Nursing students protest in Srinagar, demand release of detained classmate

Nursing students protest in Srinagar, demand release of detained classmate

Srinagar : The paramedical students Tuesday staged a protest demonstration in Srinagar demanding the release of their classmate Muhammad Iqbal who was detained by police on Srinagar-Jammu highway on September 13. Holding placards reading ‘Release Iqbal’, ‘Iqbal is innocent’, ‘Where is the brother of 7 sisters’, the students assembled at Srinagar’s press enclave and chanted […]

Several injured in clashes five militants killed in Kulgham encounter

Several people were injured after they clashed with police on saturday in chowgham village of Kulgam District. Reports said that counter insurgency forces during midnight cordoned off the village and finally identified the house in which militants were hiding. Local reports from the area said that army and security forces used landmine and the house […]

Three militants killed in chowgham gunfight

South kashmir is tense after reports said that three militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight at chowgham village of Kulgam District on saturday morning. Reports said that clashes erupted amid cordon and search operation while two more militants were still engaged with security forces in the area. Authorities have imposed restrictions in entire area […]

Kishtwar accident: Death toll mounts to 17

Kishtwar  accident: Death toll mounts to 17

The death toll in a minibus accident in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir has mounted to 17 after four more injured passengers succumbed, officials said. “Today at about 9:10 am, one matador on its way from Keshwan to Kishtwar rolled down into gorge at Thakrai under the jourisdiction of police station Kishtwar. Seventeen passengers […]

15 killed as bus plunges into gorge in Kishtwar district

15 killed as bus plunges into gorge in Kishtwar district

Srinagar : At least 15 people were killed as a bus plunged into a gorge in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday morning. An official of the administration said that eleven persons were killed on the spot while as fifteen others were injured, nine of them are in an unconscious state and were […]

Jammu gun-battle : 2 Militants Killed, 8 Forces Personnel Injured

Jammu gun-battle : 2 Militants Killed, 8 Forces Personnel Injured

JAMMU — Two militants were killed and eight forces personnel, including a DSP, injured Thursday in an encounter in Jhajjar-Kotli forest belt in Jammu and Reasi district, police said. Government forces, during a cordon and search operation, zeroed in on a location near a house in the Kakriyal area, and surrounded the militants, officials said. […]

Sopore Gunfight: Two militants killed, bodies recovered

Sopore Gunfight: Two militants killed, bodies recovered

Srinagar :Two militants were killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Teliyan Arampora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. An army officer said that two militants were killed in the operation at Taliyan Mohalla area of Arampora, Sopore. The searches are on to retrieve the bodies from the site, […]

Two militants killed in Handwara gunfight: police

Two militants killed in Handwara gunfight:  police

Baramulla: Two unidentified militants were killed today in a pre-dawn encounter with government forces in a village in Handwara of the frontier Kupwara district. Unidentified militants fired upon a joint team of special operations group (SOG) personnel and army’s 30 RR in Galoora village of Handwara in the wee hours today, a police spokesperson told […]

Militants lob grenade on army bunker in Sopore in north Kashmir

Militants lob grenade on army bunker in Sopore in north Kashmir

Srinagar : Militants on Tuesday hurled a grenade on an army bunker in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources said that the militants lobbed a grenade on army Bunker near Degree college, however, there was no loss of life or injury reported so far. The blast created panic in the area. Meanwhile, […]

One militant killed in Achabal, train service suspended

One militant killed in Achabal, train service suspended

Police in a statement on saturday morning said that militants attacked a police picket during midnight and this attack was repulsed. Police said that one militant Bilal Ahmad was killed while they have recovered two vehicles also apprantly used by militants. As the news spread about the killing of miliant, authorities have suspended rail service […]