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Odisha jawan falls victim to ISI honeytrap, arrested

During the process, the CID came to know that the jawan was in touch with a Pakistani agent through Facebook.

09 Nov 2019 2:08 AM

Jawan was commissioned into the Army in 2017 and he got in touch with the woman in 2018. (Photo: ANI)

Police custody for 'Honey-trapped' army jawan

The police said that the accused sent photos of various sensitive locations and arms to the woman.

13 Jul 2019 4:29 PM

The security forces have killed, at least, one suspected militant in a gunfight raging in Jammu and Kashmir’s southern Pulwama district since Thursday afternoon. (Representational Image)

Territorial Army jawan killed by gunmen in J&K

Soon after the security forces moved in the village, mobile internet services were suspended in entire Kulgam district “as a precautionary measure.”

07 Jun 2019 2:02 AM

The police said that Muhammad Yaseen Bhat, a soldier of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry unit was on leave at home in Qazipora village of Budgam’s Chadoora area when kidnapped by masked gunmen.

Militants abduct Kashmiri Armyman

The police with other security forces has launched a massive operation to secure his release.

09 Mar 2019 6:23 AM

Dy SP Aman Kumar Thakur headed the counter terrorism wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police in District Kulgam from the last one-and-a-half years and had played a key role in the killing of terrorists in the area. (Photo: ANI)

Kashmir: Deputy SP, Army jawan, 3 JeM militants die in encounter

Two Army officers of the rank of major and a jawan were injured in the clash.

25 Feb 2019 2:00 AM

The security forces’ officials said violent mobs had made repeated attempts to go to the encounter site, chanted slogans to encourage the militants hurled rocks at the security forces. (Photo: PTI/File)

Valley shuts, Army urges Kashmiris to avoid march

It said the security forces make every attempt to avoid any loss of civilian lives in crossfire and minimise collateral damage to property.

17 Dec 2018 12:51 AM

Bulandshahr violence: Army jawan held over UP cop death, axe falls on SSP

Bulandshahr convenor of Bajrang Dal, Yogesh Raj, the main accused in the mob violence, had gone underground and issued a video claiming innocence.

09 Dec 2018 1:53 AM

The Narendra Modi government and its RSS mentors may pretend otherwise but it is well known that the J&K police, the Army and the paramilitary forces are already doing their best in the Valley. (Representational Image | PTI)

Sound politics the only solution to J&K

Evidently, Governor’s Rule in Kashmir has so far failed to push back the tempo of militancy in the Valley which has been energised since July 2016.

29 Oct 2018 12:00 AM

‘Stone-pelters overground workers of terror groups’

Both the Centre and the state administration, sources added, are also in favour of taking a tough stand against the stone pelters.

28 Oct 2018 6:53 AM

Kashmiri villagers during the funeral procession of militant Sahir Ahmed, who was killed in a gun battle with Army soldiers, at Arwani village in South Kashmir. (Photo: AFP)

Army jawan hit in head during stone-pelting dies

Two more soldiers died while fighting militants in Kashmir’s Valley’s Pulwama and Baramulla districts during the past two days.

27 Oct 2018 12:39 AM

It identified the Army jawan killed in the clash as Happy Singh of Army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles. (Representational Image | AP)

3 militants shot down; protests engulf Valley

The slain include two senior commanders of the LeT and another of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), the officials said.

28 Sep 2018 1:56 AM

One Army jawan was injured in the incident, which triggered protests and clashes along the streets of Tral on Sunday, leaving three civilians injured. (Photo: PTI)

5 militants, soldier killed as Army thwarts infiltration bid

Tral township and its neighbourhood observed a spontaneous shutdown on Monday to mourn the killing of the militant commander Adnan.

25 Sep 2018 1:53 AM

The operation ended on Saturday with the killing of three militants who had been trapped in the area after the troops laid siege to it, the sources said. (Representational image)

Six-day standoff ends, three LeT men killed in gunfight

An Army jawan was also killed in the battle in which the militants and troops were holed up in the woods of Bandipore.

02 Sep 2018 5:35 AM

In neighbouring Awanti-pora area, four civilians were injured, one of them critically, in a grenade attack. (Representational image)

Army jawan, two civilians killed in militant violence in Kashmir

The deceased soldier has been identified as Rifleman Ram Babu Shahi (24). “He sustained a bullet injury during the gun battle.

18 Aug 2018 5:03 AM

Two Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the LoC in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image | PTI)

2 Pakistani soldiers killed in retaliatory action by Indian Army in J&K

Indian troops carried out operations on Monday night after the ceasefire violations.

14 Aug 2018 12:14 PM

The spokesman said that the Army jawan who laid down his life while fighting militants had received a grievous bullet wound during fighting on Thursday morning. (Representational image)

Two militants, Army jawan killed in Kashmir gunfight

Soldier returning home to celebrate Id abducted by militants.

15 Jun 2018 1:06 AM

The reinforcements from the Army along with J&K police and the CRPF launched a hunt for the assailants, the police said.

Soldier, civilian killed in militant attack on Army camp in J&K's Pulwama

An Army jawan and a civilian were injured, he said adding that both were rushed to hospital.

28 May 2018 6:09 AM

Army jawan from J&K joins Hizbul

The Army maintained that Mir is “missing” and it had no confirmation about his joining the terror outfit.

17 Apr 2018 1:45 AM

Relatives and neighbours wail near the dead body of Sarjeel Sheikh, a civilian who was shot during a protest near the site of gunbattle in Khudwani village, about 60 km south of Srinagar. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

J&K encounter: Jawan killed, four civilians die in clashes

Security forces used explosives, fired mortars and automatic weapon to blow up the house in which the militants were holed up, sources said.

12 Apr 2018 1:38 AM

Soldier killed, 4 others hurt in Pak shelling

The Indian troops retaliated by using same calibre weapons and the exchanges continued for some time, it added.

04 Apr 2018 2:19 AM

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