Tag: Jammu And Kashmir

Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants hailing from Pakistan were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. The security forces cordoned off Magam area in Handwara after receiving specific information about the presence of the militants. As the security forces closed in on the hiding […]

Srinagar: Three militants of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit were killed in an overnight gunfight with the security forces in Aglar village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. “One soldier of 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) was martyred and two soldiers and a civilian injured during this operation,” police said, adding the encounter has ended. […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing on challenge to the Constitution’s Article 35A granting special rights to natives of Jammu and Kashmir as the Central government told the apex court that it may have implications for the dialogue being held by its interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma to find solution to the state’s […]

Jammu: Three children were injured on Saturday as Pakistan shelled Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Indian troops were retaliating. Police said Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked, indiscriminate shelling and firing in Balakote sector of Poonch district on Saturday evening, in which the children were injured. […]

Srinagar:  Two militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Based on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in Litter village the security forces had launched an early morning operation, a police officer said. When the hiding militants fired at the approaching security […]

Jammu: The Pakistani Army on Thursday resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. It used mortars, automatics and small arms to target the Indian positions in Krishna Ghati sector, Defence Ministry sources said. “The firing started at 10.35 a.m. India retaliated strongly and effectively. […]

Srinagar: Two commandos of the Indian Air Force elite Garud commando unit and two militants were killed on Wednesday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “The two Garud personnel were killed in action while operating with the Army for operational experience and training,” Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said. The […]

Jammu: Five accused in the terror attack on the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district last month have been arrested, police said on Sunday. The five include three of the perpetrators of the September 20 attack on the camp in Bannihal area of Ramban, which left one head constable of […]

Srinagar: Two policemen were injured on Monday in a grenade attack by two militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. A joint checkpost (naka) was set up police and the army at Juhama in Baramulla for routine area domination, a police officer said here. Shortly after 6 p.m., a motorcycle which was coming […]

Jammu: Indian and Pakistan troops traded heavy fire on Monday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Police sources said heavy shelling and firing started between the two armies in Kerni area. “After the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing at Indian positions, Indian military retaliated strongly and […]

Jammu: A 14-feet-long tunnel, dug from from the Pakistan side across the international border, was discovered on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jammu district, the BSF said. The tunnel from which, the Border Security Force (BSF) troopers said they have recovered war-like stores, was discovered a day after the its field commanders and those of […]

Srinagar: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday visited the Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest and coldest battlefield, and also some other forward posts in the Ladakh region to review the security situation in the area. “During her visit she was accompanied by the Chief of the Army Staff General Bipan Rawat, General Officer Commander-in-Chief, Northern […]

Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Baghwat on Saturday called for constitutional amendments to fully integrate Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India, amid a raging debate over the demand for abrogation of Article 370 that gives the state special status. Addressing RSS volunteers on its 92nd foundation day, Bhagwat said Hindus who migrated to the […]

Srinagar:  Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived here on Friday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir during which she will visit the Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battlefield. The minister, who took charge earlier this month, will also visit forward posts on the Line of Control (LoC) along the Pakistani-administered Kashmir and the Line […]

  Srinagar: Terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was responsible for the killing of a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said on Thursday. Deputy Inspector General of Police, North Kashmir, Nitish Kumar, told reporters that three to four LeT militants attacked trooper Muhammad Ramzan Parray, at his home in Parray Mohalla […]