Srinagar, July 8 (IANS) Burhan Wani, Jammu and Kashmir’s most wanted local guerrilla commander who became a poster boy of militancy, was killed on Friday with two associates by security forces in Anantnag district. A…
Srinagar, July 8 (IANS) Burhan Wani, the most sought after local guerrilla commander who had become a poster boy of militancy in Kashmir, was killed along with two associates in a gunfight with security forces…
Jammu, July 7 (IANS) The Indian and Pakistani armies on Thursday exchanged sweets and greetings on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. “On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr,…
Srinagar, July 7 (IANS) Two persons were arrested by police on Thursday in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district for alleged gang rape of a woman. A senior police officer said in summer capital Srinagar, “A complaint…
Srinagar, July 5 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday withdrew cases against 634 youth booked for stone-pelting in different police station areas of the state as a goodwill measure ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, an…
Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) A separatist guerrilla was shot dead so far in an ongoing gunfight between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday, police said. “Security forces launched a…
Srinagar, July 1 (IANS) In the wake of sudden surge in militancy-related violence and a a day ahead of the commencement of Amarnath Yatra, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reviewed the security situation…
Srinagar, July 1 (IANS) Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured on Friday evening in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district when guerrillas attacked their camp, police said. The attack came as even Union…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The annual Amarnath Yatra will commence from Saturday and will continue till August 18 through the two routes of Baltal and Pahalgam, the Union Home Ministry announced on Friday. Home…
Manali, July 1 (IANS) A deluxe bus service that connects this Himachal Pradesh town to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir restarted on Friday after remaining closed for over six months due to snowfall, an official…
Srinagar, July 1 (IANS) In the wake of sudden surge in militancy-related violence, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived here on Friday afternoon on a two-day visit to the valley to chair a security review…
Srinagar, July 1 (IANS) Three people including a police officer and two civilians were injured when guerrillas fired outside a mosque after the Friday prayers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, police said. Police said…
Jammu/Srinagar July 1 (IANS) Thousand of Muslims across Jammu and Kashmir offered prayers on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan today. Hundreds of devotees gathered at the Jamia Masjid in old Srinagar’s…
Jammu/Srinagar, June 30 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar on Thursday recorded season’s highest temperature so far at 34.4 degrees Celsius while the heat wave continued unabated in Jammu where the maximum was 38.7…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, June 30 (IANS) Given the alacrity with which militants have carried out attacks against the security forces this year, the annual Amarnath Yatra to the Himalayan cave shrine beginning July 2…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said there has been a rise in the number of “encounters” in Jammu and Kashmir, but not terror attacks. Parrikar said: “There is an…
Lucknow, June 28 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday announced financial aid of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of five CRPF troopers who died in a terror attack in Jammu…
Srinagar, June 28 (IANS) Militants on Tuesday snatched the service rifle of a security guard posted with a middle-rung Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district. Police said the militants overpowered…
Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Monday it would review the entire security scenario in the state to ensure that militant attacks like the Pampore suicide strike are prevented in…
Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir assembly Deputy Speaker Nazir Ahmad Gurezi on Monday directed the state government to shift a senior IAS officer for his alleged involvement in the suicide attempt by a…