SRINAGAR — An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday, officials said. However, it is not yet clear whether it was an infiltration attempt, they said. Alert troops noticed suspicious movement along the LoC in the Jumgund area of Keran sector in the north Kashmir district, […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces busted an old terrorist hideout in NagdaNar forest area of Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, officials said on Wednesday. Based on specific input, a joint team of Handwara Police, 21 Rashtriya Rifles and 92 Battalion CRPF conducted a search operation […]
SRINAGAR — Five people were killed and six others were injured after an SUV plunged into the Kishanganga river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday, officials said. The accident took place on Seemari road in Teetwal area of the north Kashmir district. A rescue operation was launched immediately, they said. People who sustained […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has outlined a series of initiatives to strengthen tourism infrastructure and promote new destinations across the Union Territory, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in the Legislative Assembly. Replying to questions in his capacity as Minister in charge of Tourism, Abdullah said Patnitop has been proposed for consideration under […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Wednesday busted a terror module run by an ex-terrorist in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Police in Handwara received reliable information regarding the activities of an ex-terrorist who was operating as a “hybrid terrorist” as part of a module of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in the […]
SRINAGAR — The NIA on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a cross-border terror conspiracy case involving Pakistan-based handlers and a network of local Over Ground Workers (OGWs) allegedly providing logistical and other support to infiltrated terrorists. The searches, conducted across Srinagar, Kupwara, Anantnag, Pulwama and Budgam, were […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a charge-sheet against 10 accused persons, including nine public servants and a private contractor, in connection with the alleged embezzlement of government store material and fraudulent release of security deposits related to the Lastiyal–Kalaroose bridge in Kupwara. The accused include former Executive Engineers Mohammad […]
SRINAGAR — A woman was washed away while hundreds of people were evacuated as multiple cloudbursts struck the Valley on Monday, triggering flash floods in several districts, officials said. Naseema Begum (52) was washed away in a flash flood caused by a cloudburst as she was trying to manoeuvre across a culvert over a swelled […]
SRINAGAR — A seven-year-old boy died after he was struck by a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday, officials said. The child was identified as Rehan Ahmad Dar. Dar was hit by the landslide that occurred near his school in the Mawer area of Handwara in the north Kashmir district. He was […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Monday arrested a fraudster who is wanted in 11 cases of cheating and forgery. “The EOW Kashmir, of the Crime Branch, J&K, has successfully executed a long-pending arrest warrant against Abdul Majeed Mir,” a spokesperson of the EOW said. He said the arrest […]