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Srinagar: A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, Naveed Jatt, who was wanted for the murder of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, was killed on Wednesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, police sources said. Although an official confirmation was still awaited, the sources said that Jatt, alias Abu Hanzullah, was among the two militants […]

Srinagar: A gunfight broke out between security forces and holed-up militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday. After receiving specific information about the presence of militants in Kulgam district’s Tazipora village on Tuesday evening, security forces including Rashtriya Rifles (RR), special Operations Group (SOG) of the state police and Central Reserve Police Force […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Friday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. The gunfight took place in an orchard area of the Dragad-Sugan village after security forces surrounded the area following information about the presence of militants. “Bodies of the two slain militants and their […]

Srinagar: One militant and an overground worker (OGW) of militants were killed in a shootout on Monday between the security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district. Police sources said a patrol party of the Rashtriya Rifles was fired upon by militants in Chitragam village of Shopian district on Monday. “A patrol party […]

Srinagar: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a woman and injured a minor boy on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police sources said. The woman identified as Nigeena was critically wouded in the shooting in Narbal village of Kakapora area. “Sifted to a hospital she was declared dead on arrival by the doctors. A […]

Srinagar: Two local militants belonging to Ansar Ghazwatul Hind (AGH) outfit were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district. Police sources said bodies of two slain militants have been recovered along with their weapons from the encounter site in Awneera village of Zainapora area in Shopian […]

Srinagar: An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, a police official said. Acting on credible inputs about the presence of militants in Achabal area of the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there this morning, the official said. He […]

Jammu: An Indian Army soldier was injured on Monday as Pakistan violated ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, defence sources said. The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing at Indian positions in the Krishna Ghati (KG) sector. The injured soldier was shifted to hospital. “Indian positions […]

Srinagar: Four militants of the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) were killed on Sunday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. This was the second gunfight with AGH militants this month and came within a month of the new outfit’s commander Zakir Musa’s death in a gunfight in Pulwama district. Director General of […]

Srinagar: One militant was killed on Sunday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, police said. The gunfight started after the militants fired at the security forces who were carrying out a search and cordon operation in Bugam village of Chadoora area. “The identity of the slain militant is […]

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia and lodged a formal protest over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in its administered Kashmir, which it said killed two civilians and injured four others. Director-General at the South Asian Desk of the Foreign Ministry Mohammad Faisal […]