New Delhi: The security establishment has found that in the last three years around 100 youth from Kashmir who travelled to Pakistan on a visa are missing. “They have either never returned or have returned but are missing,” said an IPS officer adding that they can be part of ‘sleeper cells’ of terror organisations. The officer […]
Tag: Kashmir
3 terrorists killed in encounter in Kashmir’s Pulwama
Srinagar: Three unidentified terrorists have been killed in an encounter between militants and security forces at the Tral area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday, officials said. The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place on Friday afternoon after the forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of […]
Army jawan succumbs to injuries sustained in terror attack in Kashmir’s Kulgam
Srinagar: An Army jawan was martyred and three other soldiers were injured in an IED blast that targeted a Road Opening Party (ROP) in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday morning, officials said. Police said the IED blast took place at Subhanpora area of Kulgam. Police said preliminary investigation revealed that a rudimentary IED with a low […]
Frost bites Valley, Drass freezes rock solid at minus 28.5
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 […]
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 […]