SRINAGAR — Security forces on Wednesday busted a militant hideout in forest area of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. “Security forces uncovered a militant hideout in the Namblan forest area of Baramulla and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, ” the officials said. They said during the search, security forces recovered […]
SRINAGAR — At least eight houses were damaged in a fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla town, officials said on Tuesday. The fire broke out in one of the houses in the congested residential area of Jalal Sahib in the Old Baramulla town on Monday night and quickly spread to the adjoining houses, the officials […]
SRINAGAR — An army jawan died of firearm injuries sustained from his service rifle at a forward location in Kamalkote sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Wednesday. Naik B T Rao (25), hailing from Andhra Pradesh, died on Tuesday. The bullet was fired from the service rifle of the deceased jawan, […]
SRINAGAR — Militants have hurled a grenade at a police post in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, but there was no damage to property or loss of life in the incident, police said on Wednesday. “A blast was heard from the rear side of the police post at Old Town in Baramulla around 9:20 pm […]
SRINAGAR — Eight persons were arrested by Police in North kashmir’s Baramulla district on tuesday for tempting and assisting mentally unstable man in building a holy Kaaba look-alike structure in Waripora Kunzar. According to officials, Abdul Razak, a resident of Waripora Kunzar, who is said to be mentally unstable, was encouraged by the accused to […]
JAMMU — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Sunday demanded a judicial inquiry into two alleged incidents of human rights violations in Kathua and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Iltija, daughter of PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, visited the family of a youth who recently committed suicide in Kathua […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday condemned the killings of two civilians in Kathua and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir. This cycle will continue until accountability is fixed, he said in a post on X. Makhan Din (26), a resident of Batodi village in Kathua accused of being involved in […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Thursday termed the killing of a civilian driver in army firing as shocking, while Apni Party leader Altaf Bukhari called for a probe into the incident that took place in Baramulla district. “Shocking that after a civilian killing in Kathua dubbed as an ‘OGW’ another civilian from Sopore […]
JAMMU — Asserting that recent deaths in Kathua and Baramulla “risk alienating” local population, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that he has taken up these incidents with the Centre. He insisted that both cases be investigated in a time-bound and transparent manner. In Billawar area of Kathua district, a 26-year-old […]
SRINAGAR — Army on Thursday said that they fired few gunshots towards a vehicle after it did not stopped at Naka in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a post on X, The Chinar Corps of Army wrote, “On 05 February 2025, based on a specific intelligence input about move of terrorists, a Mobile Vehicle Check […]