Tag: Jammu And Kashmir

Srinagar: An Army soldier has shot himself dead inside a camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, authorities said. Police said Abishekh Roy Kumar, a wireless operator at a Rashtriya Rifles camp, shot himself dead with his service rifle on Friday evening. “The soldier died on the spot. The reason behind his death is unknown,” […]

Srinagar: Five members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar on Saturday, police said. The victims, two females, a male and two minor children, were found dead in Bemina area. The family, belonging to Kupwara district, was living in a rented accommodation. “The apparent cause of […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed and three soldiers injured on Thursday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police sources said the two militants belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in the ongoing fighting in Gulshanpora village of Tral tehsil. “The operation is still on,” an officer said. Earlier, three soldiers were […]

Srinagar: A gunfight erupted on Thursday between the security forces and holed up militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. Police said security forces started a cordon and search operation in Gulshan pora village of Tral area after receiving information about the presence of militants there. “As the cordon around the hiding militants […]

Srinagar: At least 11 persons were injured on Saturday in clashes between the security forces and civilian protesters near the site of a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports from the area said stone pelting youth attacked the security forces near the gunfight site in Hajin Payeen village where four militants were killed […]

Jammu: The Indian and Pakistani armies on Monday traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir prompting authorities to shut down schools in the vicinity. The Pakistan Army were using automatics and mortars to target Indian military and civilian facilities, defence sources said. “Unprovoked firing and shelling […]

Srinagar: Three militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, while two civilians died in subsequent clashes in the area, police said. The gunfight took place earlier in the day in Sirnoo village after the security forces received a tip-off about the holed-up militants. The […]

Srinagar: A Pakistani commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit and two Kashmiri militants were killed by the Indian forces in an 18-hour-long gun battle that ended on Sunday here in the outskirts of the Jammu and Kashmir capital, police said. The exact identity of the slain militants was being ascertained. An Indian soldier, a […]

Srinagar: A n one-day Hurriyat session on Saturday here was disallowed by the Jammu and Kashmir authorities, who also placed separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq under house arrest. “One day #Hurriyat workers/delegate session barred! Put again under #HouseArrest! Rajbagh office o f Hurriyat sealed! Not allowed any space or scope for any political activity!” Umer […]

Srinagar: In a dramatic development, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was dissolved on Wednesday night after three mainstream parties came together to stake claim to form a government that was countered by Peoples Conference leader Sajad Lone with the BJP’s backing. Governor Satya Pal Malik made a terse announcement saying he was exercising powers conferred […]

Srinagar: Kargil town was the coldest in the Kashmir Valley at minus 9 degrees Celsius on Sunday while the minimum temperatures across the region around the freezing point, the weather office said. According to a Met Department official, the minimum temperatures in Leh, Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Srinagar were minus 5.1 degrees, minus 4.5, minus 1.1 […]

Jammu/Srinagar: Polling began on Saturday for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat elections under tight security arrangements. Voting started at 8 a.m. and will end on 2 p.m. Very few voters were seen outside polling stations in the valley while voters started coming out in good numbers in the Jammu region. Fifteen […]

Jammu: The family of the eight-year-old Kathua rape and murder victim has decided to drop their lawyer Deepika Rajawat as she has barely been available at the court hearings, the victim’s father has said. Those close to the family said he has moved an application in the Pathankot court in Punjab, where the case was […]

Jammu: Curfew continued for the third day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Saturday which was imposed after the killing of BJP state Secretary Anil Parihar and his brother on Thursday night, police said. The Army carried out a flag march in the curfew bound areas of Kishtwar while the police and paramilitary forces […]

Srinagar: Security forces shot dead two militants on Thursday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, triggering street protests in Badgam and Pulwama districts that left a woman badly injured, officials said. A soldier was also injured in the gun battle. Police said in a statement that the dead militants in Bugoo village in […]