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DGP Singh said that the recent target killings in the Valley in which seven Hindus and a Sikh woman also lost their lives were apart from disrupting peace aimed at triggering a communal split in J&K. — Representational image/PTI

J&K Lt. Governor, police chief vow to root out terrorism

He alleged that militants were carrying out gory acts and other terror activities at the behest of their mentors sitting across the LoC

22 Oct 2021 6:52 AM

A police officer searches the bag of Kashmiri men in Srinagar, Kashmir on Oct. 12, 2021. (AP/Dar Yasin)

Kashmir Police asked to shift non-local labourers to police stations

A message was flashed to all police units in the Kashmir Valley by the SSP Police Control Room, on behalf of Inspector-General of Police

18 Oct 2021 11:49 AM

Security personnel during an encounter at Bemina area in Srinagar. (PTI Photo)

Two Bihar labourers dead in latest killings in Jammu Kashmir

J&K’s lieutenant governor, Manoj Sinha, vowed to hunt down the perpetrators as well as their sympathisers to bring them to justice

18 Oct 2021 7:20 AM

A security personnel checks a motorbike at a temporary checkpoint in Srinagar, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (PTI /S. Irfan)

A large part of non-local workforce leave Kashmir Valley

The number of clashes between the security forces and militant groups has significantly increased

18 Oct 2021 6:39 AM

Security personnel during an encounter with militants at Pampore area of Pulwama District, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. Two militants, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey, were killed in the gun battle. (PTI/S. Irfan)

Two more target killings in J&K; LeT cadre, 4 others shot dead

The gory incidents sent the security agencies into a tizzy whereas the Union govt and local administration faced the Opposition's heat

17 Oct 2021 8:33 AM

Security personnel stand guard near the site of an encounter with militants at the Nar Khas forest area in Poonch, Saturday. (PTI)

Geelani’s grandson dismissed from government service over security concerns

A government teacher Farooq Ahmed Butt was also fired for similar reasons

17 Oct 2021 6:57 AM

An Army jawan on Thursday reportedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at the Kralapora Army camp in frontier Kupwara district. —Representational image/PTI

Another Army jawan killed, JCO injured in gunfight with militants in J&K’s Poonch

The latest encounter between a group of militants and the security forces took place in Bhata Dhurian village, not far from the LoC

15 Oct 2021 2:12 AM

Dar’s family said that he had received a phone call at around 4 pm on October 8 asking him to report to the Sadder Police Station, Anantnag. Shah was picked from his home in Sheerpora area of the district on October 12 by the police, his brother Imran Shah said. — Representational image/AFP

Two J&K scribes detained, sent to jail on 2-day remand

The police had asked for eight days remand of both Shah who is the editor of an online newsweekly magazine – Kashmir First

15 Oct 2021 2:04 AM

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference (NC) president, Farooq Abdullah. (AFP)

We have to fight unitedly, says National Conference president Farooq Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah reiterated that J&K will never become part of Pakistan but always remain with India

14 Oct 2021 6:35 AM

A second gunfight took place in Shopian’s Feripore village in which two militants were killed, the police said adding that the identities of the slain are being ascertained. — Representational image/By arrangement

5 militants killed in gunfights with security forces in southern Shopian district

One of the 3 TRF militants gunned down in Shopian’s Tulran village early Tuesday was involved in murder of Virender Kumar Paswan

13 Oct 2021 10:53 AM

The officials said there are reports about presence of a group of heavily-armed terrorists in Chamrer forest after they managed to sneak from across the Line of Control (LoC). (Representational Image/PTI)

Five Army personnel killed in gunfight with terrorists in J-K's Poonch

Officials said the operation was launched in a village close to DKG in Surankote following intelligence inputs about presence of terrorists

11 Oct 2021 3:45 PM

Kashmiri pandits shout slogans and block Tawi Bridge during a protest after militants shot dead two teachers in Srinagar's Eidgah Sangam area, in Jammu, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (PTI)

Top RAW, IB gumshoes in Srinagar, NIA quizzes scores over target killings

The National Investigation Act, 2008 gives the agency powers to take suo motu cognisance of terror activities in any part of the country

11 Oct 2021 3:48 AM

urdwara Parbandhak Committee Srinagar, committee executive members address a press conference regarding the killing of civilians including female Sikh school Principal by militants, in Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

J&K Sikhs govt staff to avoid work until safety is assured

The decision comes in the backdrop of the killing of Supinder Kour in the latest spate of terror attacks in the Valley

10 Oct 2021 8:16 AM

Relatives wail during the funeral of Satinder Kaur, a government school teacher who was killed by militants, in Srinagar, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. (PTI/S. Irfan)

Won't allow repeal of repeat of 1990: Kashmir parties

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah made a fervent appeal to the members of minority communities not to leave the Valley

09 Oct 2021 7:25 AM

The captured militant has been identified as 19-year-old Ali Babar Patra. (By arrangement)

Pak militant captured alive by Army at LoC

The captured militant is being interrogated at a military base in Uri

29 Sep 2021 7:12 AM

The latest to throw its weight behind the JCCI is the National Conference (NC). (Photo: Representational)

Jammu traders not happy with policies, Reliance stores

The JCCI’s call for shutdown on Wednesday has been endorsed by several local trade bodies and pressure groups

21 Sep 2021 7:49 AM

Geelani was born on September 29, 1929 in Zurimanz village outside north-western town of Sopore. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmiri separatist patriarch Syed Ali Shah Geelani buried quietly in Srinagar

Family sources stated that he complained of severe chest pain on Wednesday afternoon

02 Sep 2021 8:27 AM

Inspector general of police Vijay Kumar. (Photo:ANI)

J&K IG alert to Taliban ingress

The IGP said that there are inputs about some fresh infiltration bids having been made from across the Line of Control (LoC)

22 Aug 2021 1:36 AM

Shiite Muslim worshippers gather around the shrine of Imam Abbas during a Muharram procession in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. — AP/PTI

Partial Muharram ban in Srinagar; lakhs of mourners attend tazia procession elsewhere in J&K

Zuljinah and tazia processions and ‘sham-e-garibaan’ rallies were permitted in predominantly Shia areas of Srinagar including Zadibal

20 Aug 2021 9:52 AM

While speaking at the main ID function in Srinagar’s Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium, J&K Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, said that the “jungle raj” in the erstwhile state ended on the “eve of 2020” and the grassroots level democracy was strengthened in the UT through the conduct of “violence-free” district development council (DDC) elections. — DC Image

Burhan Wani's father hoists tricolour at a school in J&K's Tral

For the first time in many years, the Internet and mobile phone services remained unaffected on ID in J&K

16 Aug 2021 9:16 AM

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