mainstream political parties including Congress, most of them have criticized the visit and have claimed that such visits will not change the ground realities of Kashmir. Reacting to the visit of foreign envoys who were on […]
The candidates from National Conference (NC) bagged all the two District Development Council (DDC) chairperson posts in Kishtwar and Ramban district on Thursday. NC candidate Puja Devi in Kishtwar bagged eight votes and won the election for Chairman while Congress candidate Saima Lone was elected as Vice Chairman. In Ramban, NC candidate Shamshad Begum got […]