JAMMU — A seek and destroy operation to track down three terrorists, believed to be hiding in a forested area in Panjthirthi-Barota in Kathua following an encounter last night, resumed Tuesday with multiple agencies engaged in the effort, officials said. The area was placed under a cordon after the Monday night gunfire between police and […]
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Gunshots fired in Kathua during search for terrorists, night cordon laid
JAMMU — A police team came under fire from terrorists in a combing operation in Kathua district Monday night, an officer said. The operation is still underway in the Panjtirthi area of the Ramkote belt, an officer said. This is the third such confrontation in the past eight days. In the wake of the violent […]
Operation to continue till last terrorist neutralised in Kathua: DIG
JAMMU — Jammu-Kathua Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Shiv Kumar Sharma on Monday reaffirmed the police force’s commitment to eliminating every terrorist operating in the hills of the region, saying the ongoing operation in Kathua district would continue until the last terrorist is neutralised. He urged the citizens living along the border to report any […]
Search operations intensified in Kathua to track down infiltrating terrorists; 6 held for questioning
JAMMU — Security forces have intensified search operations using aerial surveillance and sniffer dogs following a night-long cordon after fresh reports of suspected movement of three individuals, believed to be terrorists, who escaped a recent encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. Two terrorists and four policemen were killed while three others, including […]
LG visits families of 4 cops killed in Kathua encounter, promises govt jobs to kin
JAMMU — March 31 Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visited the families of four policemen who lost their lives in an encounter with Pakistani terrorists in Kathua district on Monday and expressed his condolences and support to them. Two infiltrating terrorists and four policemen were killed, while three others, including a deputy superintendent […]
PM Modi to flag off first Vande Bharat train to Kashmir on April 19
JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the first Vande Bharat train to Kashmir on April 19 from Katra, marking the completion of the 272-kilometre Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project. The Jammu-Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express will initially operate from Katra as the Jammu railway station is undergoing renovation. According to officials, the rail link […]
Union Minister announces jobs, monetary compensation for kin of cops killed in Kathua encounter
JAMMU — Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday visited the families of Jaswant Singh and Balwinder Singh, two policemen who were killed during an encounter in Kathua district, and announced government jobs for their next of kin. Singh also announced financial aid up to Rs 70 lakh per family and a memorial gate each […]
LG visits hospital, enquires about health of cops injured in Kathua encounter
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday visited the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu and enquired about the health of the police personnel injured in an encounter with terrorists in Kathua district earlier this week. Four police personnel and two terrorists — believed to be affiliated with Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad — were killed in […]
Amid multi-tier security, pilgrims pay obeisance at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine
REASI — Thousands of pilgrims flocked the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir as the nine-day Chaitra Navratri festival began on Sunday. Heavy security arrangements, including AI-enabled CCTV cameras and drones, have been deployed at the base camp of the bhawan and along the route to avert any untoward incident, […]
No weapon snatched by terrorists during Kathua encounter: Police
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said there was no snatching of weapons by terrorists during the two-day-long gunfight in a remote forested area in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. All unaccounted weapons and other belongings of the four slain policemen have been recovered, a police spokesperson said. Four policemen and […]







