Tag: Jammu And Kashmir

Srinagar: A policeman was killed on Sunday in a gunfight between militants and the security forces here. Upon receiving a tip-off about the holed-up militants, the security forces cordoned off the Deyarwani locality in Batmaloo area. “As the cordon was tightened, the militants fired at the security forces triggering the ongoing gunfight,” police sources said. […]

Jammu: Security forces on Friday recovered arms and ammunition during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. “The army has recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including 9mm pistols, magazines, rounds, one AK-56 rifle, one revolver, 14 hand grenades and one 7.62 mm foreign made rifle,” defence sources said. The recovery […]

Srinagar: A small batch of 346 pilgrims on Thursday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, officials said. The yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 13 vehicles. “This includes yatris going to both Baltal and Pahalgam base camps,” a police officer said. Since it started […]

Jammu: A small batch of 454 pilgrims on Tuesday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley as the annual Amarnath Yatra resumed after remaining suspended for two days, officials said. Police said the yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 11 vehicles. This includes pilgrims going to both Baltal and Pahalgam base […]

Srinagar: Life across the Kashmir Valley remained adversely affected for the second consecutive day due to a separatist-called protest shutdown on Monday. Separatist conglomerate, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for the protest shutdown to voice support for Article 35A. The article has been challenged in the Supreme Court. A petition seeking abrogation of this […]

Srinagar: Five militants were killed by the security forces in an ongoing operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, a defence official said on Saturday. “Five terrorists have been killed so far in the operation that began on Friday evening in Kiloora village,” Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia told the media here. Jammu and […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed and two security men injured on Friday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police said that bodies of two militants were recovered from the site in Behrampora village and that the gunfight had now ended. “A soldier and a policeman were injured in this operation,” a police […]

Jammu: A batch of 603 Amarnath pilgrims left Jammu on Thursday for the cave shrine in the Kashmir Valley, police said. Since it started on June 28, a total of 265,937 pilgrims have already performed the annual pilgrimage. “An escorted convoy of 16 vehicles carrying the 603 Yatris left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here […]

New Delhi: Eighty-seven youths from Jammu and Kashmir have joined militant ranks until July 20, with 12 of them joining after the Governor’s Rule was imposed in the state, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir told Parliament on Tuesday. Replying to a question, Ahir informed the Lok Sabha that the 87 youths […]

Jammu: A batch of 663 pilgrims on Saturday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, an official said. They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 21 vehicles. Some of them would head along the Baltal, others towards the Pahalgam treks,” police said. To regulate the […]

Jammu/Srinagar: The annual Amarnath Yatra resumed after three days on Sunday after pilgrims from the two base camps in the Kashmir Valley were permitted to move towards the cave shrine. The pilgrimage was suspended due to incessant rains across Jammu and Kashmir. A total of 6,877 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu city […]

Srinagar: After last year’s attack on an unescorted bus of Amarnath pilgrims, the CRPF has this year adopted an “identify and track policy” for vehicles ferrying devotees to the annual cave shrine pilgrimage in Kashmir Himalayas beginning on Thursday. To ensure identification, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), primarily responsible for the security of the […]

Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday demanded early elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP pulled out of the PDP-led government, forcing Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to resign. Abdullah spoke to the media after calling on Governor N.N. Vohra following the fall of the PDP-BJP government in the […]

Srinagar: After the BJP pulled out of the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, a surprised Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday submitted her resignation to Governor N.N. Vohra. Immediately after she learnt about the Bharatiya Janata Party’s decision, Mehbooba Mufti rushed to Raj Bhawan. Later she called an emergency meeting of the Peoples Democratic […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Monday by the Army in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora, a defence official said. “Two terrorists were killed today in the Panar forest area,” Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia told IANS here. The Army surrounded the area after militants fired at a patrol party on […]