Srinagar: At least 14 civilians were injured on Saturday in a grenade explosion outside the District Magistrate’s office in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, police said. The injured included a local journalist named Zahoor Rizvi and a traffic policeman. Police sources said that militants hurled the grenade at the entrance of the office complex at around 11 […]
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Ajit Doval to oversee Kashmir’s three vital days
New Delhi (3 MIN READ): With National Security Advisor Ajit Doval hitting the straps yet again and meeting common folk in Anantnag on Saturday, the government is preparing to relent on the existing security dragnet for the coming Bakr Id festival on Monday. For Doval personally and the government as a collective, a lot is […]
Watch: ‘Kitney ka hai’, Ajit Doval asks sheep traders in Anantnag
Srinagar (2 MIN READ): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who has been camping in Kashmir Valley for the past week, on Saturday went for a ‘dekko’ to an Eid mandi in Anantnag where sheep were being sold for Monday’s Eid celebrations. The NSA, who has been spending time visiting all the areas that were known […]
You can’t cut off head to get rid of headache: Kashmir MP
New Delhi (1 MIN READ): National Conference leader and Anantnag MP, Justice (retd)Hasnain Masoodi, has urged the Central government to put decisions related to Jammu and Kashmir, like dividing the state into two Union Territories (UTs), on hold before its repercussions start unfolding. Speaking to IANS, Masoodi said that a BJP leader having suggested having […]
Top Jaish commander Fayaz Panzoo, associate killed in J&K’s Anantnag
Srinagar (1 MIN READ): A top Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) commander, involved in the attack on June 12 attack that left 5 CRPF troopers dead, was killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, police said. “In a major success in the ongoing anti-militancy operations, a top commander of JeM, Fayaz Panzoo […]
Militants kill Mehbooba kin’s guard in J&K
Srinagar: Militants on Friday shot dead the security guard of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s cousin and decamped with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. Militants fired at constable Farooq Ahmad, personal security officer (PSO) of Sajad Mufti, senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader in Bijbehara town of the district. […]
Burhan Wani death anniversary: Curbs imposed to prevent protests in valley
Srinagar: Restrictions were imposed in parts of the Srinagar city and other places in the valley on Monday to prevent separatist-called protests on the death anniversary of Hizbul commander, Burhan Wani. Not just shops, businesses and transport, but internet and even the advance of pilgrims for the annual Amarnarh Yatra was put on hold. Separatist conglomerate, […]
4 soldiers lost in one day, JeM militant whose car was used in Pulwama attack killed
Srinagar: The Indian Army on Tuesday killed yet another militant linked to the Pulwama attack that took away the lives of 40 CRPF troopers earlier this year. Despite losing four soldiers in past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army was successful in killing the Jaish man whose car was used in the February 14 […]
Soldier martyred, 2 militants killed in J&K gunfight
Srinagar: An Indian Army soldier got martyred and two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police sources said. The soldier initially injured in the encounter between the security forces and militants in Waghama village, later succumbed. Two others soldiers have also been injured. They have been shifted […]
Two militants killed in gunfight with security forces in Anantnag
Srinagar: Two militants were killed and three soldiers, including an Army officer, injured on Monday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. “The three injured have been shifted to a hospital and some militants were still engaged in the ensuing gunfight,” the police said. The gunfight took place after personnel of the […]