SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Thursday said that three militants including a foreign militant came to snatch weapon from a policeman guarding the revered shrine of Hazratbal shrine and in a brief shoot-out, one foreign militant has been killed while two managed to flee from the spot. “Three militants including a foreigner […]
SRINAGAR — Three militants including a Pakistani were killed in two different anti-militancy operations in Kashmir valley on Thursday. Two militants were killed and two army personnel were injured in an encounter between government forces and militants at Naina, Batpora village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir while as another was killed in a brief […]
SRINAGAR — Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a Patwari red-handed inside his house while accepting a bribe in Baghat area of Srinagar. During the raid, the Patwari and his family members misbehaved with the ACB team, prompting ACB to get an FIR lodged against him at the concerned police station. An official from ACB told news […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities on Thursday placed under suspension a forest guard after recovery of illicit timber in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. “Consequent upon receipt of reports regarding seizure of about 90 cfts of Kail timber (sawn), outturn of 03 damaged trees, in compartment 79/NL of Doban Beat of Khurhama Block and prima facie active […]
BUDGAM — The body of a missing soldier has been found in Khag area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. Working as a driver in Jammu Kashmir Light Infantry, Sameer Ahmed Malla, a resident of Lorkpora village of Khag had gone missing a couple of days ago. The soldier who was posted in Jammu […]
PULWAMA — In view of on-going encounter between government forces and militants at Naina, Batpora village in Pulwama district, authorities on Thursday snapped down mobile internet and train service in South Kashmir. The authorities snapped down mobile internet service in some parts of Pulwama and Anantnag district in South Kashmir as a precautionary measure. Further, […]
PULWAMA — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Naina, Batpora village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Naina, Batpora village following the inputs about presence of militants in the […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast dry weather in the two union territories during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court (HC) Wednesday ordered the immediate release of a man from preventive custody while quashing his detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA). A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar directed the government to release forthwith from preventive custody Kaiser Ahmad Beigh of Nai Basti, Anantnag who was booked under the PSA […]
SHOPIAN — A temple was gutted in a fire caused by an electric short circuit in Zainapora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, officials said . Official sources said that Rajona temple in South Kashmir’s Shopian district was gutted due to short circuit in the intervening night. […]