Tag: Jammu Kashmir

Survivors of a terrorist attack on pilgrims in Reasi, J&K, recounted that terrorists fired at their bus for 20 minutes after it fell into a gorge, causing multiple casualties. The Resistance Front claimed responsibility for this tragic incident.

Extensive security measures are in place for the Mata Kheer Bhawani festival at the temple in Gandarbal, Kashmir. The event, significant among Kashmiri Pandits, also symbolizes Hindu-Muslim unity with local Muslims participating actively.

A terrorist attack targeted a bus in J&K's Reasi district, causing it to plunge into a gorge, killing 10 pilgrims and injuring 33. A massive manhunt is underway as security forces, including the Army and police, collaborate with local communities in rescue and search operations.

The last Assembly election was held here in 2014 after which a coalition government of the BJP and the PDP headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed came to power.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that relatives of terrorists and stone pelters in Jammu and Kashmir will be ineligible for government jobs. He highlighted significant reductions in terror incidents due to the dismantling of the terror ecosystem, including a crackdown on terror funding through actions like the ban on PFI and arresting Amritpal Singh under NSA.

In separate incidents in Jammu & Kashmir, terrorists killed a former sarpanch, Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh, in Shopian and injured a tourist couple from Jaipur in Anantnag. The authorities have intensified searches in the area following these attacks.

Two terrorists involved in the May 4 attack on IAF vehicles in J&K's Poonch, killing Corporal Nikky Pahadem and injuring four others, have been sketched by security forces. A large-scale manhunt involving senior military and police officials is underway.

Security forces arrested a school headmaster, Qamaruddin, in J&K's Poonch district, who was working as an overground worker for terrorists. He was caught with foreign-made arms intended to disrupt upcoming elections. An investigation is underway.

Security forces in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, achieved a significant breakthrough by recovering three IEDs from a terrorist hideout. Weighing between 3 to 20 kgs, the devices were safely destroyed by bomb squads, thwarting potential attacks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Officials said a boat carrying seven people capsized in the river at Gandbal in the district.

At least 10 passengers died after a cab fell into gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban. As per the officials, the cab was enroute to Srinagar from Jammu when the driver lost control over the vehicle and it subsequently fell into a 300-ft gorge.

First ever Formula-4 car racing event organised at the banks of Dal Lake in Jammu Kashmir’s Srinagar on Sunday. The drivers who had participated in the event amazed the people with their skills.

Jammu & Kashmir is gearing up to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The upcoming rally will be PM Modi’s first public rally in the valley since the abrogation of Article 370.

A student from the Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh has been nabbed by police for issuing threat about another Pulwama-like attack.

A 72-year-old retired police officer and local "muezzin", Mohammad Shafi Mir, was shot dead by terrorists on Sunday morning while he was giving a call for "azaan" from a mosque in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, leaving the community in shock.