JAMMU — A militant holed up in a border village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district was killed by security forces on Wednesday in a more than 15-hour operation during which his partner was also shot dead and a CRPF jawan lost his life, officials said. According to them, two senior officers escaped unhurt even […]
JAMMU — A suspected Pakistani militant was killed by security forces after the ultras attacked a village near the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening and injured a civilian, police said. A massive operation is on to flush out the remaining holed-up militants who are believed to have […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday released a sketch of a militant involved in the attack on a passenger bus in Reasi district and announced a Rs 20 lakh reward for information about him. On Sunday, militants opened fire at the 53-seater bus carrying pilgrims when it was en route from the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said Monday the militant attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Reasi district was part of nefarious designs to spread turmoil in the Jammu region, and asserted that such an attempt would be thwarted. Nine people were killed and 41 injured as militants opened fire at […]
JAMMU — An NIA team has reached Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district and is coordinating with local police probing into the militant attack on a passenger bus that left nine people dead and several injured, officials said on Monday. Meanwhile, security forces have also launched a massive cordon and search operation to track down the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has approved an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh each for the next of kin of those killed in the militant attack on a bus in Reasi district, an official spokesman said on Monday. Sinha has also approved Rs 50,000 each for those injured, the spokesman said. […]
JAMMU — Nine people including three women were killed and 33 injured as a bus carrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi plunged into a deep gorge after an ambush by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday evening, police said. The militants opened fire at the bus when it was en route […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a third consecutive term at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Sunday. Along with Modi, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Amit Shah also took oath as cabinet ministers, while party president J P Nadda returned to the cabinet after five years, indicating […]
NEW DELHI — President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed NDA Parliamentary Party leader Narendra Modi as Prime Minister-designate and the new government will take oath on Sunday evening. Murmu handed over the letter of appointment to Modi, who called on her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Friday evening. Earlier, leaders of the BJP-led NDA […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman and Jamia Masjid chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Friday placed under house arrest and barred from offering congregational prayers at the mosque here, its managing body said. In a statement, Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar, the managing body of the grand mosque located in Nowhatta area of the […]