Srinagar: Morning fog affected pedestrian and vehicular movement in J&K on Tuesday as the gap between the maximum and the minimum temperatures narrowed down in Valley and Ladakh. Night’s lowest temperature dropped to bone-chilling minus 28.5 in Drass town of Ladakh. Maximum temperature was minus 10.6 in Drass yesterday. Drass is one of the coldest inhabited […]
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Indian Army rescues pregnant woman stuck in snowbound Kashmir to hospital
Kupwara: Soldiers of the Indian Army rescued a pregnant woman stuck in snowbound Kupwara in Kashmir and safely took her for about two kilometres in knee-deep snow till the hospital, the Indian Army said on Thursday. Late on Tuesday, the Company Operating Base at Karalpura in Kupwara received a distress call from Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh saying […]
2 militants killed in encounter in Kashmir’s Shopian
Srinagar: Two unidentified terrorists have been killed in an overnight encounter with the security forces in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Saturday. On Friday the gun battle began after security forces cordoned off the Kanigam area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about militant presence. As the security forces […]
JeM terror module busted in Kashmir, 6 held
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police along with the army and the CRPF have busted a terror network of proscribed outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) involved in grenade lobbing incidents in Tral in Pulwama district and Sangam in Anantnag district and arrested six persons, officials said on on Wednesday. The arrested persons have been identified as Aijaz Ahmad […]
2 terrorists killed in encounter in Kashmir
Srinagar: Two unidentified terrorists were killed in an ongoing encounter between the terrorists and the security forces in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday morning, officials said. “Two unidentified terrorists have been killed in encounter at Pulwama, Operation is going on,” police said. The firefight took place in the Tiken area of Pulwama after the […]
NIA arrests PDP youth wing chief Waheed Parra for supporting Hizbul Mujahideen activities
New Delhi/Srinagar: In a major action, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth wing chief Waheed Parra in connection with ex-Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh case for supporting Hizbul Mujahideen activities. An NIA official in Delhi related to the probe told IANS, “We have arrested Parra for supporting Hizbul […]
Kashmir: 2 terrorists killed in encounter in Shopian
Srinagar: Two terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, officials said. “The two terrorists killed in Kutpora have not been identified yet. Operation is going on,” police said. The gunfight took place after the security forces cordoned off the area at dawn and […]
Civilian, militant killed in gunfight in Kashmir
Srinagar: A civilian injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district in militant attack just ahead of an encounter between ultras and security forces succumbed in hospital on Friday, just as one of the terrorists was also killed in the ongoing encounter. Police said Abid Mir, 22, was injured in the Lalpora area of Pampore town on […]
India plans to build 10 tunnels in Ladakh, Kashmir region
New Delhi: India plans to build 10 tunnels, totalling more than 100 kilometres in length, in high-altitude areas of the Ladakh and Kashmir regions for smooth movement of the military throughout the year. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has proposed eight tunnels to enhance all-weather connectivity to Ladakh and Kashmir, and to forward areas in both […]
LeT terrorist associate arrested in Kashmir
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police along with the security forces have arrested a terrorist associate linked to proscribed terror outfit Lashkar e Taiba (LeT) in South Kashmir’s Pampore area, police said on Saturday. Police said the arrested terrorist associate has been identified as Haris Shareef Rather, a resident of Zaffron Colony, Pampore. “As per the […]