Srinagar : At least 60 persons were injured, seven of them seriously in government forces action during clashes following a gunfight in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Wednesday. The government forces also called off the operation as militants have reportedly managed to escape. The encounter ensued after a joint team of army’s 9 RR, […]
Srinagar, : At least 50 persons were injured, four of them seriously in government forces action during clashes near encounter site at Kulgam village of south Kashmir on Wednesday. The clashes ensued soon after the encounter broke out between militants and goverment forces at Tazipora area of Mohammad pora today pre-dawn hours. 50 youths suffered […]
Agencies NEW DELHI — Sixty-one forces personnel and 11 civilians were killed while 142 people were injured in 177 militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the first four months of 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said. The statement by Sulekha, Director, MHA came in response to an RTI plea filed by social […]
Agencies Jammu : A major tragedy was averted on Monday with timely detection of a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway, prompting suspension of traffic for nearly one-and-a-half hours, officials said. A bottle filled with liquid material and a polybag filled with some solid material was found on the roadside near […]
Srinagar : A complete shutdown called by Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani against the killing of militant commander Zakir Musa and a civilian hit normal life on Saturday. Reports shops, fuel stations business establishments and educational institution remained shut for the second consecutive day as Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah […]
Tral : Thousands of people on Friday morning attended the funeral prayers of slain militant commander Zakir Musa in his ancestral village Noorpora in Tral area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said thousands of people from various parts of Pulwama district thronged Noorpora village despite restrictions and attended the funeral prayers of Musa. As […]
Srinagar : National Conference has won all three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir. NC president Farooq Abdullah has won Srinagar parliamentary seat, Akbar Lone was declared victorious from Baramulla and Hasnain Masoodi from Anantnag. This will be the fourth win in a Lok Sabha election for Farooq, who has so far lost an election only […]
Poonch : An army soldier was killed and seven others sustained injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion near forward post along Line of Control in Mendhar area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Reports reaching GNS said an army patrol of 12 Madras Regiment was going through the area at […]
Srinagar : Two militants were on Wednesday killed in a gunfight with government forces in Gopalpora village of Damhal Hanjipora area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, said Police. Police in a statement issued after the gunfight was over said “on a credible input, a cordon & search operation was launched by police and security forces […]
Javaid Malik Kulgam: The areas around Asnoor village of Kulgam district are without electric supply in this holy month of Ramadan. The villagers said that in the past few weeks the transformer was damaged twice and was replaced twice. Giving details the village elders said that on the instructions of ground staff of the PDD […]