Srinagar, Oct 18: At least Seven army soldiers were injured and a Casper vehicle was damaged in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast at Lassipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. A police official said that around 9:45 pm militants triggered the IED planted under a bridge on Trichal-Lassipora road when the armored vehicle […]
Pulwama October 18: A militant was killed after naka was laid by forces in Kakapora area of Pulwama. Reprots said that newly recruited Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) militant Showkat Yousuf was killed in an brief encounter. Reports said that Showkat had joined militancy few days ago on 2nd October, 2018. Showkat had qualified B – Pharmacy.
Srinagar, Oct 17: A police officer and two policemen were injured in a grenade attack in Pattan area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. A police spokesperson said deputy superintendent of police Zaffar Ahmad and two cops who were part of a naka party were injured after unidentified persons lobbed a grenade towards them. […]
Srinagar, Oct 17: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has called a protest shutdown on Thursday against the “atrocities being inflicted on people including gruesome killings, arbitrary arrests and PSAs, destruction of homes, harassment of students attack on journalists and all other measures of repression.” […]
Srinagar, Oct 17: Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Mehraj ud Din Bangroo was among four persons killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Fateh Kadal area of Srinagar’s old city on Wednesday, police said. Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh identified the two militants killed in a gunfight as Mehraj ud Din Bangroo and Faid Mushtaq […]
Srinagar, Oct 17: Gunfight broke out between militants and the government forces in Fateh Kadal area of Srinagar’s old city on Wednesday morning. Reports said forces cordoned off Fateh Kadal area this morning after “specific information” about presence of some militants. As soon as the forces approached the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired at […]
Srinagar: Polling began in 36 wards in the fourth and final phase of the municipal polls in Kashmir on Tuesday morning. Polling began at 6 am and is slated to end at 4 pm. In the final phase, the electorate will seal the fate of 150 candidates in Srinagar and Ganderbal districts. As many as […]
Srinagar, Oct 15: Former Mirwaiz south Kashmir Qazir Yasir and a Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Ashiq Hussain Narchoor were booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted to a jail in Jammu on Monday. Yasir was arrested last week after his press conference in which he vowed support for the people of Redwani village of Kulgam demonstrating […]
Srinagar, Oct 14: Militants on late Sunday evening stuck at retired police officer’s residence and decamped with two weapons along with magazines in Gopalpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Reports said that the gunmen barged inside the house of retired Superintendent of Police (SP), Ghulam Mohammad Gurezi at Noorani colony in Gopalpora area of […]
Jammu, Oct 14: The Indian and Pakistan Armies traded fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, defence sources said. The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions at the Digwar sector in Poonch district, sources said. “They used small arms and automatics to target Indian positions. Our […]