Srinagar, December 15: Another civilian was killed in clashes with the government forces near the encounter site in Kharpora Sirnoo area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Reports said that Abid Hussain Lone of Kareemabad was injured critically after forces used live ammunition, pellets and tear gas to chase away protesters near the gunfight […]
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Three militants killed, two Armymen injured in Pulwama encounter
Srinagar, Dec 15: Three militants were killed and two armymen injured after a encounter broke out between militants and goverment forces in Kharpora, Sirnoo area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday morning. A senior Police official told GNS that three militants were killed in Brief exchange of firing however their identification is yet to […]
Shopian attack: One more cop succumbs toll 4
Srinagar, Dec 11: One more cop who was injured in a militant attack today at Zainapora area of Shopian in south Kashmir succumbed to his injuries, taking the death toll of policemen to four. Earlier in the afternoon, three policemen were killed on the spot and the another suffered critical injuries after militants attacked the […]
Four LeT militants involved in Shujaat Bukhari killing: Police
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday claimed that four Lashkar-e-Toiba militants, including Naveed Jhat who escaped from SMHS hospital, were involved in the killing of senior journalist and Chief Editor ‘Rising Kashmir’ Shujaat Bukhari. Addressing a press conference, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, SP Pani said the conspiracy to kill Bukhari was hatched in Pakistan […]
JRL calls for valleywide shutdown on June 25
Srinagar, June 24: Expressing serious concern over the re-starting of operation All-Out and CASOS with full vengeance against the people of Kashmir especially in South Kashmir which has resulted in the killing of four innocent civilians in the firing of trigger-happy forces, JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik has […]
Youth shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kulgam
Srinagar, June 17: A youth was killed after attacked by unknown gunmen at Kelam area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday evening. Confirming the incident SSP Kulgam Harmeet Singh said that militants fired upon a person namely Mohd Iqbal Kawa and has been shifted to Jaglat Mandi hospital where he succumbed to injuries. Soon after […]
Local recruits & Burhan Wani’s killing: Security officials map militancy’s new patterns in the Valley
By Muzamil Jaleel NewDelhi, June 04-THE killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8, 2016, marks a watershed in militancy in the Valley because it is directly linked to a cycle of recruitments to this day, says a confidential report prepared by security agencies and accessed by The Indian Express. The report, tracing the […]
J&K: Minor reshuffle in administration
Srinagar, Apr 10: The state government on Tuesday ordered transfer of heads of various departments. In an order issued through General Administration Department here under number 580-GAD of 2018, dated10-04-2018, government has ordered transfers of following heads of departments: 1. Masarat Hashim, KAS, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Srinagar, is transferred and posted as Deputy Director, Tourism, […]
‘I broke the back of militancy in J&K’
In our brutalised society, when we think of a cop, we conjure up an image of a cynical, aggressive, suspicious and conservative person. Sporting short hair, strict facial expression and a well-decorated uniform, Ashkoor Wani, Inspector General of Police, CIV, in a conversation with Ajaz Rashid, shares some memorable ‘lighter’ moments from his life […]