Jammu And Kashmir

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The official said incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, was recovered from the site of the encounter. (Representational image: PTI)

Two militants killed in Jammu Kashmir encounter

Among the slain militants is the killer of BJP district president Bari, his father and brother who were shot dead in July last year

26 Sep 2021 1:14 PM

A bomb disposal squad was summoned and the device was destroyed. (Representational image: PTI)

Major incident averted as IED detected in Jammu Kashmir

The Army and police had launched a cordon and search operation in Gogo area following information about possible subversive activities there

21 Sep 2021 10:45 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

There has been a spurt in grenade attacks by militants in Kashmir in recent times. (Representational image: PTI)

Grenade attack in J-K's Pulwama, four civilians injured

The ultras lobbed the grenade towards a vehicle of security forces at Pulwama chowk this afternoon but the grenade exploded on the roadside

14 Sep 2021 1:47 PM

Police personnel carry the coffin of a police officer who died during an attack on Indian security personnel by suspected militants in downtown Srinagar, at the police headquarters in Srinagar on September 12, 2021. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)

SI shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar

Reinforcements from J&K police and CRPF laid siege to a number of localities in Khanyar and began searches for the assailants

13 Sep 2021 7:26 AM

Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti (PTI file photo)

Mehbooba Mufti allegedly under house arrest

She further slammed the Central government for expressing concerns for the Afghan people and denying the same to Kashmiris

07 Sep 2021 1:57 PM

Paramilitary soldiers patrol a road near the residence of top separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar, Kashmir, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. (AP/ Dar Yasin)

Mobile Internet snapped again in Kashmir, restrictions on assembly of people continue

Security forces have been deployed in strength in the city and elsewhere to maintain law and order

04 Sep 2021 12:39 PM

Security personnel stand guard during restrictions in Srinagar on Thursday, following restrictions imposed across the valley as a precautionary measure following the death of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. — PTI

Clashes, stone-pelting in Srinagar; restrictions to continue today

Witnesses said that J&K police and centtral police used force at Zaldagar to quell surging crowds mourning death of separatist Geelani

03 Sep 2021 8:45 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

Indian paramilitary soldiers keep guard near the site of a grenade attack at a busy market in Srinagar, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP/Mukhtar Khan)

Boy killed, 7 family members injured in grenade blast at BJP leader’s house in J&K

The sources said that it could be a grenade attack by separatist militants but added that the investigations were underway

13 Aug 2021 11:48 AM

Another JeI member Zahoor Ahmad Reshi's residence has also been raided by NIA. (Representational image: PTI)

Terror funding case: NIA conducts raids across 8 districts in J-K

Earlier on July 10, the NIA had arrested six people from across Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror funding case

08 Aug 2021 11:58 AM

Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, tweeted, “Under the leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, another milestone in infrastructure development of Jammu & Kashmir is fulfilled. The 8.5 km tunnel between Qazigund and Banihal has been completed and open to traffic for trial”. (sic) — DC Image

Tunnel brings Srinagar, Jammu closer

The tunnel will reduce travel time between Jammu and Kashmir’s twin capitals — Srinagar and Jammu — by about 90 minutes and 16km

05 Aug 2021 8:10 AM

Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed busting yet another module of proscribed Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT). Representational image. (Twitter)

Lashkar module planning bomb blasts in Anantnag busted; four arrested

It said that the arrests were made from various parts of Kashmir Valley

03 Aug 2021 3:57 AM

Former chief minister and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah asserted that denying anyone a passport or any other government service based on an adverse police report cannot withstand legal scrutiny. Representational Image. (Twitter)

J&K parties are angry at ‘no passport, no government job’ to stone-pelters diktat

Mehbooba Mufti accused the government of adopting double standards and playing dirty games to disparage the people of Kashmir

03 Aug 2021 3:35 AM

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the forest area of Namibian and Marsar and the general area of Dachigam this morning. (Representational image: PTI)

Two JeM militants killed in encounter in J-K's Pulwama

The search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire at a search party of the forces

31 Jul 2021 1:53 PM

The terrorists are believed to have planted the IED during the intervening night under the cover of darkness, the officials said. (Representational image: PTI)

IED defused in J-K's Rajouri; search operations on to nab terrorists

The IED was found planted by suspected terrorists under a culvert at Bathooni-Dilogra on Jammu-Rajouri national highway

31 Jul 2021 10:55 AM

In Lahaul’s Udaipur, two tents of labourers and a private JCB were washed away in the flash floods around 8 pm on Tuesday. — Representational image/PTI

Cloudbursts, flash floods kill 17 people in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh

6 residential houses, a ration depot and a bridge were damaged in the impact of the cloudburst that hit Hanzor of Kishtwar’s Dachhan area

29 Jul 2021 9:36 AM

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