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Gulmarg resort in north Kashmir's Baramulla district also recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.6 degrees Celsius. (AP file photo)

At -2.5 degrees Celsius, Srinagar records coldest night of season

Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius

01 Dec 2021 1:14 PM

The fighting broke out soon after the security forces laid siege to Qasbayar village of Pulwama’s Rajpora area to flush out militants dead or alive. (Representational image: PTI)

Two militants including JeM commander killed in Kashmir's Pulwama gunfight

The other slain militant is believed to be a Pakistani national Furqan

01 Dec 2021 11:59 AM

Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez (Facebook)

Arrest of Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez draws huge criticism

The NIA said that the case was registered by it on October 8, 2020, under relevant sections of IPC and UAPA

24 Nov 2021 6:54 AM

National Conference (NC) leader and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah, center, sits with supporters during a protest demanding the return of dead bodies of civilians for proper burial, in Srinagar Indian controlled Kashmir,Thursday, Nov 18, 2021. (AP)

J&K Lt. Gov. Sinha orders magisterial inquiry into Srinagar civilian killings

The inquiry will be held by an officer of the additional district magistrateyusu

19 Nov 2021 2:23 AM

A report from Baramulla said that two CRPF jawans and two civilians were injured in a grenade attack on a police party in Palhalan township. Representational Image. (PTI)

Lashkar-e-Tayyaba commander among 5 militants killed in J&K gunfights

Meanwhile, two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and as many civilians were injured in a grenade blast in Palhalan township

18 Nov 2021 1:14 AM

Paramilitary soldiers patrol a market in Srinagar, in Jammu Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

4 killed including two ultras as terror hideout busted in Srinagar area

The police announced it had set up a Special Investigation Team to probe the modus operandi in the running of the hi-tech hideout

17 Nov 2021 1:38 AM

Soldiers stand guard during a search operation reportedly conducted after a tip-off about the presence of suspected militants in Bemina area of Srinagar. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)

Target killers back; Srinagar cop shot dead

The officials said that Jammu and Kashmir policeman Tawseef Ahmed Wani was shot and critically wounded by gunmen outside his residence

08 Nov 2021 7:25 AM

After the inaugural sortie, there were direct flights between Srinagar and Sharjah on October 24, 26 and 28. (Photo: Twitter)

J&K flight hits Pak airpocket

Srinagar-Sharjah flight to take longer route, cost more

04 Nov 2021 1:09 AM

Terrorists hurled a grenade upon the Army convoy near bus stand Sumbal which missed the target and exploded on road side. (Representational image: PTI)

Grenade attack in J-K's Bandipora, six civilians injured

The injured were taken to SMHS hospital where their condition is stated to be stable

26 Oct 2021 1:17 PM

He said that militancy and violence were on the decline in J&K and the government was ensuring that stones and guns in the hands of Kashmir’s youth were replaced with books, pens and industrial tools. (PTI)

Amit Shah: No dialogue with Pakistan on Kashmir, government to talk to Kashmiris

Mr Shah, while wearing the traditional Kashmiri woollen gown pheran in an apparent bid to touch a chord with the local population

26 Oct 2021 6:38 AM

Mr Shah claimed that terrorism in J&K has reduced and the stone pelting has become invisible. (PTI)

Statehood for Jammu & Kashmir after delimitation, polls: Amit Shah

Mr Shah is on a 3-day visit of J&K, his first since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state in August 2019

24 Oct 2021 11:49 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (PTI file photo)

J&K on high alert ahead of Amit Shah’s 3-day visit

This will be his first visit to J&K after the Centre’s abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019

23 Oct 2021 12:17 PM

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 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

The agency alleged that several terror acts, including the killings of numerous innocent civilians and security personnel, were carried out, unleashing a reign of terror in the Kashmir Valley, thereby challenging the writ of the state. (Representational image: PTI)

NIA searches at 16 locations in J&K, four arrested

The NIA sleuths who were assisted by the J&K police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) searched these places

14 Oct 2021 6:52 AM

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